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Design Better
Design Better
The Curiosity Department, LLC

Design Better co-hosts Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter explore the intersection of design, technology, and the creative process through conversations with inspiring... more

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Episodes

Shirley Kurata and Mimi Haddon: Palace Costume and costume design for "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Costume design plays an important role in filmmaking. Films like Austin Powers, Lala Land, Boogie Nights, Black Panther, and Malcolm... more

12 Sep 2024 · 43 minutes
Brendan Boyle: Toy design, play, and the creative process

Eli first met Brendan Boyle when Brendan was his instructor in the undergraduate Product Design program at Stanford, where Brendan... more

04 Sep 2024 · 14 minutes
Rewind: Vicki Tan: Learning from new voices

This week, we’re rewinding to one of our favorite episodes from our 6th season, with Vicki Tan. Vicki is a designer... more

28 Aug 2024 · 48 minutes
Connor Moore: Sound design for Tesla, Uber, Peloton and more

Sound is the unsung hero of interaction design. The iconic chorus you hear as you boot up your Mac, the... more

20 Aug 2024 · 49 minutes
Matt Abrahams: Think Faster, Talk Smarter

Becoming a better communicator is one of the best ways to level up your career. Being able to think on... more

13 Aug 2024 · 15 minutes
Quilt + Mike & Maaike: Designing for sustainability

Design has the potential to help us solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. But few designers and entrepreneurs... more

06 Aug 2024 · 42 minutes
Rewind: Julie Zhuo: Facebook's former VP of Product Design on what she got right and wrong as a leader

Hi folks! We hope your summer is going well. Aarron and I are traveling and spending some time with our families... more

06 Aug 2024 · 50 minutes
Roger Horrocks: My Octopus Teacher's cinematographer on shaping story and cultivating patience

Over the years, Eli spent a lot of time diving and doing photography—from designing underwater photography equipment, to running an... more

23 Jul 2024 · 16 minutes
Steve Portigal: The art of interviewing users

There’s an art to interviewing customers. It’s so much harder than just asking a few people some questions. If we’re... more

16 Jul 2024 · 58 minutes
Dan Mall: Scaling design systems

There’s a reason why we’ve been talking about design systems for a number of years now—it’s the key to collaboration... more

09 Jul 2024 · 15 minutes
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Shirley Kurata and Mimi Haddon: Palace Costume and costume design for "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
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