74: Design Ruined Everything

Jonathan's not here this week. So Jake is joined by Amr from AJ&Smart. Deja vu, anyone? Here’s a peek at the topics discussed in this episode: 01:00—Amr's journey to becoming a designer 19:20—Apple & VR 31:20—Snap's new Snap Kit 45:40—Pinterest's approach to growth 51:50—The moral & ethical implications of design Links: Amr Khalifeh on Instagram Amr Khalifeh on Twitter Amr’s master studies: Usability Engineering, M.Sc. — Hochschule Rhein-Waal Apple has reportedly hired Arthur van Hoff, a founding executive of the Disney-backed VR startup Jaunt, as a senior architect—Variety Segway—Wikipedia Book: Ready Player One—Ernest Cline—Amazon.com Bird Lime Design Sprint—YouTube AirPods Google Glass—Wikipedia M.G. Siegler’s Newsletter Snap Kit To stop copycats, Snapchat shares itself—TechCrunch The anti-Facebook: Inside Pinterest’s slow and quiet rise—CNN Hippocratic Oath—Wikipedia Don’t be evil — Google — Wikipedia Book: Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It—Mike Monteiro—Amazon.com Book: Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies—Nick Bostrom—Amazon.com Book: Buy Sprint! 📘🏃‍♀️ Book: Buy Make Time! 📗⏰ AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass: ajsmart.com/masterclass 🥇😯 Your Hosts: Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream Follow AJ&Smart on Instagram or Twitter: @ajsmartdesign Write into the podcast: [email protected] Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: PodcastTech.com Show notes by @amrkhalifeh Follow the podcast on Medium