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Dive Club 🤿

Where designers never stop learning 💪

Dive Club is an interview series hosted by Ridd that is designed to unlock knowledge from today's most prolific designers. We go deep into craft, storytelling, tools, design engineering, startups, and much more.

You can find all of the episodes, key takeaways, and bonus resources here 👉 Dive.club

Arts Technology Design
Update frequency
every 4 days
Average duration
42 minutes
Episodes
158
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Kevin Wong - How design works at Webflow

Kevin Wong - How design works at Webflow

Webflow has had as big an impact on design as any company over the last decade. So this episode is an inside look at their design culture, rituals, and key insights from their Head of Design, Kevin W…

00:41:10  |   Thu 08 Feb 2024
Ryo Lu - Systems thinking for product designers

Ryo Lu - Systems thinking for product designers

In this episode we get to hear from Ryo Lu who was one of the very first designers at Notion. This conversation is an inside look at the Notion design process, how they think about product, and a lot…

00:32:06  |   Thu 01 Feb 2024
Molly Hellmuth - Building design systems with variables in Figma

Molly Hellmuth - Building design systems with variables in Figma

In this episode we’re talking with Molly Hellmuth who is the creator of UI Prep where she has an incredible newsletter, design system, and course where she’s taught hundreds of designers all over the…

00:46:29  |   Thu 25 Jan 2024
Derek Briggs - Creating a culture of craft

Derek Briggs - Creating a culture of craft

There’s a new design super team emerging at Clerk and in this episode we get a behind-the-scenes from the leader, Derek Briggs. We get into the weeds about:

- How Derek assembled an A-list team from …

00:40:56  |   Thu 18 Jan 2024
Tommy Geoco - How designers can bring their ideas to life

Tommy Geoco - How designers can bring their ideas to life

In this episode we get to learn from Tommy Geoco who has launched countless projects, sold a startup, and built an audience of almost a million designers online. This conversation has everything—here…

00:51:42  |   Wed 10 Jan 2024
Kevin Twohy - How to build an independent design practice

Kevin Twohy - How to build an independent design practice

This episode looks at Kevin Twohy’s 10+ year journey going from solo freelancer to independent design studio. We cover a LOT including:

- Strategies for cold outreach and pricing

- Tips for getting ali…

00:49:34  |   Thu 04 Jan 2024
Lauren LoPrete - Inside design systems at Dropbox and Cash App

Lauren LoPrete - Inside design systems at Dropbox and Cash App

Lauren LoPrete shares lessons from her experience leading design systems at Dropbox and now at Cash App. We talk about:

- What design systems actually look like at scale

- Why she’s approaching docum…

00:38:57  |   Wed 03 Jan 2024
Kate Syuma - Designing with a growth mindset

Kate Syuma - Designing with a growth mindset

Kate Syuma was the 3rd designer at Miro and went on to become the Head of Growth Design during her 6+ years at the company. This episode is a masterclass in designing for business impact. We discuss:…

00:43:50  |   Wed 27 Dec 2023
Soren Iverson - Training your creative muscles

Soren Iverson - Training your creative muscles

If you’ve opened Twitter in the last year then you’re definitely familiar with Soren Iverson’s satirical designs like Uber Hotbox and the iMessage typing indicator. So in this episode we get an insid…

00:37:28  |   Thu 21 Dec 2023
Kathryn Gonzalez - Defining the visual language for DoorDash

Kathryn Gonzalez - Defining the visual language for DoorDash

In this episode, Kathryn Gonzalez walks us through how she built the DoorDash design language as the first designer and frontend engineer. We talk about what it's like designing for a 3-sided marketp…

00:45:38  |   Thu 14 Dec 2023
Figma prototyping masterclass (from the team who designed it)

Figma prototyping masterclass (from the team who designed it)

This Deep Dive is a special one because we get to hear from Niko Klein and Garrett Miller from the prototyping team at Figma.

We get a behind-the-scenes look at everything that led up to the advanced …

00:48:55  |   Thu 07 Dec 2023
Marco Cornacchia - The man who broke design Twitter

Marco Cornacchia - The man who broke design Twitter

In 2022, Marco Cornacchia was coming off of a failed startup and started working on his new portfolio. Little did he know this project would land him a role as the founding designer at Diagram, lay t…

00:47:40  |   Thu 30 Nov 2023
How to level up as an IC (feat. Steph Engle, Maheen Sohail & Brian Lovin)

How to level up as an IC (feat. Steph Engle, Maheen Sohail & Brian Lovin)

This episode is a panel discussion hosted by Maven where we talk about specific strategies that you can use to become more valuable as an individual contributor on your team. We cover a lot of ground…

00:43:13  |   Tue 21 Nov 2023
James McDonald - Staying ahead of web design trends

James McDonald - Staying ahead of web design trends

In this deep Dive, James gives us a behind-the-scenes of his creative process and how he is reimagining every pixel of the Clerk brand. We get into the weeds of how he establishes visual languages, h…

00:47:58  |   Thu 09 Nov 2023
Brian Lovin - Confessions of a two-time design founder

Brian Lovin - Confessions of a two-time design founder

In this episode, Brian Lovin talks about his journey as a second-time founder and gives a behind-the-scenes of building his new startup, Campsite. He also shares key insights from hundreds of intervi…

00:47:30  |   Thu 02 Nov 2023
David Hoang - How to prepare for design in 2025

David Hoang - How to prepare for design in 2025

In this Deep Dive, David Hoang gives us a peek into where he thinks the industry is headed and how product designers can prepare for the future. We talk about:

  • What AI in Figma might look like
  • How to c…
01:02:49  |   Wed 25 Oct 2023
Erik Kennedy - Landing page techniques used by the pros

Erik Kennedy - Landing page techniques used by the pros

In this episode, we analyze four different websites (Lemonade, Formcarry, Stella Domo + Runway) to help you confidently write and design landing pages that sell 💪 Listen to learn how to:

  • Design a top-…
01:05:48  |   Thu 19 Oct 2023
How Loom design went 0 to 1 on their new AI product

How Loom design went 0 to 1 on their new AI product

In this episode we get to go backstage with the design team at Loom! They teach us all about their design process and share takeaways from their recent AI launch including stories about:

- Prototyping…

00:49:17  |   Thu 12 Oct 2023
Perry Wang - How to land your dream role as a Junior Designer

Perry Wang - How to land your dream role as a Junior Designer

This week's Deep Dive features early-career designer, Perry Wang. Previously at Google and now working at Discord. This Deep Dive is a masterclass for junior designers looking to jumpstart their care…

00:39:16  |   Thu 05 Oct 2023
5 things I learned in Season 2

5 things I learned in Season 2

This episode of Deep Dives highlights the 5 things I learned from interviewing designers like Dan Mall, Grace Walker, Adrien Griveau, Yuan Wang, and Luis Ouriach. You'll learn:

1) How to organize var…

00:12:58  |   Thu 28 Sep 2023
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