Holidaze and (can you believe) MORE shelter in place orders means it's a short one this week! This episode, we chat about the very sad passing of Zappos founder Tony Hsieh and the glorious Internet watch-fest of Hulu's Happiest Season (with its

8: Catch 22, Opportunity Between Black & White, and Who Built the (Magic) Wall?

Nov 25th, 2020 34m 10s

This week, we chat about the beautiful magic wall over at CNN developed by Code and Theory, ponder if there is more (or less) room in the equity conversation beyond Black, Brown, and White, and start a discussion about how to talk with our coho

7: Zoom Grooms, Politics at Work, The Social Dilemma, and Design Ethics!

Oct 16th, 2020 1h 4m

This week, the very nice CEO of Coinbase sidesteps direct conversations about #BLM (it's not in the mission statement), Facebook replies to "The Social Dilemma" on Netflix, Twitter faces allegations of colorism in their image cropping algo, aaa

6: #WFH4EVA, Bernie's Billionaire tax, Designer Census, and Facebook as Conservative sympathizer?

Aug 12th, 2020 36m 27s

This week, we discuss working from home forever as another tech giant has followed the footsteps of Google, Facebook, and Twitter. We also dig into the data of the AIGA 2019 designer census, and Facebook's alleged role in giving preferential tr

5: WHO launches sex doll, TikTok 365™, and the design ethics of Internet 3.0 (Part 1)

Aug 4th, 2020 49m 21s

This week, we chat about our extremely valid distrust of TikTok, how fast it'll die under Microsoft's watch, the WHO's sex doll, and how great the world could be if designers followed a common code of ethics.

4: Black in Fintech (with Andre Pennycooke)

Jul 21st, 2020 43m 26s

This week, we chat with Andre Pennycooke, Design Director at Varo Money. We discuss his experience as a black design leader in Fintech, his thoughts on Diversity and Inclusion, and what it will take to create real, meaningful, change in Silico

3: The Bamboo Ceiling (with Kenny Chan)

Jul 14th, 2020 47m 53s

This week, we dig in with Kenny Chan, Design Director of Global Brand at Service Now, about his journey as an LGBT API person in ad school, agency life, and now a design leader in tech. Also, a new segment!

2: LGBTQ&A, designers sue Pinterest, and the last safe space on Grindr.

Jul 7th, 2020 50m 20s

This week, we follow up on questions from a Pride panel Danny spoke on, discuss how Pinterest screwed over an early designer, and how we're losing POC spaces to PR driven D&I stunts. Also, TL;DR on the Facebook ad boycott of 2020: nothing is ch

1: Pride flag 2.0, tricked on Instagram, and the Facebook ad boycott of 2020!

Jun 30th, 2020 48m 26s

This week, we remind ourselves of the queen who designed THE pride flag, dissect the new one, and discuss the good, bad, and tricky use of Instagram stories to report racism in the wild. Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈Correction: Daniel Quasar, designer o

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Welcome to Drag & Drop!

Jun 28th, 2020 2m 24s

Does meritocracy exist for all? Can creative work that serves capitalism ever be ethical? How can we create work that empowers and liberates all people? Welcome to Drag & Drop, a weekly series where Danny Chung and Spring Nguyen unleash their q

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