Design Notes
By Liam Spradlin
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Design Notes is a podcast about creative work and what it teaches us. Hosted by Liam Spradlin, a Senior UX Designer at Google focused on the philosophy of the user interface, the show features conversations with people from unique creative fields, uncovering what inspires and unites us in our practice. Tune in to learn how UX design connects to creative work across disciplines and around the world.
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Beyond the Text Field: Louise Macfadyen, Author of Designing AI Interfaces
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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The Era of the Generalist: Rachel Been, SVP of Design for Expedia Group
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Other Than Expected: Fabian Bircher on Combining Art, Architecture, and Code
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Design Can't Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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The User Brings the Confetti: Rob Giampietro on Scaling a Human-Centered Brand
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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True is Better Than New: David Reinfurt on Evolving Graphic Design Education
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Material Design Gets Expressive: Inside Google's Emotion-Driven UX Update
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Beauty Across the Board: Rich Fulcher on Making Beauty a UX Priority at Google
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Breaking Silos (and Metaphors): A 'Roving Engineer' on Design & Engineering Collaboration
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Code, Creativity, Performance: Will Larche on Engineering as 'Creativity with Constraints'
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Fab Components: Bethany Fong on Designing Material's Signature Floating Action Button
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Facing Our Interfaces: Matías Duarte on the Future of Individualized Design
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May 15, 2024 |
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Designing Better Code: How Google Engineers Make Coding a Creative Practice
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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How Fonts Change the World: Dave Crossland on Digital Type and Emotional Expression
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Coding (and Decoding) Social Spaces: Judith Donath on the Future of Life Online
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Fearless Design: Aline Borges on Composition and Creative Career Changes
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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⏮️ How Machines Help Us See Ourselves: Harvey Moon on Art Made Through Machine Collaboration
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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The Impact of Shared Space: Ignacio Ciocchini on Designing NYC's Public Furniture
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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⏮️ Learning From Your Virtual Twin: Kerry Murphy on Digital Fashion and Virtual Embodiment
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Digital Anthropology: Tom Boellstorff on How Virtual Worlds Shape Our Actual Lives
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Welcome Back to Design Notes: Season 2 Trailer
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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[SF Design Week] Julian Zigerli on Expressive, Un-Gendered Fashion Design
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Theming with Moooi: Creating an Immersive Digital Flagship (2020 Material Design Awards)
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Dark Theme with KAYAK: How Dark Mode Revolutionized a Brand's Approach to Color (2020 Material Design Awards)
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Motion Design with Epsy: Using Meaningful Motion for Better Health Outcomes (2020 Material Design Awards)
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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The Surprising Poetry of AI: BJ Best on Teaching Computers to Create Art
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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The Magic Question for Creativity: Laurie Rosenwald on Making Mistakes on Purpose
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Learning From Your Virtual Twin: Kerry Murphy on Digital Fashion and Self-Actualization
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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A Prompt for Creative Renewal: David Reinfurt on A New Program for Graphic Design
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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Reflectly: Pushing the Boundaries of Material Motion (2019 Material Design Awards)
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Ruff: Building an Expressive Brand Identity with Material Theming (2019 Material Design Awards)
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Trip.com: Designing a Universal Travel App for Global Users (2019 Material Design Awards)
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Scripts: Using Creative Interactions to Make Learning Feel Accomplished (2019 Material Design Awards)
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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The Psychedelic Spark: GMUNK on His Aesthetic and the Importance of Creative Discomfort
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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Vulnerability, Technology, and Art: Qianqian Ye on Creative Coding and Shared Futures
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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How Machines Help Us See Ourselves: Harvey Moon on Collaborating with Technology for Art
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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Art as Survival: Conor Grebel on Using Creative Work to Heal
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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I Hate Music Videos: Bayonet Records on Sonic Design and Releasing Music on Your Own Terms
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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What We Can Learn From Our Work: Host Liam Spradlin on the Themes of Design Notes
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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The Most Transformative Job in the World: MoMA's Rob Giampietro on Design's Unseen Impact
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May 14, 2019 |
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"What Do You See; How Do You Feel?"—Vanity Fair's Clinton Cargill on Visual Storytelling
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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Owning Your Values: Ksenya Samarskaya on How Typography Encodes and Decodes Identity
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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You Cannot Be What You Cannot See: Panimation on Building Community in Motion Design
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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Material Design Awards 2018: Winners from Lyft, Anchor & More on Building Expressive Products
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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"We Should Do Something Together"—Ateljé Sotamaa on the Importance of Friction in Design
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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The Music of Design: Marko Ahtisaari on How Finnish Social Values Shaped Nokia
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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[LIVE] AI, Identity, and Storytelling: Stephanie Dinkins on Befriending a Robot
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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What It's Like to Really Know: James Bridle on Agency in an Age of Complex Technology
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Asking, "How Does It Make You Feel?"— Isabelle Olsson on Designing Google Hardware
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Everything Is a Lesson: Jesse Reed on Preserving Historic Brand Standards
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Nov 27, 2018 |
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The Aesthetics of Overload: Ryan Snelson on Redesigning MySpace and Experimental UI
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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Hidden Design: Sang Mun on Creating the ZXX Typeface to Explore Digital Privacy
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Sep 04, 2018 |
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Design, Humor, and Social Change: Libby VanderPloeg on Illustration and Going Viral
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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Can Robots Be Curious?: Madeline Gannon on Taming and Reframing Industrial Robots
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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Cardboard Carpentry: Alexandra Lange on How Toys and Playgrounds Shape Independent Kids
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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Design More Tools: Cameron Koczon on Product Design and Owning Your Content
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May 02, 2018 |
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Failure as an Art Form: Nathan Martin of Deeplocal on Innovation and Punk Rock Design
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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Throw Away the Settings Menu: Bennett Foddy on Frustration as a Game Design Pattern
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Mar 13, 2018 |
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When Buildings Get Bored: Molly Wright Steenson on the Parallels Between Architecture and AI
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Feb 12, 2018 |
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Design Like a Jazz Musician: Mitch Paone on Intuitive vs. Analytical Creativity
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Jan 16, 2018 |
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How Games Taught Us to Teach: Luis von Ahn, Founder of Duolingo and CAPTCHA
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Dec 19, 2017 |
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Wearable Art: Lizzy & Darlene Okpo on Persona, Identity, and Expressive Fashion Design
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Nov 22, 2017 |
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Material Design Awards 2017: Winners from NPR One, Eventbrite & More on Brand Expression
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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From War Room to Playroom: Talbot & Yoon on Making Play a Central Design Tenet
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Sep 27, 2017 |
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Welcome to Design Notes
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Sep 26, 2017 |