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Design Better co-hosts Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter explore the intersection of design, technology, and the creative process through conversations with guests across many creative fields, helping you hone your craft, unlock your creativity, and learn the art of collaboration. Whether you’re design...
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Bonus Episode: 30 years of design with Wert&Co, live in NYC featuring Paola Antonelli, Mark Wilson,Kate Aronowitz, Mike Davidson, and Meaghan Choi
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Today we celebrate 30 ye...
Rewind: Paola Antonelli: How design shapes culture
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Design Better has been on the roa...
Keith Sawyer: Become more creative by learning to see
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Jae Park: Designing a new generation of vehicles at Ford, and why friction matters in the creative process
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As designers and creatives, many of us spent ye...
Astro Teller & Ivo Stivoric: Why moonshots require unlearning everything you know
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Henry Modisett: Perplexity’s VP of Design on embracing ambiguity and leading with curiosity
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AI isn’t just another layer in our digital...
Elizabeth Lin: Rethinking design education in the age of AI
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Nick Foster: Could, Should, Might, Don't—a new way to think about designing for the future
Most designers are comfortable in the world of known problems—we talk to users, gather insights, iterate based on feedback. But what happens when you'...
Tim Brown: Allbirds co-founder on mission-driven design and entrepreneurship
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Somet...
Matt Raw: Balancing legacy and innovation at The New York Times
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Matt Raw, Interim VP of Design at The New York...
The Brief: Microscopes and telescopes
Microscopes and telescopes
By Aarron Walter
A friend and former colleague called me recently to catch up and get my perspect...
Rhiannon Bell: Designing the future of search at Google
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Bonus Episode: Inside Sonos's distributed research & design process for the Arc Ultra
For many creative people, music is a central part of life. Count us in that camp. We’ve long admired Sonos products for their quality and easy integra...
Noah Levin: AMA with Figma's VP of Design on their latest releases
Figma is central to most designers' workflow these days (certainly is here at Design Better). So it's important to get familiar with all of the latest...
Design Better Live AMA at The New York Times
We were recently invited to the The New York Times where we spoke with Matt Raw, the interim head of design at the Times. Eli and I are accustomed to...
Video Rewind: Kamasi Washington: A jazz genius on collaborative lessons learned from Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Lauryn Hill, and more
This is the second installment in our series of video rewind episodes, with an interview featuring jazz legend Kamasi Washington. Watch the full episo...
Josh Clark and Veronika Kindred: Sentient Design and the future of interfaces
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Bonus Episode: Shani Sandy, VP, Experience Design at IBM, live in NYC for UserTesting's THiS Connect Tour
Maybe you’ve already heard, but we’re in the midst of significant global and technological change. It will be a struggle for many businesses to adapt,...
The Brief: Stop specializing—live a multidisciplinary creative life
by Eli Woolery
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the multitude of people we’ve interviewed for Design Better, it’s that the most in...
Christopher Lyons: From producing music to venture capital, and why EQ beats IQ in building the future
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Bonus Episode: Champ Bennett, co-founder of Capsule, on making motion design easy and scalable
We are living through a Cambrian explosion of new tools, powered by generative AI. It can be tough to wade through the sea of options in front of us,...
Cassie McDaniel: How Medium eliminated its PM function and started moving faster
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The Roundup: AI creative workflow, vibe coding, ethics, agents, and more
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Rarely do we get the chan...
Bonus Episode: Amy Lokey, Chief Experience Officer at ServiceNow, live in SF for UserTesting's THiS Connect Tour
This interview was recorded live on May 1st for UserTesting’s ThiS Connect City Tour. Interested in joining us for our next live show? We’re joining a...
Video Rewind: John Cleese: A cheerful guide to creativity
Hi everyone!
We recently surveyed our audience and learned that many of you would like to see more video. So, we’re kicking off a new run...
Marco Suarez: From designer to coffee entrepreneur ☕
A special sponsored episode of the Design Better Podcast
It’s a tough job market out there right now for designers and other creative tec...
Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross: Your Brain on Art
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In school, art is often posi...
Rewind: OK Go: Making the impossible possible
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Aarron and Eli are traveling with their families for...
Jordan Mechner: Pioneering game designer on creating Prince of Persia, Karateka, and a new graphic novel memoir
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As a kid in the 80’s, Eli fell in love wi...
Brad Frost: Design systems are about human relationships
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Design systems are the foundation of nearly e...
Heidi Trost: Human Centered Security
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Designing a good security experience is hard...
The Brief: Afraid of losing your job? Become irreplaceable
Becoming an irreplaceable designer
By Aarron Walter
The software industry is in a tough contraction phase. Teams are downsizing, and compa...
Trenton Doyle Hancock: An artist’s process for creating order from chaos
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Aarron’s friend Trenton Doyle Hanc...
Dan Harden: Form follows emotion—industrial design lessons from George Nelson to Steve Jobs
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If you were mapping out the most amazing career in in...
Kristen Berman: Behavioral economics expert on designing products that change behavior
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Many of the most successful products launched in...
The Brief: What designers can learn from writers and storytellers
Words are worth a thousand pictures
by Eli Woolery
How does Sir Jony Ive, the famed former head of design at Apple, start every project? I...
Gareth Hinds: A golden age for the graphic novel
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Graphic novels are experiencing something of a ren...
From your inbox to your ears: Audio versions of The Brief
Every month, our premium subscribers receive our newsletter The Brief , which assembles wisdom gleaned from interviews with creative thinkers. It’s a...
Kevin Bethune: Nonlinear—Navigating Design with Curiosity and Conviction
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One core strength that good designers cul...
Scott Belsky: Adobe's Chief Strategist on navigating the creative Cambrian Explosion
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We live in an era where it’s easy to get overwhelm...