By Design
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By Design, a new podcast from the team at Abstract, explores the nuances and many steps in the product design process with a goal of highlighting all the work that design teams take on. Hosted by Josh Brewer, co-founder at Abstract, each episode focuses on a specific stage of the design lifecycle, with perspectives from some of the best leaders in design today. Listen in to hear more about how design teams work now and where design is headed in the future.
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Apr 15, 2021
Evan English on the future of Design
VP of Product Design & Research at American Express Evan English is on the frontlines of establishing and maturing Design at the corporate level. Evan believes that Design maturity means having an organizational vision for how design integrates into the various aspects of your business and how the broader organization perceives and embraces design. She encourages design leaders to create ways to measure maturity and evolution and celebrate the progress along the way.
* Evan on LinkedIn
* NNG Corporate UX Maturity: Stages 1-4
* InVision Design Maturity Model
By Design is a show about the process of designing exceptional digital experiences. In each episode, our host, Josh Brewer, dives deep into a specific stage of the design lifecycle with an industry leader. Our hope is that hearing their insight can help us shape a better future for design.
If you’re interested in improving the design process at your organization, see how Abstract can help.
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Apr 8, 2021
Fonz Morris says the best products are constantly being refined
Lead Product Designer for Global Conversion at Netflix Fonz Morris brings a mindset of constant improvement to his work. He says that teams that collaborate throughout the entire process are much more likely to put themselves in the customer’s shoes and start iterating from the very beginning. He also dispels the misconception that data can limit creativity, instead he believes that it allows teams to gauge success in service of refinement.
* Fonz on Twitter
* Fonz on LinkedIn
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Apr 1, 2021
Joshua Goldenberg on shipping together
VP of Design at Loom Joshua Goldenberg shares insights about how to make building and shipping an opportunity for inclusion and a shared sense of ownership. He also reminds us that design’s responsibility doesn’t end after the handoff — we should be collaborating with cross functional teams early and often.
* Joshua’s website
* Joshua on LinkedIn
* New Loom branding launch
* Plasmic
By Design is a show about the process of designing exceptional digital experiences. In each episode, our host, Josh Brewer, dives deep into a specific stage of the design lifecycle with an industry leader. Our hope is that hearing their insight can help us shape a better future for design.
If you’re interested in improving the design process at your organization, see how Abstract can help.
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Mar 25, 2021
Katie Dill on designing effective reviews
Head of Design at Stripe Katie Dill says that it’s important to take the time to design your review process — including your ability to facilitate. She shares how setting the right amount of context with the right people at the right stage can be critical to success.
* Katie on Twitter
* Katie on LinkedIn
By Design is a show about the process of designing exceptional digital experiences. In each episode, our host, Josh Brewer, dives deep into a specific stage of the design lifecycle with an industry leader. Our hope is that hearing their insight can help us shape a better future for design.
If you’re interested in improving the design process at your organization, see how Abstract can help.
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Mar 18, 2021
David Hoang says prototyping is about failure
Director of Design at Webflow David Hoang says that prototyping is an incredibly effective way to learn and to get immediate feedback, understand what your team can say no to, and de-risk design decisions.
* David’s website
* David on Twitter
* David on LinkedIn
* Webflow
* How Did This Get Made?
By Design is a show about the process of designing exceptional digital experiences. In each episode, our host, Josh Brewer, dives deep into a specific stage of the design lifecycle with an industry leader. Our hope is that hearing their insight can help us shape a better future for design.
If you’re interested in improving the design process at your organization, see how Abstract can help.
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Mar 11, 2021
Marc Hemeon on exploring within constraints
Artist, designer, and entrepreneur, Marc Hemeon, shares how setting expectations with stakeholders and clarifying the type of feedback that’s needed in this stage can create compassion and freedom to explore in the exploration stage of the design lifecycle.
* Marc’s website and paintings
* Marc on Twitter
* Marc on LinkedIn
By Design is a show about the process of designing exceptional digital experiences. In each episode, our host, Josh Brewer, dives deep into a specific stage of the design lifecycle with an industry leader. Our hope is that hearing their insight can help us shape a better future for design.
If you’re interested in improving the design process at your organization, see how Abstract can help.
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Mar 4, 2021
How the Sherwins go from user problem to product brief
David and Mary Sherwin from Ask the Sherwins explain how the product brief can be a tool for alignment and consensus about what you’re going to build, what success looks like if you get it right, and how we can improve this stage in the design lifecycle.
* Ask the Sherwins
* Ask the Sherwins on Twitter
* David on Twitter
* David on LinkedIn
* Mary on Twitter
* Mary on LinkedIn
* _Creative Workshop_
* _Turning People into Teams_
By Design is a show about the process of designing exceptional digital experiences. In each episode, our host, Josh Brewer, dives deep into a specific stage of the design lifecycle with an industry leader. Our hope is that hearing their insight can help us shape a better future for design.
If you’re interested in improving the design process at your organization, see how Abstract can help.
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Feb 25, 2021
Peanut’s Sana Rao on how early stage research can mitigate risk
By Design is a show about the process of designing exceptional digital experiences. In each episode, our host, Josh Brewer, dives deep into a specific stage of the design lifecycle with an industry leader. Our hope is that hearing their insight can help us shape a better future for design. Sana Rao, VP of Product & Design at Peanut shares what she knows about research.
* Sana’s website
* Sana on Twitter
* Sana on LinkedIn
* Found Poems
* Peanut
If you’re interested in improving the design process at your organization, see how Abstract can help.
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Feb 9, 2021
Introducing By Design
Read Abstract's Open Letter to Design and follow @goabstract and @jbrewer on Twitter for updates.
The voices featured in this episode are David and Mary Sherwin, co-founders of Ask the Sherwins and David Hoang, Design Director at Webflow. Stay tuned for more perspectives from leaders about the design lifecycle.
By Design is produced by Josh Brewer, Olivia Reingold, and Alison Harshbarger.
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