World-class Designer Podcast
This podcast is a series of interviews with world-class designers. I interview designers from world-leading tech companies such as IDEO, Dropbox, Airbnb, Google, Youtube and others.
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"It's Not Taste, It's Discipline" — A Paris Design Partner's 80/20 Rule | Maxime Frere (opens the original)
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Maxime Frere is Partner and Principal Designer at Source Paris and leads a design team at Bpifrance. He has changed companies seven times, run a team of 25 as Head of Design at BPCE, worked at frog and Capgemini, and gone back to craft on purpose.In this episode he says the things most hiring managers only say in private:→ Why "taste" is the wrong word, and the 80/20 rule he uses instead→ Why he forced his whole team to go full AI, and what he now refuses to let them use it for→ Why designers wh
"AI Is Confident When It's Wrong" | NYU Professor Regine Gilbert on Who Design Leaves Out (opens the original)
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AI as Designer? Regine Gilbert on Inclusive Design, Bias, and Ethical UX in a Faster Workflow In the first episode of the World Class Design podcast, host Guidione Machava interviews NYU professor and author Regine Gilbert about how generative AI is changing design work, why speed-focused workflows can sacrifice user experience, and how AI outputs embed bias and accessibility gaps. Gilbert explains that designers shouldn’t assume AI is correct, citing ChatGPT generating a white image for Black i
A Larger Role for Product Design by Marty Cagan (opens the original)
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Marty Cagan explores a broader role for product designers in empowered teams. The session examines the difference between delivering requested features and helping discover solutions to customer and business problems. In this session: • Feature teams and empowered product teams • Giving teams problems to solve • Design’s role in product discovery • Experimentation and cross-functional collaboration Recorded at World Class Design Conference 2021. Roles, examples and references reflect the time of
Introduction to the WCD Initiative and Keynote by Randy J hunt (opens the original)
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Randy J. Hunt reflects on expanding his design practice from individual touchpoints to whole businesses and complex marketplaces. Drawing on experiences including Supermarket, Etsy and Grab, the keynote explores design at different scales. In this session: • Designing a complete customer experience • Working across cultures and types of customers • Creating the conditions for a design team to succeed • Balancing a coherent vision with participation from others Recorded at World Class Design Conf
Disambiguating Design by Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan (opens the original)
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Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan explores the changing shape of design roles and the skills designers can develop. The session moves from specialist and broader skill profiles to reflection on career direction and design’s wider impact. In this session: • Building depth and breadth in design skills • Understanding overlap between design disciplines • Reflecting on when to specialize or change direction • Considering social impact and future opportunities Recorded at World Class Design Conference 2021. R
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