Patterns Podcast
by Knapsack
Latest episode
Design judgment in the era of AI, with Alexis Puchek
Design judgment in the era of AI, with Alexis Puchek
About this podcast
Welcome to the Patterns Podcast. Each episode we sit down with the leaders and builders defining how modern digital products come to life. From systems and tools to culture and decision making, we dig into what’s driving real impact today and shaping the future of how teams build.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 145 episodes
- Design judgment in the era of AI, with Alexis Puchek · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 5Send us feedback or episode suggestions. AI can generate a screen in seconds. Deciding whether that screen is right still takes someone who has seen enough of them. In this…
- Agents are the new users of design systems, with Mike Kamminga · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 7Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Design systems were built to close the gap between a brand and the products that express it. Now an agent sits in that gap, and it…
- Building in the Age of Agents with Alex Wilson, Engineering Leader at T. Rowe Price. · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 4Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Software teams are operating in an environment where the job description changes every two months. As agentic AI moves from novelty to…
- Building Trust: Designing Product Ecosystems in the Age of AI · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 3Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Digital products no longer exist as standalone apps. They live inside complex ecosystems of interfaces, AI systems, legacy…
- Inside the Alaska–Hawaiian Merger: Shipping a Multi-Brand Experience in 10 Months · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 2Send us feedback or episode suggestions. The Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merger came with physical and regulatory deadlines that dictated an inflexible 10-month…
- Designing the Learning Loop: Context, AI, and Compound Systems · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 1Send us feedback or episode suggestions. In the first episode of Patterns, Chris Strahl sits down with Dave Brown, design leader at Qualtrics, to explore what modern systems…
- DSP 139. Why the Future of Digital Production Starts With Code, Not a Canvas · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 139Send us feedback or episode suggestions. As AI compresses the distance between idea and execution, the abstractions that once made design tools necessary are becoming points of…
- DSP 138. Scaling Inclusive Design: An Accessibility Conversation with Anna Thielke · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 138Send us feedback or episode suggestions. How do teams turn accessibility from individual effort into system wide practice? Chris talks with Anna Thielke, founder and CEO of…
- DSP 137. Why You Shouldn’t Aim for Perfect: Building Design Systems That Deliver Business Value with Noelle Lansford · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 137Send us feedback or episode suggestions. If you’ve ever struggled to balance perfection with business reality, this episode is for you. In this episode of the Design Systems…
- DSP 136. Are Design Systems Still for People? A Conversation with Elyse Holladay · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 136Send us feedback or episode suggestions. In this episode, Chris Strahl talks with Elyse Holladay—staff design engineer at Color Health and host of On Theme—about the evolution of…
- DSP 135. The Infrastructure Behind Digital Production: A Conversation with Steve Dodier-Lazaro · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 135Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Design systems aren’t just a UI toolkit—they’re the backbone of digital product creation and management. In this episode, engineer and…
- DSP 134 Modernizing a Legend: Catherine Dubut Builds the Future at Ford Pro · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 134Send us feedback or episode suggestions. What does it take to transform 121 years of automotive legacy into a modern digital ecosystem? Catherine Dubut, Director of Global UX…
- DSP 133. Garth Braithwaite on Design Tokens, Governance, and Scaling Spectrum at Adobe · 60 min · Season 1 Episode 133Send us feedback or episode suggestions. The design token nerds are taking over the pod! In this episode, guest host Christopher Bloom sits down with Garth Braithwaite, Lead…
- DSP 132. The Evolution of Digital Production: TJ Pitre Talks Flash, Figma, and the Future of Dynamic Design · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 132Send us feedback or episode suggestions. In this episode, TJ Pitre, founder of South Left, joins the podcast to trace the real evolution of digital production — from the early…
- DSP 131. DSP Rewind | Rick Rodriguez on Building an Adaptable and Scalable Design system · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 131Send us feedback or episode suggestions. This week, we're digging into the Design Systems Podcast archives. Guest host Richard Banfield, VP of Design Leadership at Knapsack…
- DSP 130. Jon Warden on How GSK Uses Design Systems to Balance Scale, Flexibility, and Innovation · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 130Send us feedback or episode suggestions. In this episode of the Design Systems Podcast, guest host Andrew Rohman sits down with Jon Warden to explore how GSK leverages design…
- DSP 129. Mashup | The Future of AI and Digital Production · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 129Send us feedback or episode suggestions. In this episode of The Design Systems Podcast, guest host Richard Banfield takes us on a journey through the intersection of artificial…
- DSP 128. Rewind | Emily Campbell: Design and code convergence · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 128Send us feedback or episode suggestions. in this episode Knapsack's VP of Design Leadership, Richard Banfield takes a look back at a conversation between Chris Strahl and Emily…
- DSP 127. Building a Unified Design System for Instacart’s Multi-Product Ecosystem: Lessons for Success from Miranda Bouck · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 127Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Increasingly, design systems need to support multi-product ecosystems with a diverse array of consumers and stakeholders. This week…
- DSP 126. Scaling Avalara's Design System to Support a Growth-By-Acquisition Strategy · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 126Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Many enterprise organizations face the challenge of scaling their design systems as the scope of product support expands through adoption…
