High Resolution
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
A Talk at AIGA: Designers, make this ONE mindset change in 2018 to drive massive business value
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our co-host, Bobby, was an opening speaker at AIGA Conference 2017. Bobby breaks down why the design industry has lost touch with customers and how sp...
BONUS EPISODE: How we made High Resolution + other community questions
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode will officially bring season one of High Resolution to a close. We received a flurry of emails and questions from the community ove...
FINALE! #25: This final episode gets fiery with Bobby and Jared as they down 3 Japanese whiskies and go beyond design
30 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby Ghoshal (co-founder of Candid Co.) and Jared Erondu (Design at Lattice) are the co-hosts of High Resolution. In this episode, they turn the cam...
PREVIEW FINALE #25: The 3 P's you should look for in any job + what sucks about the design industry
28 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this preview, we drew up 10 questions for each other and things got fiery! Bobby explains the 3 P's you should look for in any job and Jared shares...
#24: Buzzfeed’s VP Design, Cap Watkins, on effective management and company culture that empowers
23 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cap Watkins is the VP of Design at Buzzfeed. In this episode, he explains how to apply design to any business challenge, what managers can do to crea...
PREVIEW #24: Making business decisions without being a rebel and why your happiness at work is mostly your responsibility
21 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cap Watkins is the VP of Design at Buzzfeed. In this preview, he shares how you can circumvent red-tape and make decisions without being a rebel. He a...
#23: How the best design recruiter in the country, Judy Wert, seeks out the top 1% of designers
16 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Judy Wert is the co-founder of Wert & Company, a leading international executive search firm specializing in design – for top tier startups and Fort...
PREVIEW #23: The two most important areas of focus for your career, also what inexperienced designers should think about
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Judy Wert is the co-founder of Wert & Company, a leading international executive search firm specializing in design – for top tier startups and Fort...
#22: Pinterest Head of Design, August De Los Reyes, on ending disability through better design
09 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
August de los Reyes is the Head of Design & Research at Pinterest. In this episode, he shares how a personal life event forever altered his outlook o...
PREVIEW #22: These awesome innovations stemmed from disability, plus how Pinterest's August de los Reyes sees design
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
August de los Reyes is the Head of Design & Research at Pinterest. In this preview he shares how disability frames his perspective on design and shows...
#21: Designer Fund's Ben Blumenfeld on how designers can become successful founders
02 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Blumenfeld is the co-director of Designer Fund, where he helps designers build businesses with meaningful impact. Before Designer Fund, Ben was th...
PREVIEW #21: Would Designer Fund have invested in Mark Zuckerberg in 2004? Ben Blumenfeld also shares whether the fund is an experiment
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Blumenfeld is the co-director of Designer Fund, where he helps designers build businesses with meaningful impact. Before Designer Fund, Ben was th...
#20: Slack Head of Comms Design, Kristy Tillman, on breaking through the mold and improving diversity
25 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kristy Tillman is the Head of Communication Design at Slack. In this episode, she talks about what it’s like building a team from scratch and how br...
PREVIEW #20: Slack's Kristy Tillman holds our hand through racial biases at work and stereotype threats
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kristy Tillman is the Head of Communication Design at Slack. We asked how managers might navigate racial or cultural biases when making a decision to ...
#19: Enter this mega-master's mind – Jared Spool of UIE sharpens our UX thinking within an hour
18 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jared Spool is a co-founder of Center Centre and the founder of UIE. In 2016, with Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman, he opened Center Centre, a new design scho...
PREVIEW #19: Jared Spool crystalizes the 3 stages of UX design maturity and how we can evolve into them
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jared M. Spool is a co-founder of Center Centre and the founder of UIE. In 2016, with Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman, he opened Center Centre, a new design s...
#18: Autodesk VP of Design, Maria Giudice, on taking your shot and the rise of the Design Executive Officer
11 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Giudice is the VP of Experience Design at Autodesk and co-author of “Rise of the DEO.” In this episode, she shares how artists can become C...
PREVIEW #18: The rise of the Design Executive Officer (DEO)
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Giudice is the VP of Experience Design at Autodesk and co-author of "Rise of the DEO." In this preview she discusses the key differences and adv...
