Stephen Haney - Paper's vision for the future of design tooling
Stephen previously co-founded Modulz which created Radix UI, now used by Vercel, Linear, and Jetsi.Now he’s the founder of the most influential design tool on the market — Paper.In this episode, Stephen gives us a look at how Paper is fundamentally changing the speed of traditional design flows.Some highlights:How to drive alignment as a companyHow Stephen cultivates empathy in designersHow Stephen views the traditional design roleHow Paper is paving the way for modern design toolsHow Paper is bringing creativity back to design tools through shadersa lot moreDavid Hoang Strategy is Compressing articleStephen posted on DeviantArt in early daysCreated Radix UI at ModulzPaper’s Liquid logo release on Twitter
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The untapped opportunity for design tools💡
A year ago, it felt like AI-generated UI was about to have its moment. But now the landscape looks a LOT different than what people expected.So this episode answers the question "what's next?"Because there's still an untapped opportunity that I believe will become very real soon...Kyle Turman (Designer at Anthropic) https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/kyle-turmanNad Chishtie (1st designer at Lovable) https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/nad-chishtieZach Leach (Head of Design at Gamma) https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/zach-leachJordan Singer (AI at Figma) https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/jordan-singerPranathi Peri (Product designer at Vercel) https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/pranathi-periAlex Schleifer (Former Chief Design Officer at Airbnb) https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/alex-schleifer
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Zach Leach - Principles for designing a great AI product
This week, Zach Leach (Head of Design at Gamma) gives a behind-the-scenes of what it’s like designing one of the hottest AI products in the world today.He shares a ton of techniques and lessons learned from working with LLMs—including some ways to make AI fun again :) And we also learn what makes design at Gamma a bit unorthodox in all the best ways.Some highlights:What makes Gamma a team of “AI Pioneers”How Gamma designers prototype ideas in codeHow Zach has iterated on interaction patterns for AIHow to think about AI functionality at the system levelHow Zach imagines his design role in the coming yearsWhat Zach has learned about designing AI-powered flowsa lot more **The core team came over together from OptimizelyWe talked about prototyping in Bolt and Lovable
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The new era of design leadership💡
The more I study today's top design teams, the more clear it’s becoming that we're entering the era of a new type of design leader— one with taste and the skills necessary to uphold craft.So this episode studies this new archetype of leader by highlighting clips from design leaders at Airbnb, Ramp, Duolingo, and more…Alex Schleifer (Former Chief Design Officer at Airbnb)Mig Reyes (VP of Product Experience at Duolingo)Derek Briggs (Design + Code at Hypermode)Teo Connor (VP of Design at Airbnb)Diego Zaks (VP of Design at Ramp)
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Mig Reyes - Harsh truths that designers need to hear
Mig Reyes is the VP of Product Experience at Duolingo (and a design director at Instagram before that).In this episode he shared a behind-the-scenes of how design operates at Duolingo (as well as some harsh truths designers need to hear).Common portfolio review mistakesHow communication skills build influenceMig’s strategy behind hiring junior designersHow to succeed in executive product reviewsMig’s mandate to raise the design bar at DuolingoHow Mig revamped design management at DuolingoWhy Duolingo changed from “UX” to “Product Experience”a lot moreJacob Nielsen (commented on LinkedIn post)Brett Westervelt (VP of Design at Instagram)Ryan Sims (Chief Design Officer at Duolingo)Luis (CEO of Duolingo)Companies mentioned: Instagram, Airbnb, Coinbase, Meta, OpenAI, Figma
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