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Searching for results.Turn It Over This week on the show: Aaron Draplin , founder of Draplin Design Co ., on origin stories, junk stores, and the kind of generosity that never makes it into a design portfolio. Listen to the episode Aaron…
Graphic designer Let’s start with who these designers/artists actually were, because none of them set out to make album covers. Reid Miles trained at Chouinard and wanted to be an art director. Tom Hannan studied under…
Events.usertesting.com/crafted with code DesignBetter100 for $100 off workshops. May 28th: Seattle, September 17th: London Get tickets The double life One of the most surprising findings in Mason’s research is how many…
The most important figures in American design. Active as an architect, a product and exhibition designer and a writer, he was a leading voice in the discourse on design and architecture over several decades. “The…
And rewarded online, and that it’s our responsibility to teach it better. The book blends philosophy, ethics, and a parent’s mindset to reframe an intimidating topic in a surprisingly human way. Thought-provoking…
Challenge how you think about your craft and the coalitions behind it. Only a handful of tickets remain. $100 off the event for those who book their own accommodation . Use code DBFRIENDS at this link: Reserve your spot…
Builds (and vice versa). Andrew Evans — A designer-turned-magician, on the real-time trust that forms between a performer and a room full of strangers who’ve agreed to believe. Why keep it small? Because forty people…
Design Better is brought to you by Wix Studio , the most powerful web design platform for entrepreneurs, agencies, and creative thinkers. Learn more → Art, Story, Design, & Film. By James Buckhouse , Design Better…
Engine, where I encountered professional design being practiced for the first time in my career. Design was also nested in close collaboration with engineering, product management, and business. I knew it was the right…
But this is my first time re-reading Endymion, which explores themes that seem very relevant right now. It’s set in the far future, and explores what forms AGI might take, and what happens when technologies have their…
The designer Stefan Sagmeister isn’t known for being subtle. A poster he created in 1999, for an AIGA lecture he delivered in Detroit, was carved with an X-acto blade into his chest and torso . One prominent feature was…
Before we get to The Roundu p, we wanted to share some of the exciting guests we have in queue, including: Fiona Crombie, Academy Award-nominated production designer for the film Hamnet. Sam Beam, Grammy Award-nominated…
For many of the inspiring people we’ve spoken to over the years, from John Cleese, to David Sedaris, to the band OK Go, creativity isn’t something that it is drawn from thin air. Rather, it’s a process of discovery…
Yes, I’m a Stranger Things nerd. As I mentioned in our recent interview with Stranger Things writer Paul Dichter , I watched the series myself, and then with my daughter when she was old enough, and most recently with…
I built a career in design for a simple reason: I love to make things. There is a specific, quiet joy in the intersection of a big idea and meticulous craftsmanship. For a long time, I treated this path as a sort of…
Our world doesn’t quite know what to do with multidisciplinary thinkers. It can’t find the right category for us. Eli and I are exactly those kinds of people — we have wide-ranging interests, we like the big picture…
Link correction*: join us here for the AMA: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/181419?utm_source=live-stream-share-button (*we had some tech errors w/ Substack) Few design leaders are as articulate about process…
Highest quality output: “Approach this as a staff engineer who cares deeply about code quality, maintainability, and avoiding over-engineering. [Then your request.]” Or even more specifically: “Before writing code…
A Kickstarter for the Women’s March in Washington in January 2017, which turned out to be one of the largest demonstrations in American history, though we didn’t know that yet, raised tens of thousands of dollars, and…
Hi everyone! Bobby Hughes and recently created a new workshop offering, aimed at Design Researchers who are looking to expand their skillset. The first workshop sold out and went really well, so we’re running another…
Three ways of working keep surfacing, like body plans that might actually survive the filter. AI x Influence Workshop Bobby Hughes and I have a few spaces left in our upcoming AI x Influence for Design Researchers…
Hi folks! Bobby Hughes and I have created a new workshop offering, aimed at Design Researchers (but also useful if you are a more generalist designer who would like to increase your influence on your team and…
How beliefs make or break us Nir Eyal is a familiar voice on Design Better and someone whose work has become essential reference across hundreds of design teams. His book Hooked taught us how to build habit-forming…
Judgment, empathy and understanding of human needs and behaviors, and natural curiosity, are becoming more important than ever. We recently had Brooke Hopper, Senior Principal Designer for Machine Intelligence and New…
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