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by Anthony Hobday, Katie Langerman
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88: How AI impacts design systems
88: How AI impacts design systems
About this podcast
A podcast about the principles and practices of interface design.
Episodes
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- 88: How AI impacts design systems · 38 minAnthony interviews Katie about how AI has changed the practice of building and maintaining design systems. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer…
- 87: Opinionated vs. flexible software · 35 minAnthony and Katie chat about what makes software opinionated or flexible and offer some examples of products. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer…
- 86: Icon design · 57 minAnthony and Katie chat about articles written about Cursor's new icon designs. Original article: https://www.minoradventures.co/blog/the-making-of-cursors-icons Interview with…
- 85: Simplicity · 45 minHow 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 Per…
- 84: Interface elements with too much responsibility · 30 minAnthony 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 Designer…
- 83: Onboarding to a new design project · 46 minAnthony 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, Generalist…
- 82: Config 2026 · 57 minTalks discussed: • Out of sync, on purpose: desktop design after mobile won • The canvas is not dead ft. Catt Small (Dropbox) • The invisible mechanisms in your interfaces ft…
- 81: The Layers model of product design with Jamie Mill · 58 minAnthony 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 out…
- 80: The state of AI for visual design · 42 minAnthony and Katie analyze two versions of an AI generated issue tracking interface. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer…
- 79: Text editing with Michael Aufreiter · 50 min · Episode 79Katie 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 could…
- 78: The career episode · 38 minAfter years of intentionally not discussing career advice, today's the day. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer…
- 77: Making an interface feel premium · 40 minAnthony 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: Anthony…
- 76: Visual design with Laura Sinisterra · 49 min · Episode 76Anthony 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 define it…
- 75: The AI rant episode · 45 minAnthony 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 · 44 minAnthony 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 Product…
- 73: Desktop UX · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 73Anthony 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: Anthony…
- 72: Famous design phrases · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 72Anthony and Katie each bring some famous design phrases to discuss. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer…
- 71: The materials interfaces are made of · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 71Sometimes 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 shifted…
- 70: Things that are easy vs. hard to design · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 70Anthony and Katie compare things that feel easy to design vs. hard. Hosts: Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer…
- 69: Practical Uses of AI for Designers · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 69Anthony 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…
