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@ridd-design.bsky.social

learning from my favorite designers @ dive.club

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Gotchu x.com/mrncst?s=21

www.dive.club/deep-dives/m...

14.06.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dessn - The missing tool for product designers Dessn - The missing tool for product designers

After hundreds of discussions with founders about how Ai changes the way they build this discussion with Gabriella and Nim and @ridd-design.bsky.social
stands out -- tis packed with insights about how to be building for tomorrow & the changing role of designers:

share.snipd.com/episode/2f69...

03.04.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿซถ

16.03.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Thiago Costa - Cultivating taste as a designer
YouTube video by Dive Club ๐Ÿคฟ Thiago Costa - Cultivating taste as a designer

This week's dive club went deeeeep ๐Ÿคฟ on visual design @ridd-design.bsky.social youtu.be/bWffMLkBQLU?...

22.02.2025 01:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dive Club ๐Ÿคฟ Dive is where designers never stop learning ๐Ÿคฟ Learn more ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.dive.club

Sharing a resource for my fellow designers. Check out the Dive Club on Youtube. I donโ€™t get paid to say this, I just get so much out of this channel and I recommend you check it out.

www.youtube.com/@joindiveclub

#design #productdesign #designsky

23.01.2025 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dang this means a lot thanks for sharing!

23.01.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mike and Chara Smith - Designing for the love of the game
YouTube video by Dive Club ๐Ÿคฟ Mike and Chara Smith - Designing for the love of the game

I've been so eager to share this interview since the second we hung up.

The show is called Dive Club and boy did we dive deep. We covered a ton of ground and fired off more than a few hot takes. Chara had some great metaphors and I moved around a lot.

youtu.be/Jhxx6yK2J08?...

03.01.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There's been a LOT of talk about designers becoming builders lately ๐Ÿ’ช

So this week we get to go behind the scenes with Pran who is designing v0

It's a deep dive into AI products and a glimpse at the Vercel design culture

Enjoy ๐Ÿ‘‰ join.dive.club/pran

27.12.2024 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿคฟ Dive Club | 14 UI Patterns for generative AI Types of UI that will be relevant moving forward โ€” an article from Des Traynor / /

One of my favorite threads on Twitter right now comes from the co-founder of Intercom.

It's a list of new UI patterns that generative AI necessitates

It's so good that I asked him if I could turn it into an article to share outside of Twitter ๐Ÿ‘‡
www.dive.club/ideas/new-ty...

27.12.2024 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Dive โ€” where designers never stop learning ๐Ÿคฟ Dive Club is a podcast and article series that unlocks knowledge from today's top designers

btw I share stories and ideas like this each week via email ๐Ÿ’Œ

10k+ designers enjoy them and maybe you would too ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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20.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sam Peitz - The intersection of art and product
This week's episode is with [Sam Peitz](https://x.com/samdape) who quickly became one of my favorite designers to follow in 2024. He regularly shares experim... Sam Peitz - The intersection of art and product

Something Sam Peitz said to me this week brought back a lot of these memories

โ€œIf you share the things youโ€™re really passionate about, the right people will find youโ€

So ya... share the work you want to get hired for :)

join.dive.club/sam-peitz

20.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Designing anatomy study tools for pre-med students ended up being the foot in the door I needed

And eventually that experience helped me land the role as the founding designer at Maven

That little set of three mockups changed everything for me :)

20.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Months later someone found those designs on Dribble and I received an offer from a company called Bootcamp to lead design on a new product suite!

โœ… Good news: I was working in education

๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ Bad news: Cadavers make me nauseous lol

20.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As soon as I graduated college I knew I wanted to work in education

But 5+ years into my career I hadn't taken a single step

So one afternoon I mocked up some ideas for a homeschooling product

This ~2 hour design exercise ended up creating an inflection point in my career ๐Ÿ‘‡

20.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This design is embarrassing for me to look at nowadays...

But it changed everything for me (and might help you too) ๐Ÿ‘‡

20.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Been following along with Builder โœŒ๏ธ

20.12.2024 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dive โ€” where designers never stop learning ๐Ÿคฟ Dive Club is a podcast and article series that unlocks knowledge from today's top designers

I like thinking (and writing) about the future of design

If you like it too then you'll probably enjoy my newsletter along with 10k+ other designers ๐Ÿซถ

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19.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Software is about to get a LOT more personalized

And on the heels of AI is a new spatial medium! What does an AR art museum built entirely out of dynamic shaders look like?

I donโ€™t knowโ€ฆ but Iโ€™m excited to live in a world where the lines between art and product design begin to blur :)

19.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What happens when anyone can spend a single afternoon creating an app that is designed specifically for their grandma?

Products like that can tap into a level of human expression that simply doesnโ€™t exist in our scale-dictated world.

And this is only the beginningโ€ฆ

19.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As code becomes cheaper and easier to write, an explosion of niche products is imminent.

Old-world economics have capped artistic expression in software

if youโ€™re going to invest the time to build something then it better make money and have the potential to scale.

But that's about to change...

19.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sam Peitz - The intersection of art and product
This week's episode is with [Sam Peitz](https://x.com/samdape) who quickly became one of my favorite designers to follow in 2024. He regularly shares experim... Sam Peitz - The intersection of art and product

I'm doing a little write up of everything I learned over our 2 convos and sharing it out to 10k+ designers tomorrow AM

Sign up here ๐Ÿ‘‡
join.dive.club/signup

And then here's the full episode ๐ŸŽง
join.dive.club/sam-peitz

18.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I think my favorite designer to follow in 2024 was Sam Peitz

He shares some of the most unique designs you'll find anywhere ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

So this week I did a deep dive into his creative process and what it takes to bring his experiments to life ๐Ÿ‘‡

18.12.2024 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ya you're kinda living the dream a bit :)

12.12.2024 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some highlights:

โ€ข How AI fits into his new product strategy for Seldon
โ€ข The 3 types of designers that will exist in the future
โ€ข What it was like joining Figma in 2012
โ€ข The #1 trait of designers heโ€™s worked with over the last 3 decades

Enjoy ๐ŸŽง

join.dive.club/andrei

11.12.2024 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Did you know the 1st interface designer at Adobe was also the 1st designer to work on Figma? ๐Ÿคฏ

His name is Andrei and he knows a heck of a lot about design tooling...

So this week's episode is jam-packed with stories and thoughts on where we're headed next๐Ÿ‘‡

11.12.2024 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿฅน thanks! Really encouraging

11.12.2024 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿซถ

10.12.2024 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Glad you liked it ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™‚๏ธ

10.12.2024 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Compiled insights from 8+ incredible designers into a single <10 min breakdown ๐Ÿ‘‡

Here's the YT link but it's also available anywhere you get podcasts if audio-only is more your style
join.dive.club/ep6

10.12.2024 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I've interviewed the first designers at Linear, Perplexity, Ramp, Facebook, Browser Company, etc...

Here's what I've learned about how to thrive as a startup designer ๐Ÿ‘‡

10.12.2024 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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