Where designers never stop learning 💪Dive Club is an interview series hosted by Ridd that is designed to unlock knowledge from today's most prolific designers. We go deep into craft, storytelling, tools, design engineering, startups, and much more.You can find all of the episodes, key takeaways, and bonus resources here 👉 Dive.club
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Sep 29, 2026 · 51:07
This week's episode is with Danny Martinez and we're doing the ultimate deep dive into design hiring and what's happening in today's job market. Danny has the perfect vantage…
Sep 23, 2026 · 51:46
This week's episode is with Geoff Teehan —co-founder of the legendary design agency Teehan+Lax, longtime design leader at Facebook, and now Chief Design Officer at Lightspark.…
Sep 15, 2026 · 49:27
This week's episode is with Nev Flynn and we're doing a deep dive into how he's bringing artful expression into enterprise design as the Head of Design at ElevenLabs . Some…
Sep 9, 2026 · 47:37
This week's episode is with Ed Bayes and we're doing a deep dive into how designers at OpenAI prototype the future of Codex/ChatGPT Work. Some highlights: - How prototyping at…
Sep 2, 2026 · 51:37
This week’s episode is with Evil Rabbit who is the founding designer at Vercel and an iconic figure in the design community. He shares his design journey (which started with his…
Aug 25, 2026 · 48:24
Grok Bot has been going viral the last two weeks so this week's episode is a behind-the-scenes of the design journey with John Bai (who was the first NYC design hire at Cursor).…
Aug 18, 2026 · 54:19
This week's episode is with Patrick Morgan and we're doing a deep dive into the prototyping environment he built for Sublime Security . What started as an attempt to organize his…
Aug 11, 2026 · 51:19
This week's episode is with Kyle Zantos who is officially the first person to make three appearances on Dive Club 🫢 Seems like AI totally transforms the design process every few…
Aug 4, 2026 · 52:40
Did you know Claude Design started off as a side project from one person? That's what this week's episode with Nate Parrott is all about. He shares the origin story along with a…
Jul 29, 2026 · 54:32
Charlie Deets ( https://x.com/charliedeets ) has designed Safari, Arc, and now Dia… Needless to say he knows a thing or two about designing browsers 😅 So in this week’s episode…
Jul 21, 2026 · 51:56
Pablo Stanley ( https://www.pablostanley.com/ ) has built as many creative tools as anyone in our industry. So in this episode he gives us a behind-the-scenes of his latest…
Jul 15, 2026 · 57:24
Jason Yuan ( https://x.com/jasonyuan ) has one of the most fascinating minds in design so naturally I like to keep tabs on what he is creating 😎 This episode is a deep dive into…
Jul 8, 2026 · 53:49
It kinda feels like how design operates at Anthropic is consistently 3-6 months ahead of the rest of the industry. As a result, Meaghan Choi ( https://x.com/meaghaneschoi )…
Jun 30, 2026 · 35:43
Meng To ( https://x.com/MengTo?lang=en ) is one of the people I keep tabs on to see how he's evolving his workflow as he builds his ideas with AI. So I sat down with him to get a…
Jun 24, 2026 · 50:13
This week we are going behind the scenes of Config 2026 with Loredana Crisan (Figma’s Chief Design Officer) https://www.linkedin.com/in/loredanacrisan/ We talk about Figma’s…
Jun 16, 2026 · 50:04
What does it look like when a designer with zero technical background commits to shipping something real? That’s what this week’s episode with Brett Williams is all about. He…
Jun 9, 2026 · 54:19
This week's episode is with Ron Goldin who has led design at Google, Shopify, UberEats, and in my opinion... he's the perfect example of what it looks like to thrive as a design…
Jun 2, 2026 · 39:47
A couple of weeks ago I recorded my first ever episode in front of a live audience (at Ramp HQ in NYC) 🗽 So today I’m excited to share the panel discussion recording with 3…
May 26, 2026 · 52:45
