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As software becomes easier to create than ever, what does it look like to truly differentiate with design?

Today's episode with Julien Martin is an attempt to answer that question.

He was the Head of Design at Zenly, Snapchat, and Amo which is some of the most uniquely impressive consumer design I've ever seen.

Some highlights:

• Behind the scenes of early Amo explorations

• How the composition of design orgs is changing

• The unlock that led to Amo's unique visual language

• Julien’s advice for how to succeed in today’s job market

• The untold story of how Julien joined in the early days of Behance

• Why side projects are now the strongest signal when hiring designers

• + a lot more

Listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts 👇

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Turning a ~6 week design project into a 2 hour Claude Cowork session

There’s a lot of AI hype right now so it’s important to separate signal from noise.

Outside of owning more of the frontend, how are designers actually leveraging AI in their work?

Josh Armantrout recently shared an example of how he condensed ~6 weeks worth of work into 2 hours and I thought it was definitely worth sharing.

It’s insane this is possible now 👇

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Now THAT is how you prototype

So I recently recommended Jason Marsh for a role in the Dive Talent Network and check this out…

I asked him + Yarn if I could share the prototype walkthrough and they agreed. It’s the perfect combo of sweating the details while demonstrating big picture thinking👇

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Agent Orchestration UI

I think we’ll look back on the majority of AI products today as stepping stones to more agent-native UX.

It’s not that these products are bad… familiarity helps usher people into new paradigms.

But I do enjoy when people imagine what these products should look like from first principles.

🧃 INSPIRATION JUICE

3 things I saved this week

1️⃣ Simile 404 page

This has gotta be one of the most creative 404 pages I’ve ever seen.

ICYMI Simile just came out of stealth and announced $100M in funding to work on simulation software.

They’re hiring a founding designer in NYC to work alongside Mihika from Figma Slides. If that’s interesting hop in the Talent Network and lmk ✌️

2️⃣ Knowledge Base Cards

I really like the subtle hover states for these Profound cards.

Check it out →

3️⃣ Delightful permissions screen

Love this concept and everything about the Ditto visual language.

Check it out →

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