#17: Instagram Head of Design, Ian Spalter, on launching Stories and what's next for their product
04 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Spalter is the Head of Design at Instagram. In this episode, he talks about his experiences working with agencies vs. startups, how to build a des...
PREVIEW #17: How you can get hired into Instagram's design team, with Ian Spalter, Head of Design at Instagram
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Spalter is the Head of Design at Instagram. In this preview, we discuss what it takes to become a member of the Instagram design team, how designe...
#16: IDEO's Tom Kelley is Design Thinking's ultimate disciple, hear him make the case for it
28 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Kelley is a Partner at IDEO. He's an author of Creative Confidence, The Art of Innovation, and The Ten Faces of Innovation. In this episode, he ex...
PREVIEW #16: IDEO's Tom Kelley on "Vu Ja De" the art of beginner's-mind and losing creativity at a young age
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Kelley is a Partner at IDEO. He's an author of Creative Confidence, The Art of Innovation, and The Ten Faces of Innovation. In this preview he sha...
#15: Master communicator, Stephen Gates, on why creativity done properly is blue collar work
21 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Gates is the Global Head of Design at Citi. In this episode, he explains why creativity is really a blue-collar profession, how to unlock your...
PREVIEW #15: A three-time Adobe MAX master speaker, Stephen Gates, shares a blueprint on how to communicate better
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Gates is a master communicator. So much of what we do as designers boils down to our ability to communicate clearly and tailor our message, vo...
#14: Google Material Design Lead shares origin story of Google's design vision
14 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Fulcher leads Material Design and Engineering at Google. In this episode, he walks us through the story of how Material Design came out, what's i...
PREVIEW #14: Google's Head of Material Design on how to get hired and promoted at Google Design
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Fulcher is leads Google's Material Design UX and Engineering unit. In this preview he shares insights into what Google looks for in their design ...
#13: Microsoft Design Director, Kat Holmes, on the importance of designing for "one-size-fits-one"
07 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Holmes was most recently Microsoft's Principal Director for Inclusive Design. In this episode, we define inclusive design, explore how to apply it...
PREVIEW #13: How Microsoft's Kat Holmes and co. convinced CEO, Satya Nadella to re-tool design at Microsoft to be human-centered
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Holmes, Dir. Inclusive Design, was part of a core group of designers who paved a new road for Microsoft's products by focusing on human-centered a...
#12: Gentry Underwood on collective intelligence and building Mailbox into a $100M email app
30 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gentry Underwood is the co-founder of Mailbox. In this episode, he explains the benefits of design being a “we” vs an “I” issue, how to be you...
PREVIEW #12: Mailbox's co-founder shares why playing "devil's advocate" can be lazy and an energy destroyer on creative endeavors
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gentry Underwood was the CEO and co-founder of renowned app "Mailbox." In this preview he shares why playing the "Devil's advocate" is only half the e...
#11: Behance Founder, Scott Belsky, on maximizing creative output and the role constraints play
23 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Belsky is the co-founder of Behance and investor at Benchmark Capital. In this episode, we discuss how to maximize your creative output, how con...
PREVIEW #11: Scott Belsky discusses why he believes design agencies are a vestige from the past. Also, what freelancers, agency designers and client-side designers can learn from each other.
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Belsky co-founded Behance and has spent years trying to understand how the best designers in the world are able to make meaningful contributions...
#10: Facebook Head of Design, Luke Woods, on design's true impact and creating for 2 billion people
16 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Woods is the Head of Design at Facebook. In this episode, he discusses leading a team that designs for nearly 2 billion users, how he got to his ...
PREVIEW #10: Zuck personally recruits Luke Woods to Facebook, Luke decides to work on "Growth" and shares his early learnings
13 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
After Mark Zuckerberg personally recruited Luke Woods from IDEO as a product designer, Luke chose to work on the new "Growth team." There, he discover...
#9: Spotify VP Design and Insights, Rochelle King, on being data aware, debating your ideas, and being heard
09 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rochelle King is the Global VP of Product Design and Insights at Spotify. In this episode, she discusses the difference between teams being data-info...
