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This week, we share stories and lessons from some of our most memorable mentors.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Nick Crawford Jonas Schütz Jason Henri Raadi Eva Dufey Sarai Villalobos Joyce Xiao Ilias Manolis Hai Piao Matt louie solomon Alex Ben Tilden Jordan Boudreau Jessica Hu Quinn Hoang Follow up: We're switching the show to a bi-weekly cadence. As always, our supporters on Patreon will get bonus episodes.Main Topic: This week, we share stories and lessons from some of our most memorable mentors.Job Board: We're curating the best product design roles from the world's most design-forward companies. 👉 Design Details Job Board Universe — Universe is hiring a Product Designer who is obsessed with the delightful possibilities of software and sees UI design as an artistic medium, not just a method of problem solving. Join a new kind of design studio and shape a product that represents a radically better internet. Mercury — Mercury is hiring product designers! Mercury powers the banking stack for companies like Linear, Maven & Mighty. Join them to build beautiful software for founders. Learn about the remote-friendly team & roles at https://mercury.design — disclaimer: Mercury is a financial technology company that works with banks. Raycast makes it simple, fast and delightful to control your tools. They’re looking for an experienced individual to join their small team to redesign and improve core app functionality, tools to enable Developers to create new Extensions, and rethink components across the platform. Webflow — Webflow is hiring designers across their various product pillars focused on growth, collaboration, the designer, and site capabilities. This role is remote-first with the option to work in our SF office.Cool Things: Brian shared Nashville, where he has spent his past two weeks. If you haven't been: strong recommend! Tons of fun, clean, easy to get around, and great food. Marshall shared Cash In Cash Out, the music video, by Pharrell Williams, 21 Savage, and Tyler, The Creator. NSFW, but it's very, very good. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Byeee!

This week, we recap all of our favorite...design details...announced at this week's WWDC.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Cody Ramsey Barac John Grant Sam Croswell Katie Zeng Allen Shi AJ Zuki Modunkwu Joel Miller yue yang Kyle Lambert Chao Li TL Loren Tracy Yue Gao Mike Riley Strahinja Todorovic Follow up: Two plugins to change your canvas color for Figma's dark mode: Darker Pages Dark Matter Main Topic: This week, we recap all of our favorite...design details...announced at this week's WWDC. Watch the WWDC Keynote M2 MacBook Air iOS 16 macOS Ventura iPadOS 16 watchOS 9 Job Board: We're curating the best product design roles from the world's most design-forward companies. 👉 Design Details Job Board Glow is building the most elegant, powerful, and reliable crypto wallet. To do this, they need great designs — ones that are simple, familiar, and smart. Their small team is growing, and you’ll work closely with the team to craft new user experience patterns for interacting with crypto that will become the new normal for millions of people in the future. Notion — Imagine in the 1970s thinking through how computing should be like. That's what Notion is trying to build — beautiful software that fits everyone's needs. They have infinite challenges that can only be solved by someone with innate product sense, technical aptitude, great taste, and impeccable craft. Materialize — Materialize is building a reactive database to disrupt batch data warehouses like Snowflake and BigQuery, and they’re looking for their first full-time, in-house designer to come in and own the product design for Materialize Web UI. Technical and developer tools experience is a huge plus! Patreon is building the future of the creative economy, and they’re looking for Product Designers at all levels to solve the needs of creators and members on our platform. Their roles are based in SF and NY.Cool Things: Brian shared two things! Campsite — the home for your team's work in progress. It's my new project, and something I'm really excited to share with design teams out there. Make a reservation! Top Gun: Maverick — go see it in a Dolby theater. You'll thank me later. Marshall shared Bo Burnham's The Inside Outtakes — tons of extra content, great and memorable songs, and a peek inside Bo's creative process. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Byeee!

