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The User Brings the Confetti Design Notes is a show about creative work and what it teaches us, hosted by Liam Spradlin.

In a new episode—Rob Giampietro returns to the show for a case study on @Notion.com Faces. Rob and I cover:

• The irreplaceable joy in hand-drawn assets
• The role of expression in #UX
• How to ship ambitious design projects

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Designing Tools is Awesome: Cameron Koczon, Partner at Fictive Kin Fictive Kin’s Cameron Koczon on understanding the foundational impact of design.

To go along with this week’s Doubleshot newsletter on @interfacecafe.com, take some time to revisit this episode with Cameron Koczon, in which Koczon explains the importance of designing tools—products that simply facilitate user intent.

Vulnerability, Technology, and Art Exploring our shared vulnerabilities—and shared futures—in ink and code.

“...The curator asked, ‘Who do you think will buy your paintings?’ And I was like, ‘Maybe someone who’s awkward and lonely and, you know, vulnerable.’ And she said, ‘Oh, you mean everybody?’”

Qianqian Ye on exploring vulnerability through art and code.

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How Fonts Change the World What digital type can teach us about digital production, emotional expression, and where we fit in the world as designers.

Type permeates our world, but the work behind it is often invisible. In this episode, @davelab6.bsky.social joined me to talk about

• The importance of free fonts
• How digital type speeds up globalization, and
• How variable type shifts fonts from object to system

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How Machines Help Us See Ourselves On getting to know your tools and the art only technology can create.

Revisiting this episode with Harvey Moon on making your own tools and how machines can help us reveal unseen aspects of the world around us.

Design Notes Design Notes is a show about creative work and what it teaches us, hosted by Liam Spradlin.

“Any design work that stops me, it stops me because it includes some dissonance. It’s not too smooth, it’s not invisible.”

Catch up on this conversation with David Reinfurt about his new book and the myths of invisible design.

Facing Our Interfaces: Matías Duarte on the Future of Individualized Design This episode features the founder of Material Design and Design VP Matías Duarte, whose work on the system has pushed design forward at Google and across devices everywhere.

“One big impetus is the question:

Now that we can render anything with the level of quality and craft that you might have in print — what should we render?

I think that’s the most interesting frontier.”
—Matías Duarte, VP Design, Google

True is Better Than New Designer, educator, and author David Reinfurt returns to the show to discuss his latest book, A *Co-* Program for Graphic Design.

“Design doesn't really have a subject matter of its own. It only comes into being when it touches some other discipline.”

In the latest episode, David Reinfurt unpacks design education and the centrality of the designer’s perspective in an evolving landscape.

The Music of Design: Marko Ahtisaari Marko Ahtisaari is the artistic director of the Helsinki Festival, a former product design lead at Nokia, and co-founder of Dopplr and Sync Project.

In this episode, artistic director Marko Ahtisaari discusses the early days of the internet and how the pursuit of a “beautiful everyday experience” shapes Finnish design.

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Design Notes with Mitch Paone Design Notes is a show about creative work and what it teaches us, hosted by Liam Spradlin.

“We share. We make. It’s about as democratic as it gets ... basically what I’m saying is we’re creating a jazz solo out of the creative process.”

Creative Director Mitch Paone describes design as a musical composition in this ep from the catalog.

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.

Today’s new episode is a follow-up to our 2020 conversation about his book, A *New* Program for Graphic Design. Catch up on the previous episode where he breaks down the “carnival-esque” classroom environment that led to the book:

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Today, I’ve got a new interview with friend of the show David Reinfurt, covering “A *Co–* Program for Graphic Design”

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What We Can Learn From Our Work: Liam Spradlin, Host of Design Notes Host Liam Spradlin reflects on the first 25 episodes of the podcast.

Back in 2019, my colleague Barbara Eldredge swapped places with me on Design Notes. If you ever wanted a look behind the scenes of the show, I break it down in our interview.

Fashion From Another Planet: Julian Zigerli, Zürich Fashion Designer [SF Design Week] Fashion designer Julian Zigerli on un-gendering clothes, cultural influence, and adaptation.

Since moving to Zürich, I've had the chance to meet a lot of fascinating creative practitioners working in the region.

Fashion designer Julian Zigerli spoke with me about how his work un-genders clothes, Swiss cultural influence, and more.

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Designing the (New) Identity of Design Notes A new system for the show that stays true to its roots while making it fresh, bold, and focused.

Now that the show’s new identity has rolled out, I took some time to write about the new system, all the details, and a peek inside our figma file 📻🧑‍💻

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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.

"What I’ve realized is, do not ask, ‘what do you think?’ Ask, ‘what do you feel?’ You get completely different answers."

Hear from Google VP of Design for Home and Wearables Isabelle Olsson in this interview from SPAN 2018.

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Material 3 Expressive – Design Notes - Google Design Explore Material 3 Expressive with members of Google's Material Design team. Learn about emotion-driven UX, user research, and flexibility.

“It’s expression as usability, it’s expression as accessibility, and ultimately it’s expression as beauty, for a purpose.”

Learn what it takes to build a design system at Google scale in the new episode:

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The Impact of Shared Space: Ignacio Ciocchini, Public Furniture Designer How the built environment expands, constrains, and informs our experiences of life in a city.

The built environment is an interface, too.

📻 In this episode, public furniture designer Ignacio Ciocchini breaks down the UX of shared space, and the material realities of building in the city.

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How Machines Help Us See Ourselves: Harvey Moon, New Media Artist On getting to know your tools and the art only technology can create.

As design tools continue to change and multiply, it's good to get a grasp on how they can augment human skills.

Revisit this episode with new media artist Harvey Moon, whose work explores how machines can reveal unseen elements of the world around us.

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Material Design: Secrets & Stories Behind Google’s UI - Google Design Uncover the untold history & surprising impact of Material Design from Google.

Want to learn more about what it takes to build and sustain a design system at Google scale?

Check out Google Design’s collection of stories from the folks past and present who have made it happen:

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The Surprising Poetry of AI: BJ Best, ArtyBots Poet BJ Best on teaching computers to do what humans can’t.

What happens when robots collaborate with each other on art and remixes?

In 2020, I sat down with @bjbest60.bsky.social‬ to unpack the surprising poetry of his ArtyBots network.

Rich Fulcher on Material Design and UX - Google Design Rich Fulcher, former Google UX director, discusses the creation of Material Design, the importance of beauty in UX, and his current work in game design.

Excited to be featured on the Design Notes podcast! Liam Spaldin and I discussed the evolution of design at Google, the importance of beauty in tech, the impact of 10 years of Material Design, and even a pinch of game design. Listen to our conversation here: goo.gle/40q8ZQI #M10 #MaterialDesign #UX

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Bethany Fong on Material Design Dive into the origins of Material Design with Bethany Fong, UX designer and creative director integral to creating Google's design system. Listen to the podcast for insights on the Floating Action But...

“Working on components felt very much like mechanical engineering to me. I would actually have pictures of mechanical objects in the back of my mind, imagining how they would translate into z-space.” — Bethany Fong

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