Archive - Design Better

The Roundup: Creative teams need skeptics, sitting with the note you hate, and knowing when to break the rules

Things we learned from Stranger Things writer Paul Dichter

8 hrs ago • Eli Woolery

Paul Dichter: Stranger Things writer on why the writers’ room isn’t so different from the design studio

Episode 173 of the Design Better Podcast

Apr 22 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

55:33

The Roundup: Our first impressions of Claude Design

Insights from our first days experimenting with Anthropic’s new AI design tool.

Apr 21 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden: "Innovation-ish" and why most innovation doesn’t have to be a moonshot

Episode 172 of the Design Better Podcast

Apr 15 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

43:24

The Roundup: Creative friction, the value of personal projects, and do it well, or don't do it

Lessons learned from our chat with designer turned illustrator Luis Mendo

Apr 10 • Eli Woolery

AI x Influence for Design Researchers

A workshop for design researchers who want their insights to go further

Apr 9 • Eli Woolery and Bobby Hughes

Luis Mendo: Designer turned illustrator on making things that could only come from you

Episode 171 of the Design Better Podcast

Apr 8 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

51:56

The Roundup: How AI Is F*ing Up the Creative Process — and What We Should Do About It

Here's what we're seeing as AI reshapes teams and how we work.

Apr 3 • Aarron Walter

David Shim and Rachana Rele: Read AI CEO and VP of Product Design for AI-native products at Adobe on amplifying creative work — not…

A bonus episode from Design Better

Apr 1 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

35:30

March 2026

Join us at Crafted by UserTesting

We’re excited to be part of Crafted, UserTesting’s conference for people who build products, design experiences, and do research.

Mar 30 • Eli Woolery and Bobby Hughes

The Roundup: Making real things in an unreal world

It’s difficult to escape the fact that we live in a very turbulent time.

Mar 28 • Eli Woolery

Leonardo Giusti: Archetype AI's co-founder on physical AI and the limits of the chatbot

Episode 170 of the Design Better Podcast

Mar 25 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

43:17

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