Latest Invision Podcast Episodes
Jonathan Adler: Famed potter and designer on bringing creativity into all aspects of life
Design Better - April 30, 2024 13:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsVisit our Substack to get access to the full show: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/jonathan-adler We’ve admired Jonathan Adler’s work for a long time. Though he started his career as a potter, today he designs sumptuous furnishings and interiors that inject energy and joy into everyday life. Hi...
Making Design Better—better—with weekly episodes, an enhanced newsletter, and more
Design Better - April 24, 2024 16:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsTldr; We’re transitioning to weekly episode releases, publishing an enhanced newsletter, and simplifying our premium subscription which will now be on Substack. Read the details below … Upgrade to paid Weekly episodes For years, we’ve been on a semi-weekly cadence for new episodes, but this sched...
Brian Tyler, composer for Yellowstone, Crazy Rich Asians, Mario Brothers, and more, on his creative process
Design Better - April 09, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFind the transcript, full show notes, and more on our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/brian-tyler Our conversation today takes us further into the creative process across different mediums. If you’re a fan of Yellowstone, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3, or the recent Mario Brothers mov...
Bonus: Eric Snowden, Head of Adobe Design, on AI + Design
Design Better - April 02, 2024 18:49 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFind the transcript, show notes, and more on our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/eric-snowden Adobe has been the big wrench in our creative toolbox for decades. But there’s a new tool shaking up our workflow —Generative AI. Eric Snowden, leader of Adobe’s design team, sees a big oppor...
Kate Aronowitz: Shaping the story of design in business
Design Better - March 26, 2024 19:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsVisit our Substack for transcript, show notes, and more: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/kate-aronowitz Few designers have an instinct for business fundamentals. Those that do are able to position design as a competitive advantage for a business and pave the way for design teams to collaborate...
Ellen Lupton: Thinking With Type
Design Better - March 13, 2024 13:31 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFor decades, graphic designers have been introduced to typography by Ellen Lupton’s book, Thinking With Type. It was certainly a staple in Aarron’s courses when he taught graphic design. It’s now in its third edition, with loads of new content. It’s worth noting, the layout of each page of this b...
Jonathan Hoefler: Typography legend on type history, philosophy, and entrepreneurship
Design Better - February 27, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsVisit our Substack for the transcript, additional show notes and links, and more: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/jonathan-hoefler Chances are you have a few fonts on your computer designed by Jonathan Hoefler. Since 1991, Apple has included Hoefler Text on every Mac. Ideal Sans, Knockout, Arch...
Bonus: Hamish Smyth of Standards
Design Better - February 25, 2024 16:36 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsVisit our Substack for the transcript, links, and more: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/hamish-smyth Design systems have been on the minds of those of us in the software industry for more than a decade now and for good reason. To create large scale software with a consistent experience, standar...
Bonus: Hiroki Asai, Global Head of Marketing at Airbnb
Design Better - February 06, 2024 20:43 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFind a transcript and more show notes on our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/hiroki-asai Airbnb and Apple have a few things in common: They’re both design-centric companies, they sell products through best-in-class marketing, and they’ve achieved incredible success by focusing on the ...
Vanessa Gennarelli: Surviving Change at Work
Design Better - January 30, 2024 16:53 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFind the transcript and full show notes on our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/vanessa-gennarelli Change at work is tough, and it’s seemingly constant. New leadership, new boss, new role, new responsibilities, new strategies. Suddenly, everything you thought was certain has been upend...
Scott Rice: Creative lessons learned teaching film with Matthew McConaughey
Design Better - January 16, 2024 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsWith a more than 100 year history, movie making has a lot to teach us about collaboration and creativity in complex environments. How do directors bring together so many people with such different skills for months, sometimes years, to make a movie that holds together as a story that entertains a...
Autumn Durald Arkapaw: Cinematographer for Wakanda Forever and Loki on the overlap between design and photography
Design Better - January 02, 2024 19:04 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFind more show notes and the transcript on our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/autumn-durald-arkapaw-cinematographer The Marvel Cinematic Universe has dominated the box office and streaming platforms for years, and our guest, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, has played a significant role in sha...
Rewind: Midcentury modern design principles and Heath Ceramics
Design Better - December 26, 2023 15:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsWe hope that you’re having a festive holiday season, and that you’re able to take some time off to be with friends and family. Today we’re rewinding to our interview with Robin Petravic, co-owner of Heath Ceramics. We love Heath Ceramics. They're the types of objects you pass on from generation t...
Barry Katz: The history and philosophy of design in Silicon Valley and beyond
Design Better - December 19, 2023 15:46 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFind the transcript, show notes, and more on our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/barry-katz We bet you don’t know where the term “interaction design” comes from, but Barry Katz does. Katz’s book, Make It New, captures the lost history of digital design that should be required reading ...
Bonus Episode: Dorrian Porter, CEO of Vestaboard
Design Better - December 18, 2023 15:24 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFind the transcript, show notes, and more on our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/dorrian-porter-vestaboard The sound and movement of a split flap display mesmerizes us like few things can. There’s a charm to these things. Travelers linger in front of them in train stations anticipatin...
