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Design Notes — 65 episodes
Beyond the Text Field: Louise Macfadyen, Author of Designing AI Interfaces
The Era of the Generalist: Rachel Been, SVP of Design for Expedia Group
Other Than Expected: Fabian Bircher on Combining Art, Architecture, and Code
Design Can't Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception
The User Brings the Confetti: Rob Giampietro on Scaling a Human-Centered Brand
True is Better Than New: David Reinfurt on Evolving Graphic Design Education
Material Design Gets Expressive: Inside Google's Emotion-Driven UX Update
Beauty Across the Board: Rich Fulcher on Making Beauty a UX Priority at Google
Breaking Silos (and Metaphors): A 'Roving Engineer' on Design & Engineering Collaboration
Code, Creativity, Performance: Will Larche on Engineering as 'Creativity with Constraints'
Fab Components: Bethany Fong on Designing Material's Signature Floating Action Button
Facing Our Interfaces: Matías Duarte on the Future of Individualized Design
Designing Better Code: How Google Engineers Make Coding a Creative Practice
How Fonts Change the World: Dave Crossland on Digital Type and Emotional Expression
Coding (and Decoding) Social Spaces: Judith Donath on the Future of Life Online
Fearless Design: Aline Borges on Composition and Creative Career Changes
⏮️ How Machines Help Us See Ourselves: Harvey Moon on Art Made Through Machine Collaboration
The Impact of Shared Space: Ignacio Ciocchini on Designing NYC's Public Furniture
⏮️ Learning From Your Virtual Twin: Kerry Murphy on Digital Fashion and Virtual Embodiment
Digital Anthropology: Tom Boellstorff on How Virtual Worlds Shape Our Actual Lives
Welcome Back to Design Notes: Season 2 Trailer
[SF Design Week] Julian Zigerli on Expressive, Un-Gendered Fashion Design
Theming with Moooi: Creating an Immersive Digital Flagship (2020 Material Design Awards)
Dark Theme with KAYAK: How Dark Mode Revolutionized a Brand's Approach to Color (2020 Material Design Awards)
Motion Design with Epsy: Using Meaningful Motion for Better Health Outcomes (2020 Material Design Awards)
The Surprising Poetry of AI: BJ Best on Teaching Computers to Create Art
The Magic Question for Creativity: Laurie Rosenwald on Making Mistakes on Purpose
Learning From Your Virtual Twin: Kerry Murphy on Digital Fashion and Self-Actualization
A Prompt for Creative Renewal: David Reinfurt on A New Program for Graphic Design
Reflectly: Pushing the Boundaries of Material Motion (2019 Material Design Awards)
Ruff: Building an Expressive Brand Identity with Material Theming (2019 Material Design Awards)
Trip.com: Designing a Universal Travel App for Global Users (2019 Material Design Awards)
Scripts: Using Creative Interactions to Make Learning Feel Accomplished (2019 Material Design Awards)
The Psychedelic Spark: GMUNK on His Aesthetic and the Importance of Creative Discomfort
Vulnerability, Technology, and Art: Qianqian Ye on Creative Coding and Shared Futures
How Machines Help Us See Ourselves: Harvey Moon on Collaborating with Technology for Art
Art as Survival: Conor Grebel on Using Creative Work to Heal
I Hate Music Videos: Bayonet Records on Sonic Design and Releasing Music on Your Own Terms
What We Can Learn From Our Work: Host Liam Spradlin on the Themes of Design Notes
The Most Transformative Job in the World: MoMA's Rob Giampietro on Design's Unseen Impact
"What Do You See; How Do You Feel?"—Vanity Fair's Clinton Cargill on Visual Storytelling
Owning Your Values: Ksenya Samarskaya on How Typography Encodes and Decodes Identity
You Cannot Be What You Cannot See: Panimation on Building Community in Motion Design
Material Design Awards 2018: Winners from Lyft, Anchor & More on Building Expressive Products
"We Should Do Something Together"—Ateljé Sotamaa on the Importance of Friction in Design
The Music of Design: Marko Ahtisaari on How Finnish Social Values Shaped Nokia
[LIVE] AI, Identity, and Storytelling: Stephanie Dinkins on Befriending a Robot
What It's Like to Really Know: James Bridle on Agency in an Age of Complex Technology
Asking, "How Does It Make You Feel?"— Isabelle Olsson on Designing Google Hardware
Everything Is a Lesson: Jesse Reed on Preserving Historic Brand Standards
The Aesthetics of Overload: Ryan Snelson on Redesigning MySpace and Experimental UI
Hidden Design: Sang Mun on Creating the ZXX Typeface to Explore Digital Privacy
Design, Humor, and Social Change: Libby VanderPloeg on Illustration and Going Viral
Can Robots Be Curious?: Madeline Gannon on Taming and Reframing Industrial Robots
Cardboard Carpentry: Alexandra Lange on How Toys and Playgrounds Shape Independent Kids
Design More Tools: Cameron Koczon on Product Design and Owning Your Content
Failure as an Art Form: Nathan Martin of Deeplocal on Innovation and Punk Rock Design
Throw Away the Settings Menu: Bennett Foddy on Frustration as a Game Design Pattern
When Buildings Get Bored: Molly Wright Steenson on the Parallels Between Architecture and AI
Design Like a Jazz Musician: Mitch Paone on Intuitive vs. Analytical Creativity
How Games Taught Us to Teach: Luis von Ahn, Founder of Duolingo and CAPTCHA
Wearable Art: Lizzy & Darlene Okpo on Persona, Identity, and Expressive Fashion Design
Material Design Awards 2017: Winners from NPR One, Eventbrite & More on Brand Expression
From War Room to Playroom: Talbot & Yoon on Making Play a Central Design Tenet
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