⭐️ Check out Andy’s course - Craft at Speed https://join.dive.club/maven-aff-andy-madrick Use code DIVECLUB for 15% off Andy Madrick ( https://x.com/andymadrick ) is rethinking…
May 19, 2026 · 1:00:00
Over the last few months, Tommy Geoco has went on site to study today’s top design teams (Vercel, Perplexity, Metalab, Ramp, etc.). So this week’s episode is a deep dive into all…
May 12, 2026 · 55:23
How do the best designers shape strategy at companies like Shopify? That’s what today’s episode with Design Director Katarina Batina is all about. Some highlights: Balancing…
May 5, 2026 · 59:01
Rafa Conde ( https://x.com/rafahari ) is a design engineer at Retro and one of the most creative designers I know. I still remember where I was when I first saw the video on his…
Apr 28, 2026 · 55:10
Imagine going from IC to leading the Wealthsimple design team in a few short years… That was Polly D’arcy’s ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/pollydarcy/ ) journey and today’s…
Apr 21, 2026 · 52:36
Capital, early Cash App, and most recently, X, all have one designer in common — [Brandon Jacoby]( https://x.com/JacobyBrandon ). In this episode Brandon is talking about how…
Apr 14, 2026 · 55:04
When it comes to tools and workflows, Brian Lovin ( https://x.com/brian_lovin ) is someone I pay very close attention to. He’s actually the one who first got me hooked on…
Apr 8, 2026 · 45:10
If you're like me you gotta be curious... what's it like designing at OpenAI? So I’m excited to share today’s episode with you :) It’s a deep dive with OpenAI’s Head of Product…
Apr 2, 2026 · 54:36
Remember when the Carl Rivera ( https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/carl-rivera ) told us about his vision to create the new Shopify Product Design Studio? Well in this episode I…
Mar 25, 2026 · 46:36
Flora Guo ( https://x.com/floguo ) has one of the more impressive career trajectories of anyone I've interviewed on this show. She's currently the founding design engineer at…
Mar 19, 2026 · 52:57
Today's episode is with Kris Puckett who has led design at Mercury, Dropbox, and now as a design manager at Stripe. His journey is the perfect example of what it looks like to…
Mar 12, 2026 · 53:57
What does it look like to demonstrate uncommon care in the way you design and build an interface? Josh Puckett has has spent nearly two decades designing products like…
Mar 10, 2026 · 55:10
Today's episode is with Luis Ouriach ( https://x.com/disco_lu ) whose role as a designer advocate at Figma means he's constantly helping teams navigate this rapidly changing…
Mar 5, 2026 · 54:48
Today's episode with Cameron Worboys (Head of Product Design at Cash App) is an inside look at how an AI-native design org operates and the ways designers can thrive in this new…
Feb 23, 2026 · 54:32
A few weeks ago, Stripe launched their [new site ( https://stripe.com/ ) and reminded everyone who the 🐐 of web design is… So I asked their Head of Design, Katie Dill (…
Feb 18, 2026 · 57:58
As software becomes easier to create than ever, what does it look like to truly differentiate with design? Today's episode with Julien Martin (…
Feb 16, 2026 · 39:58
Today's episode is with Tommy Smith who recently landed a new role as a part of the Dive Talent Network. So we're doing a deep dive into what makes his portfolio so effective:…
Feb 12, 2026 · 40:28
Ryan Stephen ( https://x.com/Ryan__Stephen ) is a product designer at Microsoft, but the reason I wanted to interview him is because he's the man behind some of my favorite…
Feb 9, 2026 · 51:24
Today's episode is with Hannah Hearth who recently became the Head of Product Design at Vercel. We talk about all of the changes that are happening in our industry and what it…
Feb 4, 2026 · 45:43
Get 10% off Karl's Become a Design Engineer course: https://join.dive.club/karl Today’s episode is with Karl Koch ( https://x.com/_kejk?lang=en ) and it’s filled with practical…
Feb 2, 2026 · 43:41
This episode is a deep dive into Rive —the engine powering experiences like Spotify Wrapped, next-gen car dashboards, and so much more. After hearing Luigi and Guido Rosso’s…
