Method Podcast from Google Design
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Method Podcast from Google Design
The Method podcast profiles designers at Google, giving listeners an inside look at their journeys and design choices.
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30 episodes
Maggie Stanphill, Digital Wellbeing
Maggie Stanphill, Director of UX at Google talks about her efforts in Digital Wellbeing.
How this became a focus in the tech industry, and what...
Google UX Interns
Garrett Tolbert, Andrea Davila, and Alex Lim talk to us about life as a Google UX intern.
In this episode, we talk with a trio of UX interns wit...
Emily Blank, Canvas Project & Material Design
What does the term “creative collaboration” mean to you? What do you need to consider when the things you create are seen in the seams of people’s day...
Philip Battin & Curtis Flanagan, Seed Studio
From prototyping futures to designing artifacts solely for discussion, tune in to explore the idiosyncratic—but important—field of speculative design....
The Google UX Hiring Process
What makes a portfolio stand out? Why is the design exercise necessary? What exactly is a “noogler” and how do you become one? In this episode, host T...
Roxanne Pinto, Google Flights
In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews Roxanne Pinto, a content strategist at Google, about the role of UX writing in helping people use—and...
Matthew Levine, Gallery (Passion Projects)
From scaling an idea into a viable product to building a design tool that optimizes collaboration with developers, tune in to part three of our series...
Adrienne Klum & Spencer Syfrig, Practicing Playful Creation (Passion Projects)
In part two of our series on passion projects, host Travis Neilson interviews two Google UX designers to discuss their creativity-boosting workshop. F...
Adam Argyle, VisBug (Passion Projects)
From envisioning creative tools to helping new UXers navigate the developing world, tune in to part one of our three-part series on passion projects....
Isabelle Olsson, Google Hardware
In this special crossover episode, Google Method shares an interview from Design Notes—a show about creative work and what it teaches us. Taped at Goo...
Google UX Confessions
From inventing fictitious calendar entries to incorporating personal photos in design mocks, listen in to Google designers’ deepest design confessions...
Peter Jin Hong & Scott Wasson, Google Job Search
In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews two UX designers at Google—Peter Jin Hong and Scott Wasson—discussing the impact of Google Search and...
Margaret Lee, UX Community & Culture at Google
In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews Margaret Lee, a UX director at Google, about her journey to leadership and explorations of diversity a...
August de los Reyes of Google Search, Assistant, and News
In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews August de los Reyes, a UX director at Google, about considering a product’s cultural equity—its noneco...
Illustrators at Google
In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews a trio of Google illustrators creating images to inform and delight millions of people around the worl...
Jens Riegelsberger of Google
In this episode, Travis Neilson interviews Jens Riegelsberger, a UX Director at Google, about the company’s evolving design identity. Riegelsberger di...
Ryan Powell of Waymo
In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews Ryan Powell, Waymo’s Head of UX Design, about the company’s Early Rider Program and the challenges of design...
Conor O'Sullivan of Google Pixel
In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews Google Sound Design Lead Conor O’Sullivan about the nuances of crafting product sounds and the choices that...
Rich Fulcher of Material Design
In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews Material Design director Rich Fulcher about the evolution of design tools, the importance of flexibility in...
Todd Hausman of Chrome OS
In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews UX Researcher Todd Hausman about human side of research, taking career risks, and his work on Chrome OS—the...
Fiona Yeung & Alison Boncha of Hexagon UX
In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews Interaction Designers Alison Boncha and Fiona Yeung about impostor syndrome, the importance of mentorship, a...
Josh Lovejoy from Google Clips
In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews UX Designer Josh Lovejoy about the design of the Google Clips camera, building user trust in ‘magical’ produ...
Margaret Urban from Google Assistant
In this episode, guest interviewer and Google designer Travis Neilson talks with Senior Interaction Designer Margaret Urban about the magic of languag...
Ayan Daniels from Android Messages
In this episode, Aidan interviews Visual Designer Ayan Daniels about her work on Android Messages, her debate-sparking illustration for the Pixel pho...
Sydney Hessel from Design Sprint Team
UX Researcher and Sprint Master Sydney Hessel talks about her unconventional research background, the ins and outs of the sprint methodology, and gett...
Rachel Been from Material
Material Design Creative Director Rachel Been on creating a design system at scale, emoji, and the creative power of curiosity.
A few highlights...
Roman Nurik from Firebase
In this episode, Design Advocate and host of the new Design Notes podcast Liam Spradlin speaks with Senior Interaction Designer Roman Nurik about Goog...
Darren Delaye from Daydream
In this episode, Aidan speaks with User Experience Designer Darren Delaye about the unique challenges of designing for VR, the future of Daydream, and...
Rita DeRaedt from Google Voice
In this episode, Aidan speaks with Interaction Designer Rita DeRaedt about rising to challenges, crafting a new onboarding sequence for Google Voice,...
Jay Wong from Project Fi
Aidan interviews UX Design Lead Jay Wong about her experience working as a designer with a computer science degree, some of the design decisions and c...