Paola Antonelli: How design shapes culture
Design Better - November 28, 2023 15:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFind show notes, transcripts, and more at https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/paola-antonelli The Museum of Modern Art brings to mind images of Van Gough’s Starry Night, Salvador Dali’s Persistence of Memory, and Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup Cans. But thanks to Paola Antonelli, senior curator in the...
Design Better Holiday Gift Guide
Design Better - November 22, 2023 16:14 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsAs designers, we can’t help but be particular about the gifts we give and receive. We’ve put together a list of beautiful and useful gifts at varying price ranges to help you satisfy everyone on your holiday shopping list this year, including yourself. Wishing you and yours a happy, safe holiday ...
Tycho: The soundtrack for creative work
Design Better - November 21, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFind the episode transcript and show notes on designbetterpodcast.com Our show starts with a little sample of the music that fuels our creative work. Eli’s been listening to Tycho, aka Scott Hansen, since 2006. It just happened to coincide with the first time he took the leap into being a creativ...
Bonus Episode: Gil Gershoni on Dyslexic Design Thinking
Design Better - November 17, 2023 21:17 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsFind the transcript and episode notes here: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/gil-gershoni#details October is dyslexia awareness month, and we were recently introduced to Gil Gershoni, who is on a mission to help us all recognize dyslexia as a creative superpower. Gershoni runs an influential age...
OK Go: Making the impossible possible
Design Better - November 08, 2023 17:13 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsShow notes and transcript: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/ok-go Not many bands hire Russian pilots to film a Zero-G video on their cosmonaut training plane, known as the “vomit comet”. But those are the kinds of extremes that OK Go will go to in the pursuit of creativity. Tim Nordwind and Dami...
Announcing something new…
Design Better - November 01, 2023 15:06 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsOver the seven years doing the show, we noticed a pattern in those who achieve their career goals fastest—they consciously invest in themselves by building skills and knowledge. And one of the best ways to learn is to have direct access to people who inform and inspire. Today, we’re launching a p...
Paula Scher: Pentagram legend on design, persuasion & embracing mistakes
Design Better - October 25, 2023 14:19 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsAarron first met Paula Scher as a grad student in Philadelphia. He worked at the Temple University gallery and was hanging an exhibition of her posters when they first spoke about her work. He didn’t know at the time how significant her influence on graphic design was, but her work made an impres...
Bonus Episode: Matt D Smith from Shift Nudge on the elements of a great user interface
Design Better - October 19, 2023 20:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsShow notes and transcript: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/bonus-episode-matt-d-smith#details We’ve got a special bonus episode for you today. Matt D. Smith, better known as MDS, is the founder of Shift Nudge, and he has a mission to lead a new generation of interface designers to build the dig...
Llisa Demetrios: Ray and Charles Eames's granddaughter on their legacy and influence on mid century modern design
Design Better - October 10, 2023 15:20 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsShow notes and transcript: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/llisa-demetrios#details Mid century modern design aesthetics are enduring and as relevant today as ever. Perhaps no designers influenced those philosophies more than Charles and Ray Eames whose body of work transcends media and is stil...
Bonus Episode: Bayard Winthrop, CEO of American Giant
Design Better - October 04, 2023 17:22 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsHey everybody, we have a special bonus episode for you today. We're having a conversation with Bayard Winthrop, the founder and CEO of American Giant, one of our favorite clothing companies. This episode is all about the intersection of design and entrepreneurship. Designers often hear that they ...
Ed Catmull: Creative lessons from Lucasfilm to Pixar and beyond
Design Better - September 27, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsWelcome to our second Design Better episode on the creative process. You may not know Ed Catmull’s name, but there’s almost no doubt you’re familiar with his work. As the co-founder of Pixar, he’s responsible for helping to create movies ranging from the original Toy Story on through The Incredib...
David Sedaris: How observation and prototyping shapes his work
Design Better - September 12, 2023 08:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsWelcome to the first episode in our Design Better series on the creative process. In this series, we’re going beyond the confines of design to speak with some of the most creative people in the world, to learn how they approach collaboration, come up with innovative ideas, and overcome creative o...
Design Better Trailer
Design Better - August 24, 2023 17:52 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsDesign Better co-hosts Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter explore the intersection of design, technology, and the creative process through conversations with inspiring guests across many creative fields. Whether you’re design curious or a design pro, Design Better is guaranteed to inspire and inform. ...
Design Better's New Adventure: Exciting changes to the show
Design Better - August 22, 2023 08:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsWe recently hit our 100th episode, and we have a big announcement to share. If you haven't already subscribed to our Substack at https://designbetterpodcast.com/ head over there so you can stay up to day with all the latest episodes, as well as our free newsletter. Thank you for your support! Le...
Bonus Episode with Don Norman: Panel discussion on designing a better world
Design Better - August 19, 2023 10:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsShow notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/bonus-episode-with-don-norman-panel In this special bonus episode, renowned scholar and author Don Norman (The Design of Everyday Things, Design for a Better World) leads a discussion with recognized design leaders about how design can and should play...
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