Dive Club 🤿

What do Raycast, Daylight, Amo, The Browser Co, and Mainframe all have in common?

They all hired Ellis Hamburger to help tell their story.

So this episode is a bit different...

We're going to get away f…

AI introduces an opportunity for all kinds of novel interaction patterns.

But it creates a whole new category of design challenges too…

And this episode breaks down the biggest challenge of all.

• Colin D…

This week’s episode is with Alejandro Matamala Ortiz, the cofounder and Chief Design Officer at Runway—one of the leading generative AI companies in the world today.

The way they work is incredibly un…

Most designers fall into the same trap when presenting their ideas.

So this ~5 min episode breaks down how to pitch your designs like a pro.

• Chris Abad
• Gabe Valdivia

This week’s episode is with Christophe Tauziet who is the Head of Design at Plaid—one of today’s leading fintech companies.

We go deep into the ways he’s building a culture of craft and the rituals th…

You can have the greatest design concepts in the world, but none of that matters if they don't make it into production.

So this episode is all about how to create an aura of inevitability around your …

Palantir is one of the most powerful products in existence today.

It provides critical government and enterprise infrastructure from the factory floors to the front lines. You can literally build your…

When comes to brand design, Mike and Cara from Smith & Diction are pretty much top of the game (you might recognize them as the ones who did the brand identity for Perplexity).

During our interview, i…

If you asked me “who has the best taste in design right now?” one of the first people I’d mention is Thiago Costa.

His product Fey is in the S-tier of design and I’ve studied his visual techniques for…

Today we get to hear from Ammaar Reshi who is the Head of Design at ElevenLabs—the AI audio platform that has come up multiple times in past episodes.

So a big focus of this conversation is learning w…

How do designers from today’s top teams collaborate with engineers?

After many interviews I'm starting to notice a trend…

The highest functioning product teams throw away a lot of code and it’s a good …

This week's episode is with Chris Abad who has led design teams at companies like Google, Square and Dropbox so needless to say he's given a lot of design presentations over his 20+ year career.

So th…

Systems thinking is often mentioned as the #1 trait teams are looking for in designers.

But what does it look like to be great at it?

This episode answers that question by highlighting stories from Not…

This week's episode is with Anthony Menecola who is a longtime staff product designer at Shopify so we’re going to do a deep dive into ways you can make a bigger impact at your company as an IC.

One o…

When I say high stakes design project, what comes to mind?

How about Ryan Scott redesigning the Airbnb checkout flow right before a  $3.5 billion IPO? Now THAT is a big time project…

So this episode is…

What does it take to create a product worthy of winning Mac app of the year?

I interviewed the founder of Craft Docs, Balint Orosz, to find out…

So this episode is a deep dive into how they work and wh…

I’ve interviewed a lot of staff designers to figure out what it takes to have real influence at companies like Shopify, Github, Airbnb, etc.

One thing is clear… if you want to make strategic impact as…

How do the best staff designers influence and lead as individual contributors?

I interviewed Catt Small to answer that question and it turned into one of the most practical episodes yet. She pulls fro…

What are the best teams looking for in design candidates?

That’s become one of my favorite questions to ask so this episode shines a light on some of those traits and what you can do to stand out.

It i…

This week’s episode is with Tyler Angert who was the first design hire at Replit. So we get a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like designing for a hyper growth startup. However in early 2024, Tyl…