This week, we talk about how to make design critiques more fun, and how to encourage teams to share their work-in-progress more often.Supported by: Play — Play is the first native iOS design tool built for creating mobile prototypes. They recently launched Play for iPad, giving designers more room to create pixel-perfect and native-first prototypes directly on their device. The app is intuitive, powerful, and damn fun to use. Level up your prototype game today with Play! Get your full access invitation now. Zeplin recently shipped Flows! Flows are a fast/effortless way to create and outline user flows and journeys. Designers can use flows to connect screens in seconds and map complete user journeys, showing not just the happy path but all possible paths and behaviors. Learn more about Zeplin Flows Watch a demo on YouTube The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Tzu-Ling Tseng Antonia Sullivan James Carthew Sharada Krishnamurthy Ari Curtis Marius libman Jaclyn Saik Daniel Kling Martin Wiesemborski Noah Levin Owen Andrews Josh K Parth Kapadia Yang Cheng Jessica Rae Vergara Jordi Enric Andy Staple Andreas Förster Deborah Johnson Justine Win Clarence Yifan Peng Mike Porterfield Ioana Kardos Hello Hill Tomás L Main Topic: This week, we talk about how to make design critiques more fun, and how to encourage teams to share their work-in-progress more often. Amie Chen asks on GitHub: I have a question: I'm part of a design team that has lots of talented designers and everyone is supportive, humble, and doing great work. But no one seems to want to sign up for weekly design critiques (but rather like sharing WIP in slack) and every time my manager encourages she would hear all kinds of excuses. Curious how does your team establish a recurring design critique sessions? Is it mandatory? Or does everyone just love to share? What's the process of signing up one?Job Board: We're curating the best product design roles from the world's most design-forward companies. 👉 Design Details Job Board CALA — CALA is building a next-generation platform and supply chain to allow anyone, anywhere to build and scale their fashion brand. They’re hiring a product designer to help customers — from streetwear legends, to sports teams, to the biggest fashion players — bring their ideas to life. Universe — Universe is hiring a Product Designer who is obsessed with the delightful possibilities of software and sees UI design as an artistic medium, not just a method of problem solving. Join a new kind of design studio and shape a product that represents a radically better internet. Mercury — Mercury is hiring product designers! Mercury powers the banking stack for companies like Linear, Maven & Mighty. Join them to build beautiful software for founders. Learn about the remote-friendly team & roles at https://mercury.design — disclaimer: Mercury is a financial technology company that works with banks. Current — Current is on a mission to help people create better financial outcomes for their lives, and they’re hiring a talented senior mobile product designer with great visual design and UX skills. You’ll be involved in the full product development cycle: from early research and product strategy, to design and developer hand-off.Cool Things: Brian shared Headless UI — unstyled, fully accessible UI components, designed to integrate beautifully with Tailwind CSS. They are magical and make developing websites so much easier. Also shoutout to an alternative: Radix UI. Marshall shared the Balmuda Toaster, a luxurious but oh-so-good toaster that gets you that perfect toast, every time. And it’s beautiful! Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify

This week, we cover all of the exciting new releases from Config 2022, and do a deep dive into the new version of Auto Layout.Supported by: Clay — Clay is the beautiful and private home for all your relationships. Populated from the ground up using your calendar and social history, Clay is the most stunning, powerful way to remember who you’ve met—and what matters to them. Get two months free Enjoy Clay's beautiful website Clay is hiring product designers Zeplin recently shipped Flows! Flows are a fast/effortless way to create and outline user flows and journeys. Designers can use flows to connect screens in seconds and map complete user journeys, showing not just the happy path but all possible paths and behaviors. Learn more about Zeplin Flows Watch a demo on YouTube The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Karlo Gilad Oscar Nilsson Mike Riley Isaac Tan Yeon Kim Nick Trombley Sean Leach Kyle Taylor Main Topic: This week, we cover all of the exciting new releases from Config 2022, and do a deeper dive into the new Auto Layout. What's new at Figma Config 2022 Job Board: We're curating the best product design roles from the world's most design-forward companies. 👉 Design Details Job Board Notion — Imagine in the 1970s thinking through how computing should be like. That's what Notion is trying to build — beautiful software that fits everyone's needs. They have infinite challenges that can only be solved by someone with innate product sense, technical aptitude, great taste, and impeccable craft. Materialize — Materialize is building a reactive database to disrupt batch data warehouses like Snowflake and BigQuery, and they’re looking for their first full-time, in-house designer to come in and own the product design for Materialize Web UI. Technical and developer tools experience is a huge plus! Webflow — Webflow is hiring designers across their various product pillars focused on growth, collaboration, the designer, and site capabilities. This role is remote-first with the option to work in our SF office. GitKraken — GitKraken is building tools to visualize complex systems and improve productivity for millions of developers. They’re looking for designers with Git experience who are excited by the challenge of designing delightful, efficient, and themeable interfaces that make Git easier and safer to use.Cool Things: Brian shared Eagle, a wonderful application for bookmarking and organizing visual inspiration. The app is fantastic, and its integration with their browser extensions is top-notch. Marshall shared Bullsh*t The Gameshow, a new Netflix gameshow that feels like Who Wants to be a Millionaire, but with a twist. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Byeee!

