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Dive Club 🤿

Ridd
User Experience
Figma
Design
Prototyping
Design Systems
Product Design
Design Engineering
AI In Design
Artificial Intelligence
Storytelling
Shopify
Design Process
Collaboration
AI Tools
Software Development
Claude
Design Culture
Design Thinking
Interaction Design
AI Design

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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This week's episode is with Tom Johnson (x.com/tomjohndesign) (staff designer at Vercel) who just released one of the coolest personal sites (www.tomjohn.design/) I've ever seen.

So he's going to give us a behind the scenes of his po... more

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This week's episode is with Derek Briggs and we're doing a deep dive into how he's raising the bar for craft as a principal designer at Shopify.

Some highlights:

- Scaling impact as a principal IC at Shopify

- Creating systems for greatness to hap... more

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James McDonald is one of my favorite visual designers on the planet… but recently he took on his first ever contract where he’s responsible for both designing AND building his ideas from scratch.

So I used it as an excuse to get him back on the show... more

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This week's episode is a behind-the-scenes of the Inflight design journey. So I invited my co-founder Kyle Barber (designer at Tinder, Facebook, and Airchat) to share what it's actually like designing a startup today.

Inflight Pitch Episode (the SPC... more

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Recent Guests

Derek Briggs
Principal designer at Shopify
Shopify
Episode: Derek Briggs - Scaling craft at Shopify
James McDonald
Visual designer exploring AI-assisted website design and development
Episode: James McDonald - Building Beautiful Websites with Claude
Kyle Barber
Designer who has worked at Tinder, Facebook, and Airchat.
Inflight
Episode: Kyle Barber - Designing Inflight (the raw behind-the-scenes)
Myles Palmer
Design Director at Metalab who builds AI-powered design tools and systems.
Metalab
Episode: Myles Palmer - Building Custom AI Tools at Metalab
Rhiannon Bell
VP of UX for Google Search
Google
Episode: Rhiannon Bell - How Google designs for AI at scale
Danny Martinez
CEO of Decimals, platform for design talent network
Decimals
Episode: Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job market
Geoff Teehan
Co-founder of Teehan and Lax; former Facebook design leader; Chief Design Officer at Lightspark
Lightspark; Teehan and Lax; Facebook
Episode: Geoff Teehan - Navigating change as a designer
Nev Flynn
Head of Design, ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs
Episode: Nev Flynn - Bringing artful expression into enterprise design
Ed Bayes
Design lead for Chachapiti Work and Codex at OpenAI
OpenAI
Episode: Ed Bayes - Designing 6 months into the future at OpenAI

Host

Ridd
Designer, educator, and founder focused on design craft, tools, and the creative industry

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 207 ratings
  • A must listen for every design professional

    The best place to get up-to-date news on design technology, trends, and who to follow in the industry. It has allowed me to help push ideas and shape how our team works with our company leadership.

    My only request at this point is to add video for episodes now that podcasts support it.

    Keep up the great work, Ridd!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Je Franque
    United States3 months ago
  • Best product design podcast out there!

    Thanks for making the best product design podcast out there! Learning so much in every episode from some of the most inspiring designers out there!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    DesignIsMyKink
    Sweden9 months ago
  • Great guests and insights

    Ridd’s podcast is my go to as a designer working in the AI space. His guests are working at the bleeding edge and their insights are valuable in navigating this new world we’re operating in.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Kelvin O’Shea
    Australiaa year ago
  • Go to podcast

    I absolutely love this podcast. I’m always seeking out knowledge, and you need to understand how to grow your design business at a rate that seems unattainable. This podcast helps you understand how to grow and how to take those actionable steps. Thank you for making this.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Buttons Jp
    United Statesa year ago
  • Insane guest quality

    I've seriously learned so much from these designers :)

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Fashion app enthusiast
    United States4 years ago

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Design professionals describe the conversations as a useful source of learning and industry updates.
Listeners value the practical insights and actionable ideas for shaping design work and influencing teams.
Guests are praised for their experience, inspiration, and perspectives on emerging design and AI workflows.
One listener would like video versions of the interviews.

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#28
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#23
United Kingdom/Arts/Design
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#13
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#19
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#42
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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Derek Briggs - Scaling craft at Shopify
Q: Can you talk a little bit about what that takes?
Briggs builds trust with teams, works alongside individual contributors, and shares methods and artifacts they can continue using after he moves on. He favors spreading craft practices and agent skills across teams rather than building a team responsible for each area.
Derek Briggs - Scaling craft at Shopify
Q: Can you talk a little bit about what that is like working at scale inside of a company like Shopify?
Briggs says Shopify's senior leaders communicate a high bar for quality and give teams permission to improve products. He encourages designers to take initiative and act on opportunities to make the work better.
James McDonald - Building Beautiful Websites with Claude
Q: When are you prone to really go deep in Figma versus when are you prone to exploring Claude?
McDonald still relies on Figma for high-fidelity design and exploring broad visual directions. He turns to Claude when he wants to test how a design works in a live build, add animation, or explore possibilities that are difficult to express in Figma.
James McDonald - Building Beautiful Websites with Claude
Q: Can you talk a little bit about that part of the creative process, finding patterns or visual motifs and pulling them into the rest of the brand?
McDonald explains that he began with AccessGrid's existing grid and logo shapes, then used small custom tools to animate and vary those elements. Experimenting with parameters and randomized outputs helped him find possible directions for the broader visual language.
Kyle Barber - Designing Inflight (the raw behind-the-scenes)
Q: How has that informed the way that you think about the future archetypes of designers?
Barber says AI enables designers to build and deliver working products themselves, extending design thinking beyond interface work into broader product creation.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Dive Club 🤿

What is Dive Club 🤿 about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Long-form interviews hosted by Ridd with experienced product, brand, and visual designers about how they work, make decisions, and adapt to changing tools and teams. Conversations often move from a guest's career story into detailed accounts of real projects, covering AI-assisted design, prototyping, design engineering, systems, product strategy, and creative practice.

Guests include design leaders and hands-on practitioners from companies such as Google, OpenAI, Vercel, Anthropic, and The Browser Company, alongside founders and independent builders. The distinctive focus is on practical, behind-the-scenes accounts of making and shipping work, including the experiments, trade-offs, and career shifts behind finished products. It suits desig... more

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2. James McDonald
3. Kyle Barber
4. Myles Palmer
5. Rhiannon Bell
6. Danny Martinez
7. Geoff Teehan
8. Nev Flynn

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