Design Notes Podcast
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A chill show about creative work and what it teaches us, by @iamli.am https://design-notes.show/
Aaron Lammer speaks with the founder of the research studio ATONATON, Madeline Gannon, about how she created an industrial robot outfitted with sensors that bring out its curious personality. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/madeline-gan... #Robotics #HCI #AI
Can Robots Be Curious? Madeline Gannon, Design Researcher and Robot Tamer
Design researcher Madeline Gannon on taming robots and reinventing the ways humans and machines interact.
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Liam sits down with the winners of the 2018 Material Design Awards to discuss how they each adopted and extended Material to build expressive, inspirational experiences. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/material-des... #MaterialDesign #UX #AppDesign
Material Design Awards 2018
How four teams harnessed Material’s components and code to craft award-winning experiences.
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Liam speaks with Katie Garcia and Dustin Payseur, who together run the music label Bayonet Records. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/i-hate-music... #MusicIndustry #IndieMusic
I Hate Music Videos (But I Love Making Music): Katie Garcia & Dustin Payseur, Bayonet Records
Bayonet Records founders Katie Garcia and Dustin Payseur on collaborating with musicians.
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Liam speaks with the founders of Panimation, a platform for women, trans, and non-binary animators and motion designers. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/you-cannot-b... #Animation #Community #MotionDesign #Podcast
You Cannot Be What You Cannot See: Bee Grandinetti & Hedvig Ahlberg, Panimation
Exploring the music and movement of motion design with Bee Grandinetti and Hedvig Ahlberg.
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Liam speaks with Ryan Snelson about redesigning MySpace, championing a gritty and expressive experimental aesthetic, and understanding the constraints of design. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/the-aestheti... #WebDesign #Aesthetics #MySpace
The Aesthetics of Overload: Ryan Snelson
Designer Ryan Snelson on inventing your own aesthetic and challenging industry norms.
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Hear from the winners of 2017's Material Design awards, who sat down to talk with Liam while being honored for their work at SPAN Pittsburgh. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/material-des... #MaterialDesign #DesignAwards #AppDesign #UX #Podcast
Material Design Awards 2017
Talking design systems and user-first experiences with the winners of the 2017 Material Design Awards
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The brother and sister team behind Ateljé Sotamaa talk emotionally-appealing objects and holistic architectural environments. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/we-should-do... #Architecture #IndustrialDesign #Collaboration #Podcast
“We Should Do Something Together.” Tuuli & Kivi Sotamaa, Ateljé Sotamaa
Tuuli and Kivi Sotamaa discuss their very first collaboration and an interest in experiences that aren’t stripped of friction.
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Bethany Fong, the design director behind many of Material's signature components, unpacks the mechanics of design. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/fab-componen... #MaterialDesign #UI #ComponentDesign #DesignSystems #Podcast
Design Notes Podcast | Bethany Fong
How the heady early days of Material unfolded.
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Liam speaks with illustrator Libby VanderPloeg about how she relates to her work and what happens when the work takes on a life of its own. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/design-humor... #Illustration #ArtForChange #Humor #SocialGood #Podcast
Design, Humor, and Social Change: Libby VanderPloeg, Illustrator
Illustrator Libby VanderPloeg explores the relationship between art and artist.
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In this episode, Liam speaks with Harvey Moon in his studio about how tools extend the human capacity for creation. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/how-machines... #NewMediaArt #GenerativeArt #ArtAndTech #Podcast
How Machines Help Us See Ourselves: Harvey Moon, New Media Artist
On getting to know your tools and the art only technology can create.
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Liam speaks with Bradley Munkowitz, unpacking GMUNK’s aesthetic, inspired by psychedelic experiences, and why it’s important as a designer to continually challenge and be challenged. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/the-psychede... #DigitalArt #Creativity
The Psychedelic Spark: GMUNK
GMUNK on the psychedelic origins of his aesthetic and the importance of discomfort.
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Rich Fulcher, former Google UX director and Material lead, closes out the series celebrating 10 years of Material Design. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/beauty-acros... #MaterialDesign #DesignSystems #UX #DesignLeadership #Podcast
Beauty Across the Board: Rich Fulcher, UX Director
Rich Fulcher on game design, UX systems, and beautifying Google products
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Artist Laurie Rosenwald's recipe for creative breakthroughs includes making mistakes on purpose. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/magic-questi... #Creativity #DesignThinking #Art #Podcast
The Magic Question for Creativity: Laurie Rosenwald, Illustrator and Author
Illustrator and author Laurie Rosenwald on how to make mistakes on purpose and avoiding being alone with a blank page.
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Musical Theater Composer Will Larche unpacks his path through Material Design engineering and where the system is headed. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/code-creativ... #Coding #Creativity #ArtAndTech #Podcast
Design Notes Podcast | Bethany Fong
Engineering as the "study of making choices."
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In this episode, Liam speaks with game designer and philosopher Bennett Foddy about using frustration as a design pattern. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/throw-away-t... #GameDesign #UX #Philosophy #Art #Podcast
Throw Away the Settings Menu: Bennett Foddy, Game Designer, “Getting Over It”
Game designer Bennett Foddy on “Getting Over It” and the expressive power of frustration.