This week, we dissect Substack’s new podcast player design, talking about both the pixels and the strategic advantage of sharing craft-specific content on Twitter. In the Sidebar, we talk about the nature and risks of critiquing software as podcasters and design practitioners.Supported by: Zeplin recently shipped Flows! Flows are a fast/effortless way to create and outline user flows and journeys. Designers can use flows to connect screens in seconds and map complete user journeys, showing not just the happy path but all possible paths and behaviors. All you need to do is add screens you want in a flow, then add a connector which will snap into place to connect screens or design elements. You even add a label to clarify edge cases or error paths. As you publish new versions of designs, your flows and connectors will get updated automatically as screens change. Learn more about Zeplin Flows Watch a demo on YouTube The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Vincent van der Meulen MisterMicronaut Dominic Holmes David Pierce Tyler Nishida Erzhao Song Robert Bye James Paula Pecyna Anthony Schmiedeler Adrian Spiegelt James Cipriano Space Lemon Hugo Mark Guill Dylan Lucas Guerin Holtermann Main Topic: This week, we dissect Substack’s new podcast player design, talking about both the pixels and the strategic advantage of sharing craft-specific content on Twitter. Alex’s tweets Substack for iOS Stammy’s post about designing Twitter Video Facebook.design Job Board: We're curating the best product design roles from the world's most design-forward companies. 👉 Design Details Job Board Mercury is hiring product designers! Mercury powers the banking stack for companies like Linear, Maven & Mighty. Join them to build beautiful software for founders. Learn about the remote-friendly team & roles at https://mercury.design — disclaimer: Mercury is a financial technology company that works with banks. Current is on a mission to help people create better financial outcomes for their lives, and they’re hiring a talented senior mobile product designer with great visual design and UX skills. You’ll be involved in the full product development cycle: from early research and product strategy, to design and developer hand-off. Patreon is building the future of the creative economy, and they’re looking for Product Designers at all levels to solve the needs of creators and members on our platform. Their roles are based in SF and NY. Raycast makes it simple, fast and delightful to control your tools. They’re looking for an experienced individual to join their small team to redesign and improve core app functionality, tools to enable Developers to create new Extensions, and rethink components across the platform.Cool Things: Brian shared Tweetbot, a fantastic third-party Twitter app that takes some time to get used to, but is well worth it for a more peaceful user experience. Marshall shared NFC sticker tags, a handy way to trigger events around your smart home, track the things you’re doing, or...anything else you can dream up! Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Byeee!

This week, we talk about methods to scale design critiques with a growing team. In the Sidebar, we dig into the...details...of Figma's latest UI changes which added file type icons to file tabs.Golden Ratio Supporters: Zeplin recently shipped Flows! Flows are a fast/effortless way to create and outline user flows and journeys. Designers can use flows to connect screens in seconds and map complete user journeys, showing not just the happy path but all possible paths and behaviors. All you need to do is add screens you want in a flow, then add a connector which will snap into place to connect screens or design elements. You even add a label to clarify edge cases or error paths. As you publish new versions of designs, your flows and connectors will get updated automatically as screens change. Learn more about Zeplin Flows Watch a demo on YouTube Job Board: We're curating the best product design roles from the world's most design-forward companies. 👉 Design Details Job Board Universe is looking to hire a mid-level or higher product designer for remote work anywhere in the US. Universe opens up the possibilities of the internet, allowing anyone on earth to build a custom website or online store in seconds — without code, all from a phone. They’re looking for a Product Designer who is obsessed with the delightful possibilities of software and sees UI design as an artistic medium, not just a method of problem solving. Dynaboard is the fastest way for developer teams to go 0 -> 1 on new web apps such as dashboards, admin panels, and approval flows. It combines multiple aspects of design and development tools into a single, collaborative experience. They are looking for their first Product Designer to join their high-velocity, early team to own the process of creating a new category of creative tool. Glow is building the most elegant, powerful, and reliable crypto wallet. To do this, they need great designs — ones that are simple, familiar, and smart. Their small team is growing, and you’ll work closely with the team to craft new user experience patterns for interacting with crypto that will become the new normal for millions of people in the future. Vagaro is hiring designers to build the booking, payments, and marketing solutions for growing businesses in the beauty, wellness and fitness industries around the world. if you want to have an immediate, direct and high impact through design, join Vagaro.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Tolu Alder Daniel Graungaard Ryan Stone Dorian Grey Rishi Mody Laura Schweiger Dennis Harris Nick Myers Main Topic: This week, we talk about methods to scale design critiques with a growing team. Ryan Stone asks on GitHub: Hey friends! My UX team has grown immensely in past year, to 30+ members. We have weekly 1-hour design crits where anyone can share work & receive feedback. This has been helpful in leveling up presentation and feedback-giving skills, as well as unblocking team members and maintaining alignment. This has become challenging at scale though. Any tips to make crits more useful for larger teams, or are we destined to break apart? Around can transcribe and collect meeting notes automatically. Cool Things: Brian shared Nightmare Alley, the latest screenplay from Guillermo del Toro. No spoilers here! Marshall shared Play for iPad — native mobile prototyping, now on the big screen. It's good! Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Byeee!

