Where designers never stop learning 💪Dive Club is an interview series hosted by Ridd that is designed to unlock knowledge from today's most prolific designers....
AI introduces an opportunity for all kinds of novel interaction patterns.But it creates a whole new category of design challenges too…And this episode breaks down the biggest challenge of all.Colin Dunn (Founder and Designer of Visual Electric)Maheen Sohail (Gen-AI designer at Meta)Tyler Angert (Founder of Patina Systems)Maggie Appleton (Design engineer at Normally)Ammaar Reshi (Head of Design at ElevenLabs)
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Alejandro Matamala Ortiz - Designing the future of AI video
This week’s episode is with Alejandro Matamala Ortiz, the cofounder and Chief Design Officer at Runway—one of the leading generative AI companies in the world today.The way they work is incredibly unique. So a big focus of this interview is digging into how AI is shifting the way products get built and what it all means for designers:How the lines are blurring between rolesHow AI flips the order of building new featuresWhat it means to “carve” AI products vs. build themHow Alejandro believes the role of design will changeWhy the embed frontend engineers on the design teamWhere the film and video industry might be headed nexta lot more
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How to pitch your designs like a pro💡
Most designers fall into the same trap when presenting their ideas.So this ~5 min episode breaks down how to pitch your designs like a pro.Chris AbadGabe Valdivia
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Christophe Tauziet - Plaid’s culture of craft, tips for CRIT, and lessons from early Facebook
This week’s episode is with Christophe Tauziet who is the Head of Design at Plaid—one of today’s leading fintech companies.We go deep into the ways he’s building a culture of craft and the rituals they’ve evolved to consistently sweat the details. There are a lot of practical processes and ideas in this episode.Some highlights:Keys to a great async video share outHow to foster a winning CRIT environmentWhy Christophe implemented “polish reviews”Ways to foster collaboration within a design orgPractical advice for giving better design feedbackHow Christophe changed what he looks for in design candidatesa lot moreBrian Lovin’s article “Teams should work with the garage door up”
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2 ways to make your design ideas compelling💡
You can have the greatest design concepts in the world, but none of that matters if they don't make it into production.So this episode is all about how to create an aura of inevitability around your ideas.It features stories from early Facebook, Webflow, and Figma 👇Vincent van der Meulen (Design engineer at Figma)Soleio pt. 1 / pt. 2 (second designer at Facebook)Kevin Wong (Head of product at Webflow)
Where designers never stop learning 💪Dive Club is an interview series hosted by Ridd that is designed to unlock knowledge from today's most prolific designers. We go deep into craft, storytelling, tools, design engineering, startups, and much more.You can find all of the episodes, key takeaways, and bonus resources here 👉 Dive.club