The Presentable Podcast focuses on how we design and build the products that are shaping our digital future. We'll track the tools, trends, and methods being used by teams from the biggest companies and latest startups. In each episode, Jeff will bring over two decades of experience as a designer, developer, entrepreneur, and investor as he chats with guests about how design is changing the world.

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    #13: So You Want To Be a Design Leader

    November 23rd, 2016 · 50 minutes

    On this week’s program, I’m joined by my friend Andy Budd, one of the founders of British design agency Clearleft. Recently, he organized a conference called Leading Design, we talk about that and discuss what it takes to be a leader in design driven companies, and what it’s like in companies that aren’t.

    #12: Our Tools Give Us Superpowers

    November 11th, 2016 · 52 minutes

    This week's special guest is my friend Naz Hamid, founder of the design agency Weightshift. We discuss the tools we use to do design: how have they changed over the years, what are we using today, and where do we think they’re going in the future.

    #11: The Election Isn't Rigged, It's Just Poorly Designed

    October 28th, 2016 · 58 minutes

    This week on the program, my friend Dana Chisnell is here for a very timely conversation on how the design of ballots affects voter trust in elections. She just finished a 2-year tour with the US Digital Service and has more than a decade of experience in civic design.

    #10: Variable Fonts in CSS are Crazy Awesome

    October 12th, 2016 · 46 minutes

    This week's special guest is my friend Tim Brown, Head of Typography at Adobe. We discuss the recent announcement of Variable Fonts and what that means for type on the web, the complexity of CSS, and the future of responsive web design.

    #9: Designing for the App Store, with John Gruber

    September 29th, 2016 · 46 minutes

    This week we talk to preeminent Apple blogger John Gruber about his experiences designing and developing iOS app Vesper, the challenges of App Store pricing, and how feature prioritization is as much a business decision as it is a design issue.

    #8: Why Do Good Teams Design Bad Things?

    September 15th, 2016 · 57 minutes

    This week's special guest is my old friend Peter Merholz, one of my co-founders at Adaptive Path and author of the new book, "Org Design for Design Orgs." We talk about how companies can better organize design teams, and trace the history of how — after two decades — design became an overnight success in technology.

    #7: Why Don't Style Guides Ever Work?

    August 23rd, 2016 · 48 minutes

    This week's special guest is Stanely Wood, design director at Spotify. We talk about how to scale design as companies grow, what it takes to create consistent experiences, and how style guides never work except when they do.

    #6: It Takes a Village to Build a Website

    August 5th, 2016 · 50 minutes

    Special guest Deepa Subramaniam, Director of Product for the Hillary Clinton campaign, joins the show to talk about what it's like to manage a web team for an 18-month long sprint while the whole world watches.

    #5: The Color Show

    July 21st, 2016 · 57 minutes

    Special guest Craig Hockenberry, bigwig at the IconFactory and creator of Twitterrific, joins the show. We go deep on color management, how the new Apple hardware changes things, and what it all means for web and app designers.

    #4: You've Got to Learn to Talk Numbers

    July 7th, 2016 · 36 minutes

    This week, I'm joined by my good friend Margaret Gould Stewart, Vice President of Product Design at Facebook. We talk about what her title actually means, what it takes to be a design leader, and how to think about a career in design these days.