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 Serial to meat/candy hybrids.


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Website
Twitter
Medium
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Show Notes:

01:45 - Gabe tells us about his upcoming Facebook adventure in London

Facebook London

05:45 - Does the design culture at Facebook encourage bold new ideas?

Slingshot

07:05 - Gabe shares about his transition from startup life to big corporation

Automatic

17:30 - We learn a bit more about Facebook's latest experimental apps

Facebook Labs
Rooms

25:00 - What are the prototyping tools being used at Facebook?

Origami
Framer
Sketch
Pixate

37:00 - How do you design an emotional experience?

Designing Happiness

45:00 - Jay did it

Serial Podcast

60:00 - Gabe shares about a meaningful mentor in his life

Margaret Stewart Twitter

Twitter Mentions