This week, we share our tips and strategies for reclaiming our focus to do deep design work. In the Sidebar, we revisit last week's conversation about the value of ideas and finding the right time to share an idea with the world.Golden Ratio Supporters: Vagaro is hiring designers to build the booking, payments, and marketing solutions for growing businesses in the beauty, wellness and fitness industries around the world. If you want to have an immediate, direct and high impact through design, learn more about designing at Vagaro.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Shogo Tsuruda Øyvind Hjartnes Adrien Domken Ravi Aujla Javin Towers Main Topic: This week, we share our tips and strategies for reclaiming our focus to do deep design work.Cool Things: Brian shared The Always Sunny Podcast, a happy-place podcast that shares the backstory and inside jokes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Marshall shared Balance Lock, a macOS utility app that locks the balance on your sound output. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Byeee!

This week, we share the checklist that we use when launching new features to make sure we’re not missing certain states, flows, or edge cases. In the Sidebar, we talk about working in public and the risk of people stealing your ideas.Golden Ratio Supporters: Vagaro is hiring designers to build the booking, payments, and marketing solutions for growing businesses in the beauty, wellness and fitness industries around the world. if you want to have an immediate, direct and high impact through design, learn more about designing at Vagaro.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Predragus Josh Allen Lukas Oppermann Yi-Xuen Tan Zoë Smith Veronica Lin Lin Qiu BlueDog Cristian Iordan Tøirdheålbhåch Våinåmøinen Main Topic: This week, we share the checklist that we use when launching new features to make sure we’re not missing certain states, flows, or edge cases. Kriss Patel asks on GitHub: When there is new feature in app, how do you guys make sure that you considered all the scenarios and designed all the screens which will be affected by this change? A gut-check checklist: Talk to eng! Design systems! Retrospectives and learning from mistakes No data, some data, lots of data Long strings, short strings, emoji, other user generated content New user (to product and to feature) Network status — offline state / network change Loading states Error states Screen sizes / orientation Accessibility settings (text size, contrast modes, voiceover) Entry points (deep link, email) Signed in, signed out, other authentication states Permissions status Color themes Performance Metrics / analytics Product-specific settings Product-specific plans (free, pro, etc.) Product-specific content (moderation, pending requests, etc.) Cool Things: Brian shared Midsommar and Severance — lots of wholesome, lighthearted material for your week. Marshall shared the Spelling Bee daily puzzle from the New York Times. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Byeee!

