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Dan LaCivita

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Can you design a mobile app using a mobile app? Our guest today is Dan LaCivita, co-founder and co-CEO of Play. You’ll learn about their motivation for building Play, how their tool helps designers during high-fidelity phases, how they’re building trust in the industry, and more.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts.Show NotesPlay — Dan’s productCheck out Play’s YouTube channelApple Human Interface GuidelinesFigma Resource LibraryWebflow ResourcesTry PlayThis episode is brought to you by Refiner. Capture actionable product and user feedback with in-product microsurveys. Measure NPS, continuously research users, assess product-market fit, and more. With Refiner, run any type of survey and precisely target the right users at the right time. To get our in-product survey best practices, download our free microsurvey database at refiner.io/database.Interested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here.Leave a ReviewReviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here’s how.

Can you design a mobile app using a mobile app? Our guest today is Dan LaCivita, co-founder and co-CEO of Play. You’ll learn about their motivation for building Play, how their tool helps designers during high-fidelity phases, how they’re building trust in the industry, and more.Podcast feed: subscribe to <a href="https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R</a> in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ui-breakfast-podcast/id939175693?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=97279&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, or <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/u/0/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS80TXZnUTczUg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a>.<h2>Show Notes</h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.createwithplay.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play</a> — Dan’s product</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/CreatewithPlay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out Play’s YouTube channel</a></li><li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Human Interface Guidelines</a></li><li><a href="https://www.figma.com/resource-library/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Figma Resource Library</a></li><li><a href="https://webflow.com/resources" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Webflow Resources</a></li><li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1479709805" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Try Play</a></li></ul>This episode is brought to you by Refiner. Capture actionable product and user feedback with in-product microsurveys. Measure NPS, continuously research users, assess product-market fit, and more. With Refiner, run any type of survey and precisely target the right users at the right time. To get our in-product survey best practices, download our free microsurvey database at <a href="http://refiner.io/database" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">refiner.io/database</a>.Interested in sponsoring an episode? <a href="http://uibreakfast.com/sponsor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a><h2>Leave a Review</h2>Reviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. <a href="http://uibreakfast.com/podcast-review" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here’s how.</a>

Episode 270: Prototyping for Mobile with Dan LaCivita

Designers use general-purpose vector editors like Sketch and Figma to mock up mobile UIs. Play is a design tool that offer a different approach: designing directly on an iPhone or iPad. Dan from Play joins Mark and Adam to talk about the problem with mirror apps; how much time you should spend on sketching before “getting your hands on the clay”; and why developer handoff should be a collaboration, not a handoff. Plus: the correlation between the loudness of your mechanical keyboard and your coding skills. Discuss this episode in the Muse community Follow @MuseAppHQ on Twitter Show notes  Dan LaCivita Play @createwithplay Karate Kid UI pattern Play’s Slider Figma Mirror, Sketch Mirror WYSIWYG Spatial Interfaces Play’s spatial UI Honor the Material Metamuse episode with David Hoang Play’s UIButton, Apple’s UIButton Textfield, UICollectionView iOS Design System for Figma Metamuse episode with Paulo Pereira Higher Fidelity Prototype Origami, Protopie iOS 15 Modals &amp; Haptics Bezier Curves Waterfall Methodologies Principles of Product Development Picker in Play Ken Adam: The Art of Production Design Early Ideation Play’s Launch article on Medium User Testing No-Code, Low-Code Variables in Play Glide, Adalo HyperCard Gradual Enhancement Low Floor, High Ceiling SwiftUI Charts