Jan 28, 2026 · 19:38
One of the biggest parts of my design practice is knowing which tool to reach for when coding with AI. There are a lot of options and they’re changing every week 😅 So in this…
Jan 26, 2026 · 45:23
Sometimes you open up a website and it's so good that you're left wondering... how the heck did they pull that off? In this episode the designer of the original Amie website,…
Jan 21, 2026 · 33:10
Last month the head of design at Lovable, Nad Chishtie , walked us through the portfolio of one of their recent design hires, Matt Sellers . So today's episode is a…
Jan 19, 2026 · 48:29
There's been a heck of a debate around the future of coding and design tools lately... but what's actually happening inside of today's top teams? Where is all this headed and how…
Jan 14, 2026 · 34:14
Gab and Nim are the co-founders of a startup called Dessn which allows designers to prototype in the context of their production codebase (without any of the setup). So I asked…
Jan 9, 2026 · 47:40
Someone asked me recently... if you had to join a design team, who would you want to work for? And my answer was easy... Perplexity So today's episode with Henry Modisett (…
Jan 7, 2026 · 48:03
Kyle Zantos is leading the new UX Tools Labs where he's responsible for figuring out what matters for new design tools and workflows. As a result, he's pretty quickly become my…
Jan 2, 2026 · 52:55
We talk a lot about using AI at startups… But what are more established companies doing to scale AI prototyping? What are the best ways to use AI to prototype with your design…
Dec 29, 2025 · 48:36
Today's episode goes deep into all of the design details in a new video collaboration tool called Flask . But the reason I’m so inspired by this product goes far beyond the…
Dec 19, 2025 · 58:45
As one of the fastest growing companies in the world, Lovable is scaling their design team by tapping into the [Dive Talent Network]( https://www.dive.club/talent-network ). So I…
Dec 15, 2025 · 55:21
What does it look like to own web design for one of the fastest growing AI companies in the world? And how do you get that opportunity if you don’t have companies like Apple or…
Dec 8, 2025 · 47:52
I’ve probably learned more about visual design from MDS than anyone in the design community. So I wanted to go deep into the creative process behind the all-new Shift Nudge…
Dec 1, 2025 · 1:02:46
I get shown a lot of tool demos and one thing is clear… Canvas-based UX will play a pivotal role in how we interface with AI. It’s a big reason why Figma just bought Weavy 👀 So…
Nov 24, 2025 · 42:53
In one of the most popular episodes yet, Vitaly Friedman talked about what’s next for AI design patterns ( https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/vitaly-friedman ). In that episode he…
Nov 14, 2025 · 57:16
AI is fundamentally shifting the way we think about digital products and the core deliverables that we're bringing to the table as designers. So I asked Geoffrey Litt (…
Nov 7, 2025 · 58:22
Craft gets you hired. But business impact gets you promoted. So this week’s episode with [Ryan Scott]( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanscottcreative/ ) is a deep dive into how…
Oct 31, 2025 · 41:11
Board ( https://board.fun/ ) has taken over social social media (and for good reason). It’s one of the most obvious yet innovative products I’ve ever seen. So as soon as Kevin…
Oct 29, 2025 · 49:14
AI is reshaping how we design and build software, creating huge opportunities for designers who experiment, adapt, and help define what the practice looks like next. This session…
Oct 24, 2025 · 58:32
Imagine a world where handoff no longer exists and designers are moving fluidly in code… [Drew Wilson]( https://x.com/drewwilson ) is one of the people pulling that future into…
Oct 17, 2025 · 54:54
Over the last few months one product has risen to the top of my inspiration list… ツSupercut ( https://supercut.ai/ ) The point of this episode is to figure out what it takes to…
Oct 3, 2025 · 56:14