This week, we talk about enhancing the performance of design teams, a more efficient developer handoff process, and how to develop strong opinions. In the Sidebar, we talk about the tradeoffs of career progression and overall life happiness. At what point are you willing to pause or downgrade your career ambitions for a better life outside of work?Sponsor: BestPracticer helps you find the right design coach to support you to grow faster. You’ll be matched with an experienced coach from a leading tech company, who is a few levels ahead and familiar with your challenges. All of BestPracticer’s design coaches are design veterans who blend their years of expertise with coaching and leadership methodologies to help you grow faster and achieve your goals. You’ll meet on a regular cadence with your design coach as a thought partner on your work and career goals. If you’re interested in finding a design coach or learning more, you can visit designdetails.fm/bestpracticer.Golden Ratio Supporters: Vagaro is hiring designers to build the booking, payments, and marketing solutions for growing businesses in the beauty, wellness and fitness industries around the world. if you want to have an immediate, direct and high impact through design, learn more about designing at Vagaro.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Dakshi Khatri HeyStefan DotCom hugohil Xande Macedo Jim Carolan Daniel Sims Andreas Bockisch Charlie Gedeon silka sietsma Delilah Mokri Tom Fejér Kalv Sandhu Ori E. Niclas van Eyk Pepijn Julie Hoxie Brett Benner Mark Markov Destiny Joelle Meghan Martin Hamza Labrinssi Alexa Jarvis Clarke Omotayo Paul AJ Main Topic: This week, we talk about enhancing the performance of design teams, a more efficient developer handoff process, and how to develop strong opinions. Alan Mills asks about ways to enhance the performance of a design team through tools and processes on GitHub. Mark Markov asks on Twitter: what's the handoff/delivery process? Is it similar to this or are engeneers educated on how to get what they need from the files? Automator Jordan Singer Carlos asks on GitHub: Hey there, Im new to the design field, three months into my UX role and I have a fear that I dont have strong enough opinions or knowledge to come up with a solution and push it forward all the way through. I think, my problem is that I am overly empathetic and always end up seeing the best in other peoples idea and going along with it but Im concerned I wont be getting far ahead if I cant stick by guts every now and then, or may get advantage of because Im a “yes man”. How do you build your “no” muscle without damaging relationships? Cool Things: Brian shared Hereditary: A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences. Midsommar Marshall shared Atrioc, one of his favorite YouTubers. Start with this video. Ludwig Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we make the case for designing product icons and discuss what to do if your team doesn’t want to invest in great iconography. In the Sidebar, we talk about how to incorporate default typefaces into your design system.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Christian Rotzoll Zack Meredith JS Zach Geist Kates Hartman mike kenny Wilson Andre Diniz Mattias Kronberg Follow up: Uhl Albert pointed out that “ruinous empathy” comes from the Radical Candor Framework. Main Topic: This week, we make the case for designing product icons and discuss what to do if your team doesn’t want to invest in great iconography. Priscilla Then asks on GitHub: The Lead Developer at my work requested to remove some of the icons, because they slow down development time when having to wait for one to be created, grappling with SVGs, etc. Unfortunately, he is right as they are time-consuming to make (especially good ones) and since I'm the only UX/UI designer in the company, it slows me down and I become the bottleneck. That said, I feel that icons give character, polish and professionalism to an otherwise extremely utilitarian UI. Icons can also be functional in that they help make certain elements stand out from an otherwise huge sea of text, but they are still seen as "fluff". I've asked for another designer to be hired, or request our graphic designer to create icons when he has time, but these suggestions didn't get any support. How would you make a case for icons when they are seen as mere decoration? Feather Icons Iconic Icons Bootstrap Icons Ant Icons Material Design Icons Icons Toolbox Icon Sizes Cool Things: Brian shared the Opal C1, a professional webcam that claims DSLR-quality images in a $300 chassis. So far: it’s definitely a beta product, but depending on your needs it might be a worthwhile upgrade! Marshall shared the ohsnap! Snapmount 2.0, an accessory that helps you mount your phone to a wall (with MagSafe!), making it ideal for turning your phone into a mounted shower speaker. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we spent more time exploring the traits of a good designer manager. In the Sidebar, we talk about the design details of Apple’s Studio Display and Mac Studio.