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For SF Design Week, Liam spoke with Julian Zigerli, a designer in Zürich creating clothing that allows everyone to decide how what they wear expresses who they are. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/julian-ziger... #FashionDesign #Creativity #Podcast
Fashion From Another Planet: Julian Zigerli, Zürich Fashion Designer [SF Design Week]
Fashion designer Julian Zigerli on un-gendering clothes, cultural influence, and adaptation.
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Marko Ahtisaari, former product design lead at Nokia, and co-founder of Dopplr and Sync Project on the music of design. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/the-music-of... #FinnishDesign #ProductDesign #Music #Podcast
The Music of Design: Marko Ahtisaari
Taking a holistic perspective on Finnish design tradition, Marko Ahtisaari unpacks how the country’s societal values shaped its technologies.
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Designer and educator David Reinfurt returns to the show to discuss his book, A *Co-* Program for Graphic Design. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/true-is-bett... #GraphicDesign #DesignTheory #DesignEducation #Podcast
True is Better Than New: David Reinfurt, A *Co–* Program for Graphic Design
How individual perspective is the real driver of design as a practice.
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Rob Giampietro returns to the show to unpack the story behind Notion Faces, including the decision to scale with human illustrators instead of AI. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/notion-faces... #Design #Branding #AI #Podcast
The User Brings the Confetti: Rob Giampietro on Scaling a Human-Centered Brand
Rob details Notion Faces' journey from an internal tradition to a major public launch, including the pivotal decision to scale with human illustrators instead of AI.
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In a new ep, I spoke with my friend Louise Macfadyen about her upcoming book, “Designing AI Interfaces.” We cover a bit of computing history, why the text box might be holding us back, and how to design honest interfaces in an era of hype. #designsky Tune in: design-notes.show#beyond-the-t...
Jesse Reed, designer and co-founder of Standards Manual—discusses the preservation of historic style guides and designed artifacts. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/absolutely-e... #GraphicDesign #DesignHistory
Absolutely Everything Is a Lesson: Jesse Reed, Standards Manual
Identity designer Jesse Reed on the lasting power of brand standards.
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Cameron Koczon how Fictive Kin’s product development starts with “a Seinfeld” - an app that does nothing - and ends with a polished core experience. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/designing-to... #ProductDesign #UX #ToolMaking #Software #Podcast
Designing Tools is Awesome: Cameron Koczon, Partner at Fictive Kin
Fictive Kin’s Cameron Koczon on understanding the foundational impact of design.
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Google Fonts Specialist Dave Crossland explores what type can teach us about digital production, expression, and where designers fit in the world. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/how-fonts-ch... #Typography #Fonts #GraphicDesign
How Fonts Change the World: Dave Crossland, Google Fonts
Exploring the impact of digital type on our lives, on software production, and on the future of design.
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A transdisciplinary artist, Stephanie Dinkins focuses on AI’s intersection with race, gender, and social equity. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/ai-identity-... #AI #Art #SocialEquity #Storytelling #Podcast
AI, Identity, and Storytelling: Stephanie Dinkins
Stephanie Dinkins unpacks why we should engage with AI, and her experience befriending the AI robot Bina48.
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In this episode, Liam speaks with artist Qianqian Ye in her San Francisco studio about exploring vulnerability through art and code. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/vulnerabilit... #ArtAndTech #CreativeCoding #Vulnerability #Art #Podcast
Vulnerability, Technology, and Art: Qianqian Ye, Artist & Creative Coder
Exploring our shared vulnerabilities—and shared futures—in ink and code.
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In David Reinfurt's first appearance on Design Notes, we talked design education, perspective, and creative renewal. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/a-prompt-for... #GraphicDesign #DesignProcess #Creativity #Podcast
A Prompt for Creative Renewal: David Reinfurt, “A *New* Program for Graphic Design”
ORG Founder David Reinfurt on how identity intersects design, and what art and design have in common.
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Aaron Lammer speaks with Design Director Isabelle Olsson, who oversees CMF (color, material, and finish) for all Google hardware. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/asking-how-d... #IndustrialDesign #Hardware #CMF #EmotionalDesign #Podcast
Asking, “How Does It Make You Feel?” Isabelle Olsson, VP of Design, Google Home
Isabelle Olsson explores the approach that lead to the unique aesthetic of Google hardware.
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From sand lot to playground, Amber Bravo speaks with architecture critic and author Alexandra Lange about her book, The Design of Childhood. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/design-of-ch... #DesignForKids #Architecture #Play #Childhood #Podcast
Cardboard Carpentry: Alexandra Lange, “The Design of Childhood”
Architecture critic Alexandra Lange explores the design of childhood — from the sandbox to the street.
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Liam speaks to Tom Boellstorff, whose ethnographic work in Second Life provides insights into how virtuality informs our lives in actual space. 📻 Tune in: interfacecafe.com/digital-anth... #Anthropology #VirtualWorlds #SecondLife
Digital Anthropology: Tom Boellstorff, “Coming of Age in Second Life”
Anthropologist Tom Boellstorff on life—and the future—in virtual space.
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In a brand-new Design Notes, I sat down with SVP of Design for Expedia Group (and former colleague) Rachel Been. We talked about the importance of care in design as we move forward into a new chapter for the conversational surface. design-notes.show#the-era-of-t... #designsky
The Era of the Generalist • Rachel Been, SVP of Design, Expedia Group
Design Notes is a show about creative work and what it teaches us, hosted by Liam Spradlin.
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