Substacks recommended by Design Better

Recommended by Design Better

Currently documenting the writing process (and sharing bits) of my new book on OKRs. Also: Product Management, Design, Outcomes, OKRs, and Agile. Also plus thoughts on writing, photography, and the creative process generally.

Dan Mall Teaches

A weekly newsletter about design systems, process, and leadership. I’ll teach you how to use design to live a better life.

Reconsidering

By The Team

Reconsidering, a podcast about life and how to live it better co-hosted by Bob Baxley, Meredith Black, and Aarron Walter.

A podcast about life and living it better by our pals Bob Baxley, Meredith Black, and our own Aarron Walter.

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Everyday Empires

By Ken Seals

Conversations with everyday founders. Learn how they started and the advice they’d give themselves so you can start a venture of your own

Why Design Is Hard

By Scott Berkun (Why Design Is Hard)

Helping designers reframe their frustrations into solvable problems.

Designing with AI

By Mia Blume

Exploring the intersection of AI and design. Through experimentation, I'll share observations and reflections on emerging tools, inspiring examples of AI in action, and reflections on the future of design as a discipline.

Helpful reviews of AI tools that can expand the creative process and insightful thoughts about how these tools will influence design.

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Process Junkie

By Jason Chatfield

Award-winning cartoonist Jason Chatfield takes you on a deep dive into the process of creating art (Using human hands).

Outsider Insight

By James Buckhouse

Stories of Innovation, inventions, breakthroughs, and creativity told through the lens of courage, resilience, beauty, and brilliance.

Implications, by Scott Belsky

What to expect from the latest advances in tech, shifts in culture, and evolution in the art and science of product design and building teams.

Chance Operations

By Gary Hustwit

An exploration of creativity and design featuring new interviews and short documentaries, plus streaming access to Gary Hustwit's films Helvetica, Objectified, Urbanized, Workplace, Rams and unreleased footage.

The Creativity Guild

By Geoff & Steve

Free email newsletter every two weeks designed for creative explorers looking to reignite creative sparks and start the projects we’ve always wanted to work on. No one lives forever - let's roll up our sleeves & make stuff!

Product Teardowns

By Kristen Berman

I take products apart to reveal the psychologies behind them.

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

New York Cartoons

By Jason Chatfield

A free cartoon hits your inbox every Tuesday + live videos & stories from my sketchbook that prove being a New Yorker cartoonist & comedian in Manhattan is exactly as unhinged as you'd imagine.

Lenny's Newsletter

By Lenny Rachitsky

A weekly advice column about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career.