On the Grid

Recorded October 9th, 2014

This week we talked about sticking to a process and saying no. Also, Dan is looking for another designer at FitMob. You can email dan at fitmob dot com.

Recorded October 2nd, 2014

recorded September 18th, 2014

This week we talked about symbols... or people. Also:

Recorded September 11, 2014

This week, Andy talks to us about the closing of Berg

recorded September 4th, 2014

This week we talked about subjective vs. objective design decisions and:

Recorded August 29th, 2014

August 14th, 2014

This week Andy shared an experiment with us and we discussed:

August 7th, 2014

July 31, 2014

July 24, 2014

This week we talked about criticism and judgement. Also:

Recorded on July 17th, 2014

This week we talked about launching new identities, telling stories, and:

recorded July 3rd, 2014

This week we talked about Facebook's emotional contagion experiment. Also:

recorded June 26th, 2014

recorded June 19th, 2014

This week we answered a listener email about inspiration. We mentioned:

recorded June 15th, 2014

recorded June 5th, 2014

This week we talked about Apple's WWDC event and learning in designed systems.

recorded May 29, 2014

This week we answered a listener’s email about designing for the near future. And hopefully our discussion extends to the distant future as well. Also:

recorded May 22nd, 2014

This week we discussed finding furniture and devices that are designed to disable technology.

This week we talked about Christmas, open operating systems, passwords, and the best:

This week on the show we talked about big life decisions, and:

recorded May 18, 2014

This week we discussed haircuts, texting during an emergency and the death of Square Wallet.

recorded on May 11th, 2014

recorded on May 1st, 2014

This week we talked about possible losing our seats.

recorded on April 24th, 2014

This week talked about clever design, social design, dogmas, fact checking and voting.

recorded on April 17th, 2014

This week we talked about Mobb Deep and Dan’s true calling.

recorded on April 13th, 2014

This week we talked about the growing hill that is the web and the devices that shape our message.

recorded on April 3rd, 2014

recorded on March 27th, 2014

recorded on March 20th, 2014

This week we talked about wearables and manifestos.

recorded on March 13th, 2014

This week we talked about deadlines and the time needed for good design.

This week we talk about patterns in web design and how to prevent our work from getting stagnate.

This week we answered an email about designers learning to code.

This week Dan returns and we talk about software customization.

This week Dan couldn’t join us but Andy and I talk about teamwork.

This week we talked about the Facebook Paper announcement, the grand vision, and real world universal appeal.

This week we talked about Squarespace Logo, the future according to the movie Her, and the breakup of H&FJ.

This week we talked the problem with TED, DRM in HTML, and the future of the open web.

It’s our annual year in review show. We summarized 2013 in design and talked about the 3 topics that topped our lists.

This week we talked about class divides and how it’s addressed in the design community.

This week we talked about the all of those things designed to save world and how they’re taking over.

This week we were inspired to discuss two presentations from the 2013 Build Conference:

Dan couldn’t join us this week, so Andy and I discussed:

This week we focused on format and presentation:

This week we talked about the feeling of security. Here are the links:

This episode we talked about work, life, teams, management, design, life, going it alone, work, and design. Anyways:

After an unintended hiatus, we are back discussing Andy’s new experiences teaching design and molding young minds.

This week we talk about looking back, fearing the future, comedy’s similarity to design, and paving your own way.

We talk deception, compromise, and the most important thing in the world.

Apple introduces iOS 7. We tried not to post a knee-jerk reaction show, so we’re finally talking about it.

Inspired by a conversation at bar… we discuss the tools we use to design.

After some traveling and a long delay, we discuss… unicorns.

This week we discussed speed, naming and naming.

We rarely talk about things that are beautiful. Let’s discuss.

This week we dedicate the show to the debate:

This week we talked about the pre-made brand Hessian.tv and Andy’s newfound interest in the Super Bowl Champion Ravens…

This week we discussed two new identities, gender roles in design, and the state of graphic design criticism.

This week we discussed certification, templates, automation, and Matt’s proposed standard for serving logos.

Happy New Year from Matt, Dan and Andy plus:

It’s our year end special. We discussed the events and issues that effected and shaped design this past year. We focused on three: The evolving relationship between design and technology, changes in publishing, and the flat design vs. skeuomorphism debate.

This week: Death and Taxes… and Symbols

We spent most of the show talking about the new University Of California logo and reactions:

This week we rush to get everything done before Christmas, dine in the app store, and take note of our rosy red design lenses.

This week we talked about some personal projects and feedback:

Happy Halloween! This week we survived Hurricane Sandy and had a chat about the big three: Forstall is out and Jony Ive takes over at Apple, Windows 8 is here, and Google makes changes to Gmail.

After a week off, we talked about Matt’s trip to Orlando and…

This week we spend the entire episode talking about authenticity in digital design.

This week we spend the entire episode talking about authenticity in digital design.

On this episode we talk about vaporware, web typography, and maps:

On this episode we talk about tricking designers into redesigning your logo for free and:

This week we talk about filtering your world, waiting in line and online, and the transition from physical to digital…. and back to physical.

This week we talk about Andy’s new watch, the problem with magazines, limitations, and Minecraft.

This week we talk about a redesign proposal for Wikipedia, Beck’s sheet music album, making rates public, and Square’s deal with Starbucks.

This week we discussed file systems, putting your ideas into the world, simplicity vs. complexity, and destroying your work for the sake of greatness.

We’re going to be releasing a few episodes very quickly in order to catch up to real time. We had been recording a few weeks in advance, but we’re looking to be more timely, so our backlog is being released right now. The next few episodes will be much more current.

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This week we discussed corporate transparency, local retail and economic models.

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This week we discussed public reactions to design, critique in the modern day, and endless amounts of creative content on the internet.

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