Shaping Design

In this episode, we sit down with Estonian designer, Ilya Miskov, and dive into being low-key Twitter/X famous, his love for iconography, and getting started in design.Correction: I mistakenly said 40th episode, when this is only the 39th.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein and Logan Liffick dive into the biggest mindset shift that they face while switching disciplines (marketing vs product), the recent Dribbble branding redesign, and how to focus better.

In this episode, Blake Everingham returns to the pod with some more design drip. Topics include his fitness app side project, his gorilla strategy for user research, what he learned using his instincts at a startup vs. enterprise, and of course how to begin chiseling away at the design leadership mindset.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) chats with Logan Liffick (@logan_liffick) about Design Twitter / X content influencers, the plummeting design process many of us adhere to, becoming a solopreneur, and way more.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) sits down with Matthieu Salvaggio (@BlazeFoundry), CEO and founder of Blaze Foundry, a typography foundry that's designed tons of impressive typefaces that are actually affordable! We discussed everything from how he chooses which typefaces to sell, to the inner workings of a foundry as a business and how he DOES NOT recommend it.We're also doing a contest! 3 lucky listeners will get Matthieu's latest book on building typefaces for FREE. Instructions on how to win are below:* Give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts + a review* Screenshot the review with the rating after it's been submitted.* @ me on Twitter/X with the screenshot.You have 2 weeks for this contest to end. Good luck!

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) brings on Dan Hollick (@DanHollick) to discuss his recently released advanced Framer course, controversies among the design community such as outdated color standards, and more.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) discusses some thoughts about Twitter/X users chasing follower counts, subscription agency downsides, and designers facing depression.

Mitchell (@mitchbernstein) and Paul Lapkin (@DesignedByPaul) launch into a discussion about all things typography, choosing the right typeface, transitioning from traditional graphic design into digital product design, sources of typography inspiration, and covering much of his recent notoriety all over the Framer universe.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) chats with Logan Liffick (@logan_liffick) about his current job as Head of Product & Design at Makelog. We discuss some learnings up-and-coming designers should listen to, how he benefits as a designer from understanding code, even talking about a trip down memory lane, and much more.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) chats with Fabio (@fffabs) about his adventures designing a multitude of incredibly well known software including for Porsche, Bumble, and more! We dived into his thoughts on the subscription design agency trend going around and how he chooses to select projects based on what he aims to learn—an admirable approach you don't hear about often enough. You'll also be introduced to his incredible thought process around design.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) chats with Cédric Moore (@cedric_design) about his current endeavors of building a Framer course and becoming financially stable to pursue his passions. Cédric was kind enough to drop some real stats on his projects, which was shocking how successful he has been with only recent momentum.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) review progress on building up the Shaping Design audience in the spirit of building in public, a bit of the future of SD, chatting about Config, and figma buying Diagram, an AI startup that built plugins for Figma.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) chat with John Allen (@Jall_n) about his startup addiction, how he built a social network that retained moderate success with lots of lessons learned, transitioning from non-design related industries to become self taught at design and coding, the business of design, and so much more.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) chats with Jorn Van Dijk (@jornvandijk) about the future of his company, Framer, a no-code website builder that has somewhat recently pivoted their company from a previous mission of enabling realistic prototyping. Jorn shares his experience transitioning to the role of CE-YO (CEO), how he's cultivating a sustainable culture, what he looks for when hiring, what Framer is planning on using AI for, and a ton more.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) chat with Rahul Bhadoriya (@RahulDesignWeb3) about the skyrocket in his following on social media, how to harness the skills to grow your own design design following, his experience and bounce back from being laid off, Rahul's portfolio framework, and our mutual passion to educate designers.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) chat with Clara Pastore (@TheIndLang) about her ventures into Framer, being laid off, developing your own taste, her upcoming projects, and much more.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) explores how to develop a great design sensibility, aka your taste, in 4 simple steps.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) discuss recent milestones of our newsletter/podcast and Mitch's current life working for startups.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) chat with with Tregg Frank (@treggify) about his most controversial takes in design, considering accessibility, how he gets full-time jobs via his Twitter connections, why he hates user personas, and more.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (https://twitter.com/mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (https://twitter.com/loves_pixels) chat with with JP Burdett (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpburdett/) about leadership, taking risks, moving up the design hierarchy, and how to structure your mentality with a few strategies.

In this episode, Pascal Potvin (https://twitter.com/loves_pixels) chat with with Kate Pincott (https://twitter.com/katepincott) where we spoke about a range of topics including how Kate is helping to tokenize real assets for the digital world with Mattereum, how she thinks titles are a form of recognition, designing for the truth, and a ton of other fun things!

In this episode, Pascal Potvin (https://twitter.com/loves_pixels) and Mitchell Bernstein (https://twitter.com/mitchbernstein) chat with Sarah Doody (https://twitter.com/sarahdoody) who runs Career Strategy Lab, helping creatives land their next UX or Product job. She's hosting a live cohort course with Maven.com, on creating a standout resume & LinkedIn.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (https://twitter.com/mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (https://twitter.com/loves_pixels) chat about how we came to acquiring https://everythingframer.com for our coming business adventure and Mitch's recent misfortune with finding a design job. He explains what he's been doing to move through this disappointing time and breaks down his perspective with Pascal on what might be some reasons why.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) breaks down 5 realizations of design he had during a hard day of working in the yard. He also announces our acquisition of Everythingframer.com!