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Steve Jelte Bijkerk Oliver Stahl Kevin Hwang Yan Wu Parker Henderson Sam Xia James Morgan Hoyin Bradley Sedor Zachary Johnson Damien Shan Prerna Pradeep June Amie Chen Holden Tuffield Casey Emily Chen Follow up: Bulk-detach follow-up — the Seek and Destroy plugin detaches all nested styles, too! Thanks Damon Ahola for the follow-up on transitioning from industrial to digital product design. Main Topic: This week, we spent more time exploring the traits of a good designer manager. What makes a good manager? We tweeted: ‌What's the most memorable thing a manager has done for/to you? It could be positive or negative, but just generally something that left an impression or changed your trajectory. Read the responses. Cool Things: Brian shared Any Distance, a beautiful app designed to help you share your workout stories. Marshall shared Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter, now the largest fundraise in Kickstarter history! $29m and counting... Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we talk about transitioning industries and how to bridge the quality gap in a new field. In the Sidebar, we talk about storytelling and the surprising insights that can be found in engagement data.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Chris Calletta Anna Barta Jan Früchtl Michael Le Albin Groen kyle baldinger Henri Raadi Sara Sanguino Follow up: @smallmedium pointed out that bulk-detach exists in Figma — thanks for the tip!Main Topic: This week, we talk about transitioning industries and how to bridge the quality gap in a new field. The Gap by Ira Glass Cool Things: Brian shared Alfread, a small utility app that actually helps you stay on top of your read-it-later backlog. Marshall shared Horizon Forbidden West, the sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, a beautiful open world game with robot dinosaurs. Need we say more? Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we talk about design file sources of truth, Snapchat's evolution, and the qualities of great managers. In the Sidebar, we talk about building a YouTube channel from scratch, the opportunity for designers on YouTube, and ways to de-risk a new creative exploration.Golden Ratio Supporters: Zeplin lets designers spend more time on design, and less time prepping design files for the team. Effortlessly build user journeys with native connectors, flow groups, and text labels — no more maintaining extra layers in your design tool. Zeplin is so much more than just specs — get started for free to see why.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Andrew Ambrosino Chris Roy Conor Mack Peter Carleton shanberg Patrick Marx Gabriel Valdivia Alessa Dorian Zlatan Aslam Marzook Main Topic: This week, we talk about design file sources of truth, Snapchat's evolution, and the qualities of great managers. Emily asks on GitHub: Hi! I'm curious how other teams maintain their "latest design" mockups for designs that have been shipped. Zach asks on GitHub: I've always wondered how Snapchat was able to get away with a design that broke so many conventions, particularly in the way you navigate the app. Overtime, they seem to have been returning to a normal nav pattern, especially now with the new tab bar design. What do you think of the app's design and evolution, and do you know of any other apps that break the rules and still find success? Mannnny asks on GitHub: Speaking of being a team lead or manager, what do you think are the core skills a manager should have? Also when do you know you’re ready to be a team lead or manager? Do you have to be a great IC to be a manager? I personally don’t think so, they’re very different roles and requires different skills. Cool Things: Brian shared Must, a prettier Letterboxd. If you are willing to trade visuals for social features, Must is nice! Marshall shared Clear Spaces, an iOS app to create transparent widgets to clean up your Home Screen. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we talk about the messy nature of remote onboarding and share our tips to make it suck just a little less. In the Sidebar, we talk about the visual design for the heads up display used in televised sports.Golden Ratio Supporters: Zeplin lets designers spend more time on design, and less time prepping design files for the team. Effortlessly build user journeys with native connectors, flow groups, and text labels — no more maintaining extra layers in your design tool. Zeplin is so much more than just specs — get started for free to see why.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Kevin Bennett Chris Carbo Eric Paula Ojansuu Tom Phillips ThatSid Max Anthony DiSpezio XJ Lu Follow up: Regarding micromanaging, Stevie Roger tweeted: We have a weekly team show-and-tell/idea sharing and collectively doesn’t feel like I’m being micromanaged. I’ve learnt more from others guidance and it never feels like micromanaging. This has been endlessly useful as I move into more senior roles. Regarding senior designer expectations, Brandon Schmittling tweeted: Senior designers talk to other designers and creatives in their field. They have dialogues with their peers at other organizations and across industries. A stretch signal might be: Senior designers share their conversations and “bring the outside in” to their team or organization. Just something I’ve been thinking lately. Great episode and thanks! Main Topic: This week, we talk about the messy nature of remote onboarding and share our tips to make it suck just a little less. Read the community's replies on Brian's tweet Cool Things: Brian shared The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson's latest film. It's fun! If you're into this style, you won't be disappointed. Marshall shared Murderville, a murder mystery show with a new celebrity guest every week. And it's new! Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we talk about teaching versus micromanaging, or how to give feedback as a manager in a productive and growth-oriented way. In the Sidebar, Marshall shares his tips and tricks for organizing icon systems in Figma.Golden Ratio Supporters: Zeplin lets designers spend more time on design, and less time prepping design files for the team. Effortlessly build user journeys with native connectors, flow groups, and text labels — no more maintaining extra layers in your design tool. Zeplin is so much more than just specs — get started for free to see why.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: John Casey Francis Wu mayra pulido usrnk1 Michael Olson D Stacey Peterson Justin Haldane Dian Chen Declan Reilly-Gordon Alex Blanco Phoebe Hogeland TL Justin Buckamunth Sudhanshu Gautam Martin Banuelos Adam Stanford Tara Kirkland Main Topic: This week, we talk about teaching versus micromanaging, or how to give feedback as a manager in a productive and growth-oriented way. Anonymous asks: I’ve been promoted to a lead, and I’m managing a few entry-level designers working on small features. When discussing UX flows and sketches, they seem fine. But I randomly popped into their Figma files and noticed that their files are not as organized, and their UI work has some issues with padding, margins, decimal values, etc. I feel like this is something easily trainable, since it’s UI related. I could jump on a call with them to educate them and show some examples of how to do things. But I have a tiny doubt about if I’m micromanaging, since this role is new to me. Am I micromanaging if I jump into their files and do padding checks? If yes, how do I do this right? If not, what’s the difference between managing and micro managing? Cool Things: Brian shared Slopes, a fantastic app for skiers and snowboarders to track their runs and compete with friends. It’s a lot of fun, and has some really interesting design patterns to learn from. Follow @parrots and @elanovac Marshall shared the Ember mug, a game-changing quality of life improvement that keeps your hot drink at the perfect temperature. A bit expensive, but worth it. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we sat down with Mark McGranaghan and Adam Wiggins to talk about building creative tools, designing across devices and platforms, creating career capital, starting design podcasts, and more.Golden Ratio Supporters: Zeplin lets designers spend more time on design, and less time prepping design files for the team. Effortlessly build user journeys with native connectors, flow groups, and text labels — no more maintaining extra layers in your design tool. Zeplin is so much more than just specs — get started for free to see why.The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Meredith Grubbs Brandon Schmittling Pablo González Day Zach Shea Pedro Alex Kayaian Justin Farrugia Austin Seeley Shrinkray Jeffrey Danese Main Topic: This week, we sat down with Mark McGranaghan and Adam Wiggins to talk about building creative tools, designing across devices and platforms, creating career capital, starting design podcasts, and more. Mark McGranaghan on Twitter (website) Adam Wiggins on Twitter (website) Muse Metamuse Podcast Ink & Switch The Twelve-Factor App Go by Example The future of iPad Obsidian Roam Research Andy Matuschak Craft Cool Things: Brian shared Vampire Survivors, a fun little indie roguelike that is easily worth the price for many hours of chilled-out vampire evasion. Hollow Knight Dead Cells Warm Snow Marshall shared Agent to the Stars, a fun and different approach to the alien visitor genre. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we share some (hopefully) non-obvious paths to level up at work and exceed the expectations for a senior++ product designer. In the Sidebar, we talk about the importance of giving blunt feedback, and share ways to do it tactfully and with kindness.Golden Ratio Supporters: Play — Play is the first native iOS design tool made for teams creating mobile products. Design, prototype, and collaborate, directly from your phone. With Play you can experience your design as you create it while taking full advantage of native iOS features not found in other design and prototyping tools. Full access invites available for the first 25 people here!The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Derick Anies Natalie Helmer Toren Jens Morgan Quinn Sean Kennedy Dylan Rose Varun Thota Fernando Pegorini Akshitha Victor Marina Broido Main Topic: This week, we share some (hopefully) non-obvious paths to level up at work and exceed the expectations for a senior++ product designer.Cool Things: Brian shared The Courage to be Disliked Marshall shared Wordle, a fun and simple daily word game. Pro tip: start with snail and outer. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we share tips for crafting component variants to avoid the dreaded variant-explosion problem. In the Sidebar, we talk about Tesla’s latest UI refresh, where we see auto interfaces going in the future, and share some of our favorite car dashboard design details.Golden Ratio Supporters: Play — Play is the first native iOS design tool made for teams creating mobile products. Design, prototype, and collaborate, directly from your phone. With Play you can experience your design as you create it while taking full advantage of native iOS features not found in other design and prototyping tools. Full access invites available for the first 25 people here!The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Aneliya Kyurkchiyska Lucia Matthew Achariam Alan Mills Jordan Mejji Le Taylor Vogel Filip Szafirowski Main Topic: This week, we share tips for crafting component variants to avoid the dreaded variant-explosion problem. Bryan Maniotakis asks about Figma variants on GitHub: Based on your experience, is this method sustainable? Is forcing the user to hide/show layers a better option to reduce complexity? Should I break out the component into more subcomponents to create fewer variants, but which causes more clicking around? Cool Things: Brian shared the August Wi-Fi Smart Lock as a nice upgrade to your home’s deadbolts. Auto-locking and unlocking are great features, and the ability to share access with a partner or friends is awesome, too. Marshall shared Lian-Li UNI Fans, a modular, daisy-chainable fan module for your custom PC build. