46: It Started With Neopets (feat. Joshua Sortino)

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46: It Started With Neopets (feat. Joshua Sortino)

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Jul 27, 2015

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Today we caught up with Josh Sortino, designer at Teespring, startup advisor and photographer. We chat about design and communication, the design world in San Francisco, photography and how designers can get a seat at the table.

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Jul 27, 2015

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A weekly conversation about design process and culture. Hosted by Marshall Bock and Brian Lovin.

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29: Bananagrams (feat. Ryan Putnam & Nick Slater): In this episode of Design Details we had the pleasure of catching up with Ryan Putnam and returning-guest Nick Slater! We chat about illustration, designing a company culture, mixing mediums and finding our spirit animals. by Design Details
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9: When Did the Marketing Department Get Here? (feat. Paul Stamatiou and Avi Cieplinski): For Episode 9, we had our first chat with two guests! This time we caught up with Paul Stamatiou and Avi Cieplinski, from the Photo and Video Team at Twitter. We covered a lot this week - chatting about prototyping, wearables, design process and what it's by Design Details
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33: The Rusty Theorem (feat. Marc Edwards & Russell Ivanovic): The epic conclusion of our first ever two-parter! Marc and Russell were kind enough to come back for round two to discuss Apple's WWDC Keynote, Marc's weird workflows, optical alignment, PDF assets and more! by Design Details
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11: Artisanal Fitness (feat. Erika Hall): This week we caught up with Erika Hall, co-founder of Mule Design and author of Just Enough Research. We dive deep into a handful of topics, from user research to gender in tech, from the Apple Watch to the evolution of San Francisco culture - we had a lo by Design Details
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4: Meatspace User Onboarding (feat. Kristy Tillman): This week we caught up with Kristy Tillman, a former designer at IDEO who now leads the design charge at Society of Grownups. We had a great time chatting across a huge range of topics, from diversity in tech to meatspace user onboarding! by Design Details
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1: How Nerdy of an Answer Do You Want? (feat. Sam Soffes): The first episode of Design Details has arrived! For our opening show, we sat down with designer and developer Sam Soffes to talk about his latest project (Whiskey), building in public, brag-driven development and his interest in working as a designer. by Design Details
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15: Her Left Me (feat. Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg): This is our first time to have a second episode scheduled for the week! We're excited to try out this new format, kicking things off with two guests: Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg. We chat about design at Facebook, their journeys as designers and h by Design Details
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12: Topsoil Decisions (feat. Ryan Sims): This past week we sat down with Ryan Sims, the former head of design at Rdio. We caught up with him about his latest career change as he heads to Adobe, what it was like growing the design team at Rdio and what it means to have a design mentor. This was a by Design Details
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8: Deathly Allergic to Avocado (feat. Chloe Park): Episode 8 everyone! This week we sat down with the lovely Chloe Park, an experience designer making things happen at OpenTable. We chat about everything from the design process at OpenTable to Chloe's biggest problems with relationships in tech. This was by Design Details
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5: Squeeze in Some Meat with Your Candy (feat. Gabriel Valdivia): This week we had a chat with Gabriel Valdivia, a Product Designer at Facebook. He's a close friend and a remarkable designer best known for his work at Automatic. We had a great time chatting about a lot of Gabe's favorite things - from prototyping to Ser by Design Details
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27: Socialist Design (feat. Kim Bost & Cap Watkins): Last week Kim and Cap were in SF for the week and dropped by to record another fun episode of Design Details! We chat about what it's like to be married to a designer, how to hire designers and how to overcome the biggest challenges design managers face. by Design Details
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10: Tiny Nuggets of Delight (feat. Tim Van Damme): This week we caught up with Tim Van Damme, an amazing designer who has been a part of some of our favorite products including Instagram and Dropbox. For this hour we chat about Tim's past experience in design, working on Mailbox, Dribbble and the future o by Design Details
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18: Kleenex Testers (feat. Stone Librande): This week we broke up our regular string of web designer guests to chat with Stone Librande, lead designer at Riot Games. Stone was also the lead designer of Diablo 3, SimCity and Spore; he's an incredibly talented creator who shared so much insight with by Design Details
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