PREVIEW #9: Do your ideas go unheard? The H.I.P.P.O problem might be why! Rochelle King of Spotify shares some advice.
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rochelle King is the Head of Design and Insights at Spotify. In this preview she discusses the H.I.P.P.O (Highest Paid Person's Opinion) problem and h...
#8: John Maeda on the three types of design, the four quarters of life, and diversity
02 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Maeda is the Head of Design and Inclusion at Automattic. In this episode, we discuss how he turned RISD into the best design school in the countr...
PREVIEW #8: Paul Rand imparts sage advice to John Maeda where he urges people not to buy into the “starving artist” myth
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Maeda tells us about the sage advice Paul Rand gave him at the ripe age of 82 about finding what you love to do and how important it is not to bu...
#7: GV Design Partner, Daniel Burka, on prototyping your way to massive influence
26 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Burka is a Design Partner at GV. In this episode he discusses how designers can elevate their position in a boardroom, the Google Design Sprint...
PREVIEW #7: According to Daniel Burka, here's the sneakiest thing designers can do at work and in meetings
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Burka is a design partner at GV and a master of the Google Design Sprint. In this preview he shares the one thing designers can do in meetings ...
#6: IBM Head of Design, Phil Gilbert, wields $100M and 1,300 designers to bring design back to IBM's roots
19 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Gilbert is the GM and Head of Design at IBM. In this episode, he discusses creating IBM's proprietary design thinking methodology, their own desi...
PREVIEW #6: Over 1,300 IBM designers use a lightweight tactic called "hills" to align entire teams and how you can too
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
IBM's Head of Design, Phil Gilbert, has taught his 1,300+ person design team to use "hills," a lightweight tactic to align entire cross-functional tea...
#5: Design VP, Kate Aronowitz, on how designers can earn their seat at the business table
13 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Aronowitz was the Design VP at Wealthfront. Before that, she was a Design Director at Facebook where she built their team from 20-200 world class...
PREVIEW #5: 10x-ing Facebook’s design team with Mark Zuckerberg and Chamath Palihapitiya’s insane growth goals
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Aronowitz was fundamental to growing Facebook's design team from 20 to over 200 designers, working alongside Mark Zuckerberg himself. She also in...
#4: Ebay's VP Design & Global Creative Director, Dave Lippman, lessons from Apple & Ebay on dancing between data and intuition
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ebay's VP Design and Global Creative Director, Dave Lippman, shares his experience designing at Apple and Ebay, the differences in their approach to d...
PREVIEW #4: Design is expensive, designers are a pain, and we're going to take a divot out of your profits
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Convincing business leaders to invest in design isn't an easy task, but it's possible. Learn the things that eBay's VP of Design, Dave Lippman, focuse...
#3: Omada Health’s CMO, Andréa Mallard, on why design is too important to be left to designers
27 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andréa Mallard, Chief Marketing Officer at Omada Health, explains how design should be looked at as a connective tissue that extends throughout an en...
PREVIEW #3: Pixar, The Wizard of Oz, and the stories we tell ourselves
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What do Pixar, The Wizard of Oz, and your app's onboard flow have in common? Storytelling. It's a powerful tool that designers can leverage when creat...
#2: Uber’s Director of Design, Didier Hilhorst, on what it took to redesign a global product
19 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Didier Hilhorst, Design Director at Uber, shares how his graduate degree in economics helps mold him as a designer and, in turn, shape how he and his ...
PREVIEW #2: How Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick, empowers the design team
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Executive buy-in goes a long way for design. Learn how Uber's CEO interacts with the design team on a daily basis, and how that set the stage for a gr...
#1: Airbnb's Director of Experience, Katie Dill, tells us why Airbnb uses "stories" to design
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In our world premiere, Katie Dill, Director of Experience Design at Airbnb, channels her inner “Steve Jobs” to explain how design at Airbnb is not...
PREVIEW #1: How Airbnb planned its rebrand
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Launching rebrands is hard. So what was it like the morning after Airbnb launched theirs? Katie walks us through the process used and how the design t...