We’re talking about craft in B2B SaaS... but what is it like designing for frontier interfaces like the Apple watch or even neural interfaces? We find out in this week’s episode…
Sep 26, 2025 · 57:46
Imagine it’s your first day as a designer at Perplexity... and the VP of Design hands you the keys for their all-new AI browser, [Comet]( https://www.perplexity.ai/comet ).…
Sep 19, 2025 · 51:23
What does the perfect e-commerce platform look like in an AI era? That’s the question Shopify’s Chief Design Officer Carl Rivera has set out to answer so this week’s episode is…
Sep 12, 2025 · 57:06
Only a select few have multiple episodes on Dive Club and today Catt Small joins the ranks. She has a gift for turning messy ideas into practical next steps so it’s no wonder her…
Sep 6, 2025 · 1:02:41
What does it take to make people feel something with design...? This week's guest is kind of an expert on the question. Sara Vienna ( https://x.com/sravienna?lang=en ) , the…
Aug 29, 2025 · 57:48
I think we're entering a world where the market for fractional design is about to explode… So this week's episode is with one of my favorite people in the industry, Gabe Valdivia…
Aug 27, 2025 · 10:00
Too much of designing a startup happens behind closed doors So I want to work with the garage door open while building Inflight ( https://www.inflight.co/ ) as much as possible.…
Aug 22, 2025 · 59:33
What does it look like to advance your career in the age of AI? That’s what this week’s episode with Dan Winer (Director of Product Design at Kit) is all about. He shares…
Aug 15, 2025 · 49:32
This week's episode is with Andy Zhang who was the lead design engineer at Windsurf . So we're going to shine a light on all of the ways you can make an impact as a design…
Aug 8, 2025 · 57:12
I’d bet real money that you have been on Smashing Magazine at some point in the last 18 years… Good news is, this week I got to interview the founder, Vitaly Friedman , who is…
Aug 6, 2025 · 21:53
If I told you someone had a background as a senior designer at companies like Uber, Dropbox, Apple, and Patreon then you'd be pretty impressed, right? Same. But Adam Noffsinger…
Aug 1, 2025 · 1:00:31
This week’s episode is with Pietro Schirano who is the founder of the new design tool MagicPath and one of the true forward thinkers on AI. We go deep into the future of…
Jul 25, 2025 · 51:13
This week I got an inside look at Figma Make while talking to Holly and Nikolas all about the future of prototyping… We get into real world use cases for different kinds of…
Jul 23, 2025 · 28:22
Last month we did the ultimate Raycast Deep Dive , but there's a lot in there… so this week I want to highlight just the segment from the product design team. We go deep into how…
Jul 18, 2025 · 54:08
This week, Gunnar Gray (Product Design Lead at Perplexity) dives into the art of designing AI-native experiences. He shares lessons from shaping Voice Mode and how prototyping…
Jul 11, 2025 · 57:28
Cursor is easily one of the most impactful companies in all of tech… And this week's episode is with their Head of Design, Ryo Lu. You might've heard of Ryo in this episode back…
Jul 2, 2025 · 51:09
This week's episode is with Julian Lehr who is the storytelling lead at Linear So we're going to step out of the pixels for this conversation and focus more on how you can get…
Jun 27, 2025 · 1:03:33
You probably know Intercom… but did you know they recently incubated a new startup called Fin that has already surpassed the core business? They’ve pulled off a massive…
Jun 25, 2025 · 8:32
In last week’s episode , the Head of Design at The Browser Company shared a totally new way to think about your portfolio. He says one of the most valuable things you can…
Jun 20, 2025 · 58:25
Dia from The Browser Company has completely taken over the internet. We’re finally seeing what an AI-native browser can be and it’s pretty exciting :) So this episode is a…
Jun 16, 2025 · 2:03:25
This week’s episode is a first of its kind because we’re doing the ultimate deep dive into one of my favorite products: Raycast We’ll here from the founders, design team, and…
