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86: Icon design

Anthony and Katie chat about articles written about Cursor's new icon designs. Original article: https://www.minoradventures.co/blog/the-making-of-cursors-icons Intervi

85: Simplicity

How does simplicity differ from minimalism or complexity? Tune in to find out. Articles/books mentioned: Simple web design Anthony's notes on Simplicity Simplicity by

84: Interface elements with too much responsibility

Anthony and Katie each pick a few interface elements that are really pulling their weight, perhaps more than they should be. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product D

83: Onboarding to a new design project

Anthony and Katie discuss starting new roles and the process of getting up to speed with visual design styles you may not yet be familiar with. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, G

82: Config 2026

Talks discussed: Out of sync, on purpose: desktop design after mobile wonThe canvas is not dead ft. Catt Small (Dropbox)The invisible mechanisms in your interfaces ft. J

81: The Layers model of product design with Jamie Mill

Anthony and Katie chat with returning guest Jamie Mill about this elements of product design diagram and how he's transferred that concept into an AI agent skill. Check o

80: The state of AI for visual design

Anthony and Katie analyze two versions of an AI generated issue tracking interface. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

79: Text editing with Michael Aufreiter

Katie and Anthony are joined by Michael Aufreiter, an expert in all things text editing. It turns out that text editing is quite a complex interaction, enough so that we

78: The career episode

After years of intentionally not discussing career advice, today's the day. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https:/

77: Making an interface feel premium

Anthony and Katie discuss some interface quality of life improvements. You'll have to go find Anthony's blog post on the topic yourself. We believe in you. Hosts: Antho

76: Visual design with Laura Sinisterra

Anthony and Katie are joined by designer Laura Sinisterra, a visual designer with a unique mathematical, geometric style. We chat about her visual style, how she might de

75: The AI rant episode

Anthony and Katie allow themselves a cheeky little rant about the topic on everyone's mind, AI. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

74: How many icons is too many

Anthony and Katie discuss Nikita Prokopov's "It's hard to justify Tahoe icons". Article link: ⁠https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/ Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist P

73: Desktop UX

Anthony and Katie discuss Scott Jenson's talk titled "Are we stuck with the same desktop UX forever" Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZTOjd_bOQ Hosts: An

72: Famous design phrases

Anthony and Katie each bring some famous design phrases to discuss. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com

71: The materials interfaces are made of

Sometimes interfaces mimic physical materials like paper or metal. Anthony and Katie discuss why this might be, what kinds of materials seem most common and how this has

70: Things that are easy vs. hard to design

Anthony and Katie compare things that feel easy to design vs. hard. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ho

69: Practical Uses of AI for Designers

Anthony and Katie share ways to use AI in your design practice that don't involve code or generative images. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

68: Interface Design Assets (typefaces, imagery, icons)

Anthony and Katie share some of their favorite design assets. Links mentioned: https://blush.design/ https://nucleoapp.com/ https://tabler.io/icons https://featheric

67: Vector vs. Code Based Design Tooling with Andreas Møller

Anthony and Katie are joined by Andreas Møller, co-founder of Nordcraft. Nordcraft aims to bring design and development closer together, and as you can imagine Andreas ha