Marko Ahtisaari, former product design lead at Nokia, and co-founder of Dopplr and Sync Project on the music of design.

📻 Tune in: https://interfacecafe.com/the-music-of-design-marko/

#FinnishDesign #ProductDesign #Music #Podcast

Designer and educator David Reinfurt returns to the show to discuss his book, A *Co-* Program for Graphic Design.

📻 Tune in: https://interfacecafe.com/true-is-better-than-new-david-reinfurt-a-co-program-for-graphic-design/

#GraphicDesign #DesignTheory #DesignEducation #Podcast

“Taste” and “craft” are often discussed as a shield (or a strawman) in conversations about AI.

But debates on taste vs. automation are meaningless until we actually define our terms.

Here is the definition we need:
https://interfacecafe.com/craft-in-the-software-interface/

Rob Giampietro returns to the show to unpack the story behind Notion Faces, including the decision to scale with human illustrators instead of AI.

📻 Tune in: https://interfacecafe.com/notion-faces-rob-giampietro-on-scaling-a-human-centered-brand/

#Design #Branding #AI #Podcast

In a new episode of Design Notes, I spoke with my friend Louise Macfadyen about her upcoming book, “Designing AI Interfaces.”

We cover a bit of computing history, why the text box might be holding us back, and how to design honest interfaces in an era of hype.

#design #ai #podcast

https://design-notes.show/#beyond-the-text-field

"Nature can only be fenced in so much." Can the same be said for design?

A meditation on gardening, the limits of information, and why knowing facts about an object might feel unfulfilling.

https://interfacecafe.com/meditation-on-gardening-design-information/

Jesse Reed, designer and co-founder of Standards Manual—discusses the preservation of historic style guides and designed artifacts.

📻 Tune in: https://interfacecafe.com/absolutely-everything-is-a-lesson-jesse-reed-standards-manual/

#GraphicDesign #DesignHistory

Should an expand arrow point up or down?

Components often struggle with the distinction between state and function.

Find out why the answer might actually be in the button's shape. 👇

https://interfacecafe.com/the-state-of-buttons/

Cameron Koczon how Fictive Kin’s product development starts with “a Seinfeld” - an app that does nothing - and ends with a polished core experience.

📻 Tune in: https://interfacecafe.com/designing-tools-cameron-koczon/

#ProductDesign #UX #ToolMaking #Software #Podcast

Google Fonts Specialist Dave Crossland explores what type can teach us about digital production, expression, and where designers fit in the world.

📻 Tune in: https://interfacecafe.com/how-fonts-change-the-world-dave-crossland-google-fonts

#Typography #Fonts #GraphicDesign