There Is No Neutral Design: Megan Kasselberg, Senior UX Writer and Content Designer, Material Design
This episode, I talked with my coworker Megan Kasselberg, whose work as a senior UX writer and content designer touches billions of users th...
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Design Notes is a show about creative work and what it teaches us, hosted by Google’s Liam Spradlin. Each episode we’ll talk with people from unique creative fields to discover what inspires...
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Beyond the Text Field: Louise Macfadyen, Author of Designing AI Interfaces
This episode, I got to sit down with my friend, podcast cohost on Away from Keyboard , and former coworker Louise Macfadyen as she prepares...
The Era of the Generalist: Rachel Been, SVP of Design for Expedia Group
In this episode, Liam speaks with Rachel Been, SVP of Design for Expedia Group, about her journey from photography to design leadership and...
Other Than Expected: Fabian Bircher on Combining Art, Architecture, and Code
In this episode, Liam speaks with Zürich-based architect and artist Fabian Bircher, whose work spans buildings, custom lighting, and interac...
Design Can't Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception
In this episode, I reconnect with my former instructor, type designer and design coach Troy Leinster. Troy shares his journey from graphic d...
The User Brings the Confetti: Rob Giampietro on Scaling a Human-Centered Brand
Rob Giampietro, Head of Creative at Notion and former Design Director at MoMA, returns to the show to unpack the story behind Notion Faces,...
True is Better Than New: David Reinfurt on Evolving Graphic Design Education
In this episode, designer, educator, and author David Reinfurt returns to the show to discuss his latest book, A *Co-* Program for Graphic D...
Material Design Gets Expressive: Inside Google's Emotion-Driven UX Update
This special episode digs into the latest evolution of Google's design system: Material 3 Expressive . Liam talks with Material Design's And...
Beauty Across the Board: Rich Fulcher on Making Beauty a UX Priority at Google
This season's special series celebrating ten years since the launch of Material Design closes out with Rich Fulcher, former Google UX direct...
Breaking Silos (and Metaphors): A 'Roving Engineer' on Design & Engineering Collaboration
This season's special series celebrating ten years since the launch of Material Design continues with Adrian Secord, who describes himself a...
Code, Creativity, Performance: Will Larche on Engineering as 'Creativity with Constraints'
This season's special series celebrating ten years since the launch of Material Design continues with Software Engineering Manager and Music...
Fab Components: Bethany Fong on Designing Material's Signature Floating Action Button
This episode is part of a special series celebrating ten years of Material Design. In the episode, Liam speaks with Bethany Fong, a Design D...
Facing Our Interfaces: Matías Duarte on the Future of Individualized Design
This season begins with a special series celebrating ten years since the launch of Material Design, which will explore the inception, evolut...
Designing Better Code: How Google Engineers Make Coding a Creative Practice
Liam speaks with Googlers Connie Shi, a software engineer on Material Design, and Matvei Malkov, a software engineer on Jetpack Compose, and...
How Fonts Change the World: Dave Crossland on Digital Type and Emotional Expression
Liam and Google Fonts Specialist Dave Crossland explore what digital type can teach us about digital production, emotional expression, and w...
Coding (and Decoding) Social Spaces: Judith Donath on the Future of Life Online
In this episode, Liam speaks with Judith Donath, the founder of MIT's Sociable Media Lab, inventor of e-cards, and author of The Social Mach...
Fearless Design: Aline Borges on Composition and Creative Career Changes
Liam speaks with Aline Borges, a Zürich-based floral designer who's made the leap from fashion coordination for magazines like Vogue and Har...
⏮️ How Machines Help Us See Ourselves: Harvey Moon on Art Made Through Machine Collaboration
In this episode, we revisit a conversation from Season 1 with new media artist Harvey Moon, recorded in his San Francisco studio. Liam and H...
The Impact of Shared Space: Ignacio Ciocchini on Designing NYC's Public Furniture
Liam speaks with streetscape and public space designer Ignacio Ciocchini, who's created much of the public furniture that New Yorkers encoun...
⏮️ Learning From Your Virtual Twin: Kerry Murphy on Digital Fashion and Virtual Embodiment
In this episode, we revisit a conversation from Season 1 with Kerry Murphy, co-founder of digital fashion house The Fabricant. We uncover ho...