Michael Leon: How skateboarding prepared him for Nike, Patagonia, and Sonos
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/michael-leon How do you go from being a self-professed skate punk, to a design director at Nike, creative director at Patagonia, and land as the global cr...
3 Sep 201740min
Alex Schleifer: Airbnb's hasty Super Bowl decision guided by a clear mission
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/alex-schleifer Airbnb’s mission is both simple and powerful: to help create a world where you can belong anywhere. Alex Schleifer, Airbnb’s head of design...
20 Aug 201749min
Albert Lee: Learning UX from Frank Gehry, IDEO, and Chez Panisse
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/albert-lee Albert Lee has had an amazing arc to his career. From his beginnings as a wine-steward at Chez Panisse, to working at Frank Gehry’s architectur...
21 Jul 201744min
Dan Winger: The evolution of LEGO from simple bricks to interactive storytelling
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/dan-winger If you’re anything like us, playing with LEGOs was a foundational part of your childhood, and a big part of the reason you got interested in de...
21 Jul 201734min
David Kelley: The birth of design thinking and what he's most proud of
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/david-kelley-creative-confidence David Kelley doesn’t like to claim to have come up with the term design thinking, even though a most people would say he...
20 Jul 201749min
Irene Au: How Larry Page's view on aesthetics changed Google
Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/irene-au-scaling-design-at-google Google could now be considered a product driven company, but it wasn’t always that way. For many years Google’s enginee...
20 Jul 201733min
