Ayan Daniels – Being a Young, Black, Woman in Design at Google Shape.Cool Podcast

Show Notes:
0:30 Ayan introduces herself

2:20 Growth through internships and Google (and the difference between the two)

8:00 The challenges of being young in the workplace

12:10 How Ayan got into design

15:00 What it was like being hired at Google and the best parts of working there

17:20 How being an outsider has impacted Ayan as a designer and person

19:10 Justin asks Ayan what it means to her that she’s a young, black, woman in design

20:40 Justin asks Ayan what’s important for him to know about Ayan’s experience as a minority

22:00 Focusing on commonalities, celebrating differences, and dealing with privilege

24:20 Ayan describes what it was like watching Beyonce’s Lemonade as the only black person in the room

28:45 Justin talks about what it was like watching Lemonade while not being the intended audience

30:00 The beauty and importance of Lemonade

34:50 Lemonade as modern day art

37:40 Favorite lines and moments from Lemonade

42:50 Ayan closes it out with @ayansmodernlife on everything