Interviews about visual design
Designers don’t talk about visual design enough. So I interviewed some people and we only talked about visual design.
- How to learn and improve with Will Thomas, Head of Design at Nested
- How to learn and improve with JJ Moi, Design Partner at Prime Movers Lab
- How to learn and improve with Liz Hamburger, Digital Product Designer
- How to learn and improve with Tabrez Ahmad, Lead Product Designer at Liv Bank
- How to learn and improve with Christine Maggi, Senior Product Designer
- Advertising, constraints, design systems, and lack of discussion with Rico Smith, Senior Visual Designer
- Definitions, feedback, creative struggles, post-rationalisation, and graphic design with Jamie Mill, Lead Product Designer at Relive
- Graphic design influences, freelance work, design systems, and controversial principles with Jeremy Elder, Staff Product Designer at Gitlab
- Academia, studio cultures, and books with Dr. Mehmet Aydın Baytaş, designer and computer scientist
- Taste, product feel, simple styles, and uncommon principles with Justin Duke, founder at Buttondown
- No-code, signature styles, visual principles, the Petal website, and freelance clients with Devin Fountain, Goodtime agency
- Courses, freelance work, how to learn, and mentorship with Erik Kennedy, freelance designer and founder of Learn UI Design
- A culture of quality and the Duffel website with Antonia Delnevo, Head of Brand Design at Duffel
- How to learn with KunleOlat, freelancer
- Immature organisations, important career skills, high quality bars, and hard skills to learn with Kerry Mcphearson, Product Designer at Disney
- The music industry, creation vs. execution, agile, and simple approaches to visual design quality with Mike Rapp, Design Lead at Walmart Health. Previously at Google/Verily, HCA Healthcare
- Early visual design roles, hiring for novelty, and how to encourage quality with Andreas Markdalen, Global Chief Creative Officer at frog
- The role of visual design, native platform styles, and application visual design with Jasper Hauser, design at Darkroom
- The difference between graphic and interface design, and the visual style of wedding websites with Ton Giacometti, Product Designer at iCasei
- Critique, information density, cartography, and ornament with Andy Proehl, Senior Director of User Experience at Meltwater
- The rise and fall of visual design, modern styles, how to stand out, personal preferences, and good visual design for its own sake with Alexander Vilinskyy, designer
- Graphic design, strategy-informed approaches, how clients think about it, favourite styles, and ethics with Benjie Wilhelm, Founding Principal at Singularity
- Graphic design, skill sets, and what interface design can take from graphic design with Raksa Yin, Lead Experience Visual Designer at Amtrak
- Clients and concrete proof with Leo Chang, Staff Designer at Darkroom Studios
- Iteration, company culture, and complex apps with Martin Rariga, Founding Product Designer at Equals
- Skate and snowboard culture, extreme graphic design exercises, and changing the practice of visual design with Anthony Menecola, Staff Product Designer at Shopify