Joey Flynn: Designing Tools for Human Imagination

In this episode of Creative Coordinates, we sit down with Joey Flynn - a product designer whose work spans three of the most influential creative platforms of the last 15 years: Facebook, Instagram, and now OpenAI. From designing Facebook’s Timeline to crafting Instagram’s iconic camera features, and now working on ChatGPT and other creative tools at OpenAI, Joey shares how he’s stayed curious, experimental, and creatively hands-on through it all. We talk about: • The early days of social design at Facebook and Instagram • How “making things weird” can unlock great ideas • Why good AI products feel more like collaborators than replacements • The value of side projects and intuition in a tech-driven world 📍 Recorded at WSA — where creativity meets community.