Archive - Design Better

The Roundup: A field guide to AI prompting

An excerpt from a new book on using Claude Code

Jul 31 • Aarron Walter

Portfolio Club with Dan Harden

Award winning design firm's founder reviews Design Better community portfolios

Jul 29 • Eli Woolery, Aarron Walter, and Dan Harden

1:00:52

The Roundup: The most important product you'll ever design

Three things we learned from Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup and Incorruptible

Jul 24 • Eli Woolery

Eric Ries: Lean Startup author on why good companies go bad, and why good design is critical to success

Episode 185 of the Design Better Podcast

Jul 22 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

52:30

The Roundup: Friction, gratification, and leaving room for imagination

Four things we learned from writer and game designer Ian Bogost

Jul 17 • Eli Woolery

Join us in Sonoma: A two-day gathering for design leaders

A unique creative leadership event • September 28–29, 2026 • The Stavrand, Sonoma, CA

Jul 16 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

Portfolio Club: Using Claude Code with Joey Primiani

A recording from Aarron Walter's live video

Jul 15 • Aarron Walter, Joey Primiani, and Eli Woolery

58:08

Ian Bogost: Game designer, Atlantic writer, and philosopher of the ordinary, on the small stuff that makes life delightful

Episode 184 of the Design Better Podcast

Jul 15 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

44:22

The Roundup: Aaron Draplin on building a personal brand

How to find ideas and inspiration where no one else is looking.

Jul 10 • Aarron Walter

Rewind: Aarron Draplin: DDC founder on showing up, staying prolific, and never forgetting the crappy jobs

Jul 8 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

49:34

The Roundup: Design history in jazz records

How great music inspired great design.

Jul 3 • Aarron Walter

Chris Entwisle and Mark Havens: authors of WAIL on the constraints that led to timeless designs for Prestige Records

Episode 183 of the Design Better Podcast

Jul 1 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

41:39

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