Furniture maker
Ines Calloway
Wood doesn't care about your launch date. It moves when it wants to, and the job is to design for that.
Ep. 48 · The Patience of Materials →
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Interaction designer
Tomasz Rek
If people talk about your interface afterwards, something probably went wrong.
Ep. 47 · Interfaces That Disappear →
Type designer
Hana Oduya
A typeface for a highway is a piece of public infrastructure. It should be maintained like a bridge.
Ep. 46 · Typefaces as Infrastructure →
Independent developer
Marcus Lindqvist
Every feature is a small promise you have to keep forever. We try not to make too many promises.
Ep. 45 · Small Software →
Sound designer
Priya Raman
The best alert sound is urgent without being anxious. That balance takes months.
Ep. 44 · The Sound You Don't Notice →
Architect
Delphine Arceneaux
A building is a conversation that lasts eighty years. You only get to speak at the beginning.
Ep. 43 · Building Slowly in Public →
Repair technician & founder
Kofi Mensah
You learn more about a product in ten minutes with a screwdriver than in ten pages of marketing.
Ep. 42 · The Repair Economy →
Cartographer
Elena Varga
A map is an argument dressed up as a fact. Good cartographers are honest about the argument.
Ep. 41 · Maps and Their Quiet Opinions →
Industrial designer
Jun Takeda
People don't read a keyboard. They remember it with their fingers, and you have to respect that memory.
Ep. 40 · Keyboards, Clicks and Muscle Memory →
Printer & publisher
Margot Lindgren
When every letter costs you a minute, you stop writing words you don't need.
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