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.

  1. Maggie Stanphill, Digital Wellbeing

    11/14/2019

    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 is Google doing to contribute? I hope you enjoy the episode.

    27 min
  2. Google UX Interns

    09/17/2019

    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 with three very different paths to Google: What led them to their internships? How their experience has changed them. What’s next in their UX journeys?   Handy links for this episode: Learn about internships at Google   Meet our guests: Garrett Tolbert – UX Engineering intern at Google Andrea Davila – UX Writing intern at Google Alex Lim – UX Research intern at Google

    29 min
  3. Emily Blank – Material Design Art Director

    08/20/2019

    Emily Blank – Material Design Art Director

    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? How do the images we see everyday impact our living experience? Join us as we explore these Questions with Emily Blank, Art Director on Google’s Material Design team.   Handy links for this episode: The Canvas Project by Google Cloud   Meet our guest: Emily Blank works to create impactful imagery on Google’s Material Design team. She’s previously worked at Apple, Bloomberg, and Billboard. Photo in episode art is by Jess Bonham

    18 min

  4. 06/25/2019

    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. In this episode, host Travis Neilson sits down with Philip Battin and Curtis Flanagan from Seed Studio, a Google design team working on future-forward creative concepts for human-centered technology. In this intriguing conversation, the trio unpack what it means to rehearse the future to inform the present. Handy links for this episode: Explore “A Space for Being” from Salone del Mobile in Milan 2019 Read Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming by Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby Watch HER on Google Play Meet our guests: Philip Battin currently leads strategic design and innovation for Seed Studio. Previously he worked as a design strategist on Google Glass at Google X. Curtis Flanagan is an art director at Seed Studio. Before joining Google, he was a senior designer at Red Antler and Ideas On Purpose.

    26 min

  5. 05/28/2019

    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 Travis Neilson talks with Google Design Manager Mike Buzzard about the seven phases of the Google UX hiring process. Along the way, hear audio clips of designers describing their own stories of applying to work at Google. From overcoming the fear of submitting an application, to demystifying the full-day of on-site interviews, listen in for a comprehensive breakdown of all the hiring quirks you need to know. Handy links for this episode: Submit an application Stay up to date with the latest from Google Design Meet our guest: Mike Buzzard is a design manager at Google, currently collaboratively shaping the UX Community and Culture initiative. In his personal capacity, Buzzard also acts as a design advisor to A Capital, Fuel Capital, and Stitch Labs.

    18 min

  6. 04/23/2019

    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 understand—machine learning-driven products. Listen in as Pinto shares insightful anecdotes about unpacking errors and how mental models shape product interactions and user trust. Handy links for this episode: Get an overview of Google IO Explore Google Flights Explore Google Ads Meet our guest: Roxanne Pinto is a content strategist at Google, currently writing UX content for Google Flights and the Google Trips app. Previously she worked as a copywriter at SolutionSet and Hitachi Data Systems.

    21 min

  7. 03/19/2019

    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 on passion projects. In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews Matthew Levine, a UX lead and engineer at Google, to discuss the origins of Gallery and the tension between finding a passion-worthy problem and developing the necessary skills to solve it. Handy links for this episode: Get an overview of Gallery Download Gallery for Android Download Gallery for iOS Meet our guest: Matthew Levine is a UX engineer at Google, currently overseeing the Gallery product. Prior to joining Google, he was the principal of Infocraft and led web development at Technorati.

    18 min

  8. 03/12/2019

    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. From inventing new uses for unconventional objects to focusing on the process instead of the solution, tune in as Adrienne Klum and Spencer Syfrig unpack how listening, collaborating, and playing leads to wildly creative problem solving. Meet our guests: Adrienne Klum is a UX design manager at Google, currently working on Google Drive. Previously she worked as a senior product designer at CA Technologies. Spencer Syfrig is a product designer on the Google Drive team. Before joining Google, he led product design at GoFundMe.

    9 min
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