Design

14 episodes

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  • 1

    Benjamin Evans, Inclusive Design Lead for Airbnb, is part of a new kind of problem solvers tackling issues like racism, sexism, and bias in digital product design. In this episode of the Design Better...Show More

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    "When you have diverse teams, that's when you get the real innovation." The products diverse teams make resonate with larger swaths of the general population. #truth

  • 2

    When you walk through an exhibition at MoMA, every step you take is part of deliberate design that takes you from piece to piece in just the right way. And it all starts with a dollhouse-like version ...Show More

  • 3

    S3E06 (Archive) - Marketing The Olympics

    Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

    29:42 | Feb 9th, 2014

    2 recommendations

    From the Digital Box Set: This week, we look at the big-money world of Olympic advertising. From the very first Olympic sponsors in 1896, we'll track the ever increasing presence of advertising in the...Show More

  • 4

    S1E10: Infinite Scroll

    Slate Technology

    38:31 | Nov 7th, 2018

    2 recommendations

    The Renaissance scholars couldn’t keep up with new information (“Have you read the latest Erasmus book?” “I don’t have time!”) and needed a better way to organize it. Thus came the invention of tables...Show More

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    This was so good. Must listen for anyone who designs software. Goes through history of indexes in books to infinite scroll in apps, endless Slack messages and mobile notifications. Also touches on inn...Show More

  • 5

    Simple Solutions

    TED Radio Hour

    52:55 | Jul 19th, 2019

    1 recommendation

    Original broadcast date: November 17, 2017. Sometimes, the best solutions to complex problems are simple. But simple doesn't always mean easy. This hour, TED speakers describe the innovation and hard ...Show More

  • 6

    Is Good Design Good for You?

    In the Making

    24:35 | Nov 13th, 2018

    3 recommendations

    The “Like” button was a huge triumph for Facebook, or was it? Now more than ever we’re all wondering if our traditional definition of “good” design is actually in our best interests. In this episode, ...Show More

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    Great episode about why tech is so addictive and the responsibility of tech designers to think about mental wellbeing of their users.

  • 7

    Good Design is Human

    In the Making

    25:37 | Oct 9th, 2018

    3 recommendations

    From airplane crashes, to industrial disasters and medical error: When things go terribly wrong, why do we blame human beings instead of bad design?

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    Loved this episode! So many interesting (and devastating) stories of how bad design led to avoidable disasters. Can't wait to listen to more of this show.

  • 8

    This episode asks: what's the difference between designing for accessibility versus designing inclusively? To find the answers we look at everything from WordPress blogging software to the Xbox contro...Show More

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    Great episode! Your thoughts?

  • 9

    Good Design is 💩

    In the Making

    23:19 | Oct 23rd, 2018

    1 recommendation

    We dig into the unexpected origin story of the universal screen language… emoji! We talk to the designers behind emoji, and the steps (and missteps) emoji design took before the icons found their way ...Show More

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    Perfect episode title for a terrific segment on emojis. It's amazing how far we've come in such little time with emoji usage and design. Looking forward to how emojis will continue to evolve in our co...Show More

  • 10

    Good Design is Good Civics

    In the Making

    19:16 | Oct 16th, 2018

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    The Boston Mayor’s Office was having a problem: Not enough residents were reporting their own problems into the city. Sure, the 311 phone line had its old school devotees. But Boston decided they coul...Show More

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    Fascinating reveal from bad civic design to progressively making it better. Surprising twists and turns along the way. I wish every city learned from Boston!

  • 11

    Mari Sheibley is a Product Designer at Instagram. Mari has a background in fine arts, before she transition into graphic design. When she first moved to New York, she took a bunch of odd jobs to make...Show More

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    Hear from the designer of the original Foursquare badges! Mari talks about her experience to change consumer behaviour at Foursquare and how it’s really hard.

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    Lidia Oshlyansky has led numerous user experience teams in media and tech companies, including for Google's emerging markets research and now for growth opportunities at Spotify. She talks to MEX foun...Show More

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    The creative tensions and heated disagreements between designers, developers and product people are necessary for great products. When everyone leaves a bit unsatisfied at the end of a meeting because...Show More

  • 13

    We're taking a look at the UK Government's design system. How are design systems used within government? Is it any different to how we might work in the commercial sector? Drew McLellan talks to desig...Show More

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    One of my fave websites in the world is gov.uk! It's soooo good. Imagine having to have a consistent, accessible, and good looking website that is built by hundreds of service agencies with their own ...Show More

  • 14

    The power of food emojis

    The Food Chain

    26:17 | Jan 21st, 2021

    4 recommendations

    Do you give food emojis much thought? If not, perhaps you should. Emily Thomas hears how these tiny digital images can have a big social and economic impact. We reveal who decides which emojis are acc...Show More

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    Power to the dumpling and bubble tea emoji woman. Also, I only found out about the meaning of “boba” recently too 🤪

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