Mig Reyes - Harsh truths that designers need to hear
Mig Reyes is the VP of Product Experience at Duolingo (and a design director at Instagram before that).In this episode he shared a behind-the-scenes of how design operates at Duolingo (as well as some harsh truths designers need to hear).Common portfolio review mistakesHow communication skills build influenceMig’s strategy behind hiring junior designersHow to succeed in executive product reviewsMig’s mandate to raise the design bar at DuolingoHow Mig revamped design management at DuolingoWhy Duolingo changed from “UX” to “Product Experience”a lot moreJacob Nielsen (commented on LinkedIn post)Brett Westervelt (VP of Design at Instagram)Ryan Sims (Chief Design Officer at Duolingo)Luis (CEO of Duolingo)Companies mentioned: Instagram, Airbnb, Coinbase, Meta, OpenAI, Figma
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How experienced designers drive alignment💡
I talk to a lot of designers at the pinnacle of their career…So I’m always trying to figure out how they’ve evolved the way they practice design over the years.Once I hear the same answer from a few different people I start to pay attention 👀So here are a few trends I’m noticing for how the best designers get alignment on their teams.Alex Cornell (Gen AI at Meta)Yuan Wang (Head of Design at Maven)Rich Arnold (Design Manager at Coinbase)Michael Wandelmaier (Principal Designer at Dropbox)Aashman Goghari (Design Lead at Palantir)
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Kyle Turman - Designing Claude and collaborating with AI
Anthropic has quickly become a category-defining company and in this episode Kyle Turman (their first full-time designer) shares a behind-the-scenes of what it was like designing Claude.If you’re interested in startups, AI products, or the art of prompting then this conversation will be right up your alley.Some highlights:Kyle’s story of wearing every hat for ClaudeWhat it’s like designing conversational UX flowsHow Kyle uses Claude in his personal design processWhy Kyle only half-finished his Claude designs in FigmaHow Kyle thinks about designing for emotion and feelingHow Kyle thinks about the future of design as a disciplineKyle’s thoughts on whether chat should the dominant pattern for AIa lot meWe mentioned Tuhin Kumar’s episode (Head of Design at Luma AI)We mentioned Julius TarngWe talked about the Sesame conversational AI demoMachines of Loving Grace by the Anthropic CEO DarioRecommended Episode:George Kedenburg III (former designer lead at Humane)
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The window of opportunity for designers
There's a parallel I'm noticing between what's happening today with AI and what happened way back in 2013.So this episode studies the early days of Snapchat, the emergence of high-fidelity prototyping tools, and answers the question “what does it look like to have agency in 2025?”Jack Brody (Chief Product Officer at Suno)Jorn van Dijk (CEO of Framer)Julius Tarng (Research engineer at Anthropic)Tuhin Kumar (Head of Design at Luma AI)Maheen Sohail (Gen AI at Meta)Meng To (Founder of Design+Code)
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Tuhin Kumar - From Airbnb to Apple to designing with AI
Tuhin Kumar has designed at some of the most prolific companies in the world (early Facebook, Airbnb and Apple).But everything’s changing in his new role…Because now he’s the Head of Design at Luma AI which is one of the companies leading the charge on generative AI.So this episode goes deep on how the value prop of design is shifting.Some highlights:The #1 trait of craft-oriented companiesWhy you can’t think of AI products as just a toolHow to invest in the right skills as a designer todayWhat created Tuhin’s career tipping point at AirbnbWhat Tuhin is pulling from Apple and Airbnb’s cultureHow working with AI as a material is changing everythingThe biggest lesson Tuhin learned while writing system promptsa lot moreTuhin mentioned Maheen Sohail’s “Unprompted” podcast with AIAmmaar Reshi (former Head of Design at Eleven Labs)
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