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The Roundup: What AI Can't See
Five things we learned from Brooke Hopper, Senior Principal Designer for Machine Intelligence and New Technology at Adobe
 • Eli Woolery
Colin Fisher: The lone genius is a myth
Episode 177 of the Design Better Podcast
 • Aarron Walter, Eli Woolery, and Colin M. Fisher
53:15
The Roundup: How beliefs make or break us
The most dangerous words in the English language is whatever comes after ‘I am.’
 • Aarron Walter
George Newman: Cognitive scientist on why creativity is more like archaeology than magic
Episode 165 of the Design Better Podcast
 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery
42:10
The Roundup: Craft is great, but it isn't enough
Insights from recent Design Better interviews.
 • Aarron Walter
The Roundup: The Great Collapse and a New Era In Design
Insights from recent Design Better interviews
 • Eli Woolery
Ben Swire: Author of "Safe Danger" on the hidden reason team building efforts fail
Episode 153 of the Design Better Podcast
 • Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter
47:26
Rewind: Paola Antonelli: How design shapes culture
Design Better has been on the road recently, recording a live episode in Manhattan for design search firm Wert & Co’s 30th anniversary.
 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery
56:23
AMA: Noah Levin on Figma's latest release
Thursday July 10 9AM PT/12PM ET/5PM GMT. Figma is central to most designers' workflow these days (certainly is here at Design Better). So it's important…
 • Aarron Walter
Design Foundations
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 • The Curiosity Department
Heidi Trost: Human Centered Security
Episode 134 of the Design Better Podcast
 • Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery
29:49
The Brief: Afraid of losing your job? Become irreplaceable
The monthly dispatch from Design Better.
 • Aarron Walter
7:14
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