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we talk about the art of creating unsolicited redesigns at work — how to approach them, how to wrangle complexity and rabbit holes, and what to do when you have something worth sharing. In the Sidebar, we share our strategies to become a better storyteller and presentation builder.Golden Ratio Supporters: Play — Play is the first native iOS design tool made for teams creating mobile products. Design, prototype, and collaborate, directly from your phone. With Play you can experience your design as you create it while taking full advantage of native iOS features not found in other design and prototyping tools. Full access invites available for the first 25 people here!The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Justin Neely Michael DeGothseir Chris Barrett Anita Miskovic Kyrylo Kholopkin Richard Laxa Kevin Turner Imran Ashraf Shuhua Quan Mike Scott Steve Salgado Liva Kacara Jin Ernest Luke Wenzel Leandro Richard Quay Josh Nelson Ben Wong Raymond Zhou Hau Huynh Main Topic: This week, we talk about the art of unsolicited redesigns at work — how to approach them, how to wrangle complexity and rabbit holes, and what to do when you have something worth sharing.Cool Things: Brian shared The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon. If you want to try something new, non-tech, but deeply interesting, give this a read! Marshall shared the entire Jeremy Robinson collection of books. The Others Flux Exo-Hunter Tribe The Dark Mind Bullet Infinite NPC Infinite 2 Island 731 Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!

This week, we recap how we grew, and the things we learned, in 2021. In The Sidebar, we look forward to 2022 and talk about some of our personal and professional goals for the new year.Sponsor: Patreon is hiring product designers in San Francisco and New York City. Today, Patreon is at the heart of the creator economy. In the last 8 years, the product has grown to support more than 250k creators, who are collectively supported by more than 8 million patrons. So far, Patreon has paid out more than $2.5 billion to creators, and are now on pace to pay out over $100 million every month. Patreon's design team is small, but growing. The opportunity for impact on the product, and on millions of creators and patrons around the world, can't be overstated. The team is dedicated to leveling up the craft of Patreon's products, shipping beautiful experiences, and building the best tools to help anyone make a living on the internet. If you're a designer looking for your next level up, get in touch with Patreon's design team and tell them we sent you! Learn more about Patreon's open roles The Second Renaissance Is Coming Patreon's Culture Deck Patreon's team Golden Ratio Supporters: Patreon — Patreon is hiring product designers in San Francisco and New York City to build the future of the creator economy. Join their small team and level up today. Sympli — Sympli Pulse is a version tracking application for Figma that lets you and your team clearly understand what's going on — even with hundreds of frames, components and design files — and answer the most painful questions about who changed what and why, adding context to your design decisions. Find Pulse in Figma Community. Learn more at Sympli.io. Play — Play is the first native iOS design tool made for teams creating mobile products. Design, prototype, and collaborate, directly from your phone. With Play you can experience your design as you create it while taking full advantage of native iOS features not found in other design and prototyping tools. Full access invites available for the first 25 people here!The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons: Sean McGuigan Aislinn Kelly Petteri Tiilikka Eric Katie Chen Gabe de la Mora Jonathan Sander Kalmus Y. Chen Miranda Lemmer Follow up: Complainisode follow up: Graham Connell tweeted: To pile on to the complainisode, animations that take way too long drives me nuts! Like a hover animation that takes a full second to complete. AHHHH Antonija Pek tweeted: complain episode...Apps not having dark mode (ahem @figmadesign), electron apps that suck all the RAM, services that are US only, everything is now subscription based...To name a few Brian wrote about iMessage spam workflows. Main Topic: This week, we recap where we grew, and the things we learned, in 2021. What I’ve learned so far about design advising and angel investing Cool Things: Brian shared Primavera tortilla chips — if you know, you know. Marshall shared the Gerber Truss multi-tool — always a good idea to have one of these around the house. Design Details on the Web: 📻 We are @designdetailsfm 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock   🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️ ❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :) ⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes. Byeee!