Jun 11, 2025 · 12:42
The last two weeks with Inflight have been the most exhilarating of my entire career… So I want to use Dive Club to provide unprecedented levels of access to life as a design…
Jun 6, 2025 · 1:03:28
This week's episode is with Darrin Henein who is the VP of Design at Shopify. We talk about how they create a culture of excellence and how AI is influencing the way they…
Jun 4, 2025 · 37:52
There’s a new design tool called Subframe that’s officially caught my eye 👀 So I asked their co-founder Filip Skrzesinksi to give us a demo and talk through their vision. I…
May 30, 2025 · 1:04:27
There are two types of companies today: Startups birthed out of AI Existing companies figuring out how to adapt to AI This week’s episode is all about #2 because we get to hear…
May 23, 2025 · 58:00
This week we get to hear from Jesse Kulp who is the original designer for Google AI Studio. He shares what it was like going 0→1 as the sole designer and his ideas for where AI…
May 16, 2025 · 55:20
Stephen previously co-founded Modulz which created Radix UI, now used by Vercel, Linear, and Jetsi. Now he’s the founder of the most influential design tool on the market — Paper…
May 13, 2025 · 10:38
A year ago, it felt like AI-generated UI was about to have its moment. But now the landscape looks a LOT different than what people expected. So this episode answers the question…
May 9, 2025 · 46:15
This week, Zach Leach (Head of Design at Gamma ) gives a behind-the-scenes of what it’s like designing one of the hottest AI products in the world today. He shares a ton of…
May 6, 2025 · 7:48
The more I study today's top design teams, the more clear it’s becoming that we're entering the era of a new type of design leader— one with taste and the skills necessary to…
May 2, 2025 · 1:00:47
Mig Reyes is the VP of Product Experience at Duolingo (and a design director at Instagram before that). In this episode he shared a behind-the-scenes of how design operates at…
Apr 29, 2025 · 8:39
I talk to a lot of designers at the pinnacle of their career… So I’m always trying to figure out how they’ve evolved the way they practice design over the years. Once I hear the…
Apr 25, 2025 · 1:01:59
Anthropic has quickly become a category-defining company and in this episode Kyle Turman (their first full-time designer) shares a behind-the-scenes of what it was like designing…
Apr 22, 2025 · 8:48
There's a parallel I'm noticing between what's happening today with AI and what happened way back in 2013. So this episode studies the early days of Snapchat, the emergence of…
Apr 19, 2025 · 1:05:47
Tuhin Kumar has designed at some of the most prolific companies in the world (early Facebook, Airbnb and Apple). But everything’s changing in his new role… Because now he’s the…
Apr 15, 2025 · 6:00
There are two goals that designers almost always group together: Make a useful product Make it easy to understand But my interview with Sam Stephenson changed my thinking…
Apr 11, 2025 · 1:01:08
Jack Brody joined Snapchat as one of the early designers where he spent 10 years and eventually became Head of Product. So this week’s episode features a lot of lessons learned…
Apr 9, 2025 · 12:33
I’ve interviewed a lot of designers who have landed some pretty high profile roles and I’m starting to notice some trends 👀 So this video breaks down 6 portfolio tips that you…
Apr 4, 2025 · 54:20
Lovable has quickly become the go-to way I build my ideas with AI and this week we get to hear from their first designer Nad Chishtie . We go deep into what it takes to succeed…
Apr 1, 2025 · 9:25
My #1 source of imposter syndrome is when I see designers prototyping beautiful interactions like this or even this . It’s one thing to create gorgeous interfaces, but crafting…
Mar 28, 2025 · 51:10
I use Granola every single day and it’s quickly become a beloved product in the tech community. But it was a winding journey to get there… So in this episode their co-founder and…
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