The 3 Best Design Notes Podcast Episodes
1) Jesse Reed, Standards Manual
In this episode, Liam speaks with Jesse Reed, identity designer and co-founder of Standards Manual—a publishing imprint known for preserving and republishing historic design style guides and assemblag...Show More
2) Luis von Ahn, Duolingo Founder
The fourth episode is a special edition featuring Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO of DuoLingo, recorded at SPAN 2017 in Pittsburgh. In the interview, Luis and guest host Aaron Lammer discuss why von ...Show More
3) William Okpo, fashion designers Lizzy and Darlene Okpo
In the third episode Lizzy and Darlene Okpo, the designers and sisters behind New York-based fashion label William Okpo, detail what gives their line its identity, the personas that shape a collection...Show More
4) Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception
In this episode, I reconnect with my former instructor, type designer and design coach Troy Leinster. Troy shares his journey from graphic design to type design, and explains why learning to make lett...Show More
5) The User Brings the Confetti: Rob Giampietro on Scaling a Human-Centered Brand
Rob Giampietro, Head of Creative at Notion and former Design Director at MoMA, returns to the show to unpack the story behind Notion Faces, the popular tool that allows users to create their own illus...Show More
6) True is Better Than New: David Reinfurt, A *Co–* Program for Graphic Design
In this episode, designer, educator, and author David Reinfurt returns to the show to discuss his latest book, A *Co-* Program for Graphic Design. Born from a series of lectures delivered remotely, on...Show More
7) Material Design Gets Expressive: Aneesha Kommineni, Andy Stewart, and Michael Gilbert
This special episode digs into the latest evolution of Google’s design system: Material 3 Expressive. Liam talks with Material Design’s Android Product Manager Aneesha Kommineni, UX Researcher Michael...Show More
8) Beauty Across the Board: Rich Fulcher, UX Director
This season's special series celebrating ten years since the launch of Material Design closes out with Rich Fulcher, former Google UX director and Material design lead. Fulcher remembers the career-de...Show More
9) Breaking Silos (and Metaphors): Adrian Secord, ‘Roving Engineer,’ Google
This season's special series celebrating ten years since the launch of Material Design continues with Adrian Secord, who describes himself as a “roving engineer.” Adrian has over a decade of experien...Show More
10) Code, Creativity, Performance: Will Larche, Engineering Manager, Google
This season's special series celebrating ten years since the launch of Material Design continues with Software Engineering Manager and Musical Theater Writer Will Larche, who talks about his path to...Show More