In the sea of data, what is the role of gut feeling in making decisions? Is Apple really innovating or just following the leads of Google? What has DesignOps got to do with organizational culture?

In this episode, we ramble on many thought-provoking questions and controversial topics that will surely bore you to death.

00:33 Reflections on Apple WWDC 2020
12:16 Jason Fried's hey.com
18:26 Why you should base your decisions on gut feeling
25:52 How to learn design without hurting your bank account
28:40 Biomimicry: Design inspirations from nature
32:00 Skeuomorphism and Neumorphism
34:50 Confession on winning an OpenIDEO Challenge
40:05 Design Ops and Spotify's culture
46:16 Airbnb's inclusive design
52:08 Taking design for granted

Apple WWDC 2020 Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4An0ndagZsQ
New email app in town: https://hey.com/
A basic online course on Industrial Design: https://www.edx.org/course/product-design-the-delft-design-approach
Biomimicry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics
Japanese bullet train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMtXqTmfta0
Material design: https://material.io/design/
Neumorphism: https://dribbble.com/tags/neumorphism
OpenIDEO New Life Challenge: https://challenges.openideo.com/challenge/new-life/top-ideas
Life at Spotify: https://www.instagram.com/spotifyjobs/
Airbnb's stance against discrimination: https://www.airbnb.com/against-discrimination

Happy Birthday song by Kevin Lax (Creative Commons Attribution)

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