Archive - Design Better

Matt Owens: Athletics co-founder on keeping your creative fire lit

Episode 193 of the Design Better Podcast

13 hrs ago • Aarron Walter, Eli Woolery, and Matt Owens

52:33

September 2026

The Roundup: How to defeat jargon, win over a pushy PM, and fix the collaboration gap

What we learned from Blain Billingsley, staff designer at OpenAI

Sep 26 • Eli Woolery

Blaine Billingsley: OpenAI designer on the collaboration problem AI hasn't solved yet

Episode 192 of the Design Better Podcast

Sep 23 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

47:59

The Brief: 7 Principles for better AI collaboration

Principles and a downloadable kit for anyone who wants to work more efficiently with AI collaborators.

Sep 18 • Aarron Walter

Mack Paul: Co-author of Miracle Road on designing places where innovation happens

Episode 191 of the Design Better Podcast

Sep 17 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

41:24

The Roundup: Why some of Google's best designers spent time as PMs

Google let designer Niyati Gupta try being a PM and she became a better designer for it.

Sep 14 • Aarron Walter

Federico Casalegno: Samsung EVP on how 20,000 years of creativity shapes design today

Episode 190 of the Design Better Podcast

Sep 10 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

41:43

The Roundup: Staff product designer on getting used to change

A special sponsored version of The Roundup in partnership with Rosenfeld Media

Sep 4 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter

Get design and career support in Design Club

A new feature for paid subscribers.

Sep 3 • Aarron Walter

Jonathan Adler returns: The minimalist inside the maximalist

Episode 189 of the Design Better Podcast

Sep 2 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

40:55

August 2026

The Roundup: Designing a better workplace

A design system for organizations.

Aug 29 • Aarron Walter

Clay Parker Jones: author of Hidden Patterns on why your team isn't really a team

Episode 188 of the Design Better Podcast

Aug 26 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

37:19

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