Today's episode is with Hannah Hearth who recently became the Head of Product Design at Vercel. We talk about all of the changes that are happening in our industry and what it all means for designers. Everything from how AI tools are changing the practice of design to how this impact the way we think about our career paths.

Some highlights:

• Hannah’s #1 trait for great designers
• The most underrated storytelling tactic
• Doing more with less while not burning out
• Examples of how AI is changing the design process
• How design orgs should think about adopting AI tools
• How much coding is happening on the Vercel design team
• Preserving craft and design thinking with collapsed timelines
• a lot more

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Today’s episode is with Karl Koch (https://x.com/_kejk?lang=en) and it’s filled with practical tips for new design engineers looking to push past what AI gives you out of the box.

We go deep into:

- Adopting the design engineering mindset

- What the job market looks like for design engineers

- The difference between frontend and design engineers

- Specific language to create better interaction design

- The details Karl is sweating in his role at Duck Duck Go

- + a lot more

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This episode is a deep dive into Rive—the engine powering experiences like Spotify Wrapped, next-gen car dashboards, and so much more.

After hearing Luigi and Guido Rosso’s vision for the future of interactive software, I’m convinced it will be a big deal for designers 👀