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (https://twitter.com/mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (https://twitter.com/loves_pixels) decided to open up about our ongoings—our recent efforts to teach, a new guide we're launching, and explaining what we have failed but learned over the past few moths.We also discuss how we plan on providing value to our community and what we're up to a bit with Framer.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) spoke to Jed Bridges (@JedBridges), a Staff Designer crafting experiences that make wealth building affordable and accessible.We discussed everything from designing for systems involving bitcoin and sovereignty, how religion and design play together, and even a dive into AI's affect on creativity. We came up with a crazy idea on the podcast about AI replacing a human CEO. You'll definitely want to hear more about that.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) chat with Filippo Di Trapani, Director of Product Design at remx.xyz.We discussed obstacles he and his team face designing for the Web3 space, how to build trust with users who know nothing about blockchain, and the struggle and upside of forging bonds with remote co-workers.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) chat with Joel Grenier, Head of Design at Maple where he's bringing balance to families everywhere. We spoke about his career from agency to startups, his experience at the dying Blackberry, mental health startups, and most notably, mentorship in design.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) sat down with Blake Everingham, Lead Product Designer at SmartRent, previously at SightPlan, where he shapes the design of product for the home and family industry.We discuss everything from SightPlan's recent $100+ million exit to SmartRent, sustaining creativity, and how design can impact the value of startups. We also dive into Blake's transition from print to digital and how he mentored Mitchell.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) chat about imposter syndrome and how it affects our work. Pascal also lays out some ways to overcome it, which can also be read on our Substack.You can read the article here:

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) interview our very first guest of the pod, Andrew Lee.Andrew is a design lead on the IBM Watson Assistant team. We discuss Andrew's interest in ambient technology, how he is overcoming the obstacle of distraction, his views on AI ethics, and so much more.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) first discuss some success with the podcast/newsletter stats. Then they dive into the trendy topic of design systems—what are they and how they are useful as well as why this seems like a trendy topic.

In the absence of Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels), Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) runs a solo episode and goes through the future roadmap of the Shaping Design Podcast. He then dives into 8 common red flags designers most designers forget and should be looking out for when interviewing for a new job.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) breakdown some strategies for interviewing. Topics also covered include how we're building in public, our framer contest to see who's the better web designer, and why we hate design exercises.Design a winning portfolio Maven course: Don't be left at the bottom of a recruiter's inbox. Learn to stand out, show up, and elevate your chances of getting that dream job.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) question how to define a great hook that entices your audience to investigate more. We also discuss strategies for targeting the right audience. We end the pod by including a new segment called Product of the Week.Design a winning portfolio Maven course: Don't be left at the bottom of a recruiter's inbox. Learn to stand out, show up, and elevate your chances of getting that dream job.Socials* Pascal Potvin: Twitter, LinkedIn* Mitchell Bernstein: Twitter, LinkedIn* Shaping Design newsletterShaping Design Podcast* YouTube* Substack* Spotify* Apple Podcasts* Google Podcasts* TikTok This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shaping.design

Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) and Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) discuss some nightmare customer support situations from Zoom's lovely website, the recent use-cases for ChatGPT, how AI can be leveraged to improve designer's work—including with design system (shout out Diagram)—and our upcoming “Framer Competition”. Both are about to go head to head in an epic battle for the title of Best Web Designer of 2023. More on this adventure soon.Courses* Design a winning portfolio Maven course: Don't be left at the bottom of a recruiter's inbox. Learn to stand out, show up, and elevate your chances of getting that dream job.Mentioned links* https://diagram.com/* f*ckzoom dot com (you need to manually type this one)* https://framer.com/* https://figma.com/* https://spline.design/Socials* Pascal Potvin: Twitter, LinkedIn* Mitchell Bernstein: Twitter, LinkedInShaping Design Podcast* ✍️ Substack: https://learnprimitives.substack.com*

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) dive into the depths of questioning their start in design, giving advice on what to do out of college or if you're transitioning into design—should you join an agency, startup, or enterprise. Also discussed: Mitchell's framework for realizing when you're too comfortable in your job. We try a new “rapid fire” segment and await to hear if listeners enjoy it. Remember to rate our podcast and subscribe to get the latest episodes! Design a winning portfolio Maven course: Don't be left at the bottom of a recruiter's inbox. Learn to stand out, show up, and elevate your chances of getting that dream job.SocialsPascal Potvin: Twitter, LinkedInMitchell Bernstein: Twitter, LinkedInShaping Design newsletterShaping Design PodcastSubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsGoogle Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shaping.design

Episode 2Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) and Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) discuss more of how they want to modify their course based on student feedback, some obstacles we find new designers trip over, how we plan to scale some of our efforts, more on AI (promise we will try not to discuss it much more), and how we are trying to scale our designer relationships. We wrap up by running through 2 websites, a landing page and a portfolio, that both work great for telling a story to sell their product (aka a course or themselves). Hang in there with us as each episode audio and video gets better!Farza's tweet we discuss:LinksCourses* Design a winning portfolio Maven course: Don't be left at the bottom of a recruiter's inbox. Learn to stand out, show up, and elevate your chances of getting that dream job.Socials* Pascal Potvin: Twitter, LinkedIn* Mitchell Bernstein: Twitter, LinkedIn* Shaping Design newsletterShaping Design Podcast* Substack* Spotify* Apple Podcasts* Google Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shaping.design

Episode 1Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) and Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) launch the Shaping podcast! They chat about their portfolio creation course's secret framework and help lay out the foundation for how creatives, specifically designers, can stand out from the crowd with proven strategies. This episode also dabbles in recent AI developments and how those advancements begin to displace a few of our daily tasks.Links* Design a winning portfolio Maven course: Don't be left at the bottom of a recruiter's inbox. Learn to stand out, show up, and elevate your chances of getting that dream job.* Pascal's socials: Twitter, LinkedIn* Mitchell's socials: Twitter, LinkedIn This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shaping.design