Designers use general-purpose vector editors like Sketch and Figma to mock up mobile UIs. Play is a design tool that offer a different approach: designing directly on an iPhone or iPad. Dan from Play joins Mark and Adam to talk about the problem with mirror apps; how much time you should spend on sketching before “getting your hands on the clay”; and why developer handoff should be a collaboration, not a handoff. Plus: the correlation between the loudness of your mechanical keyboard and your coding skills. <a href="https://discord.gg/qFxWPzcenf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Discuss this episode in the Muse community</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/museapphq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow @MuseAppHQ on Twitter</a> <h2>Show notes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-lacivita-7508351" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan LaCivita</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.createwithplay.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/createwithplay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@createwithplay</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087538/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Karate Kid</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/ui-design-patterns" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UI pattern</a></li> <li><a href="https://learn.createwithplay.com/images/the-editor/styles/styles_01.mp4?playsinline=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play’s Slider</a></li> <li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/figma-and-figjam/id1152747299" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Figma Mirror</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sketch-mirror/id677296955" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sketch Mirror</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WYSIWYG</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/elepath-exports/spatial-interfaces-886bccc5d1e9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spatial Interfaces</a></li> <li><a href="https://learn.createwithplay.com/images/plays-ui/play-interface/playinterface_03.mp4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play’s spatial UI</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.andy.works/words/honor-the-material" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Honor the Material</a></li> <li><a href="https://museapp.com/podcast/47-designing-creative-tools/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metamuse episode with David Hoang</a></li> <li><a href="https://learn.createwithplay.com/elements/articles/button-element" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play’s UIButton</a>, <a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uibutton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple’s UIButton</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/textfield" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Textfield</a>, <a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uicollectionview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UICollectionView</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.figma.com/community/file/984106517828363349" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iOS Design System for Figma</a></li> <li><a href="https://museapp.com/podcast/58-product-decisions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metamuse episode with Paulo Pereira</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.protopie.io/blog/low-fidelity-vs-high-fidelity-prototyping" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Higher Fidelity Prototype</a></li> <li><a href="https://origami.design/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Origami</a>, <a href="https://www.protopie.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Protopie</a></li> <li>iOS 15 <a href="https://sarunw.com/posts/bottom-sheet-in-ios-15-with-uisheetpresentationcontroller/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Modals</a> &amp; <a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/patterns/playing-haptics/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Haptics</a></li> <li><a href="https://cubic-bezier.com/#.17,.67,.83,.67" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bezier Curves</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_model" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Waterfall Methodologies</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.es/Principles-Product-Development-Flow-Generation/dp/1935401009" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Principles of Product Development</a></li> <li><a href="https://learn.createwithplay.com/elements/articles/picker-element" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Picker in Play</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ken-Adam-Art-Production-Design/dp/0571220576" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ken Adam: The Art of Production Design</a></li> <li><a href="https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/ux-design/what-is-ideation-in-design-thinking/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Early Ideation</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/create-with-play/can-designing-on-your-phone-be-better-than-on-your-desktop-b7963ef55ce0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play’s Launch article on Medium</a></li> <li><a href="https://xd.adobe.com/ideas/process/user-testing/top-7-usability-testing-methods/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">User Testing</a></li> <li><a href="https://hbr.org/2021/06/when-low-code-no-code-development-works-and-when-it-doesnt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No-Code, Low-Code</a></li> <li><a href="https://learn.createwithplay.com/variables/articles/variables" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Variables in Play</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.glideapps.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Glide</a>, <a href="https://www.adalo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adalo</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HyperCard</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_enhancement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gradual Enhancement</a></li> <li><a href="https://gordonbrander.com/pattern/low-floor-wide-walls-high-ceiling/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Low Floor, High Ceiling</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/charts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SwiftUI Charts</a></li></ul>

60 // Real materials with Dan LaCivita

“With Play, we just serve up all of these amazing things that Apple has created and give designers the ability to kind of play in the sandbox that Apple has created we layer our essentially our play UI on top o that and we give them the properties to manipulate.” — Dan LaCivita What if it were possible to design and build a mobile product all on your phone — and what if it were a better way of working?As designers, we are used to designing on our computer - which is often not the end-device of interaction. There are easy ways to transfer the content to phones but with our new guest Dan LaCivita we discuss a bold new idea:What if you could design directly on your phone and it would be even better then designing on a different device?Are a keyboard, mouse, and desktop the best tools for creating mobile products… or have they become barriers? That question started the journey of what came to be Play which Dan founded together with colleagues. Play is the first native iOS design tool built for creating mobile products. What does it mean for the future of design?Design, iterate, and collaborate directly from your phone, experiencing your design as you create it while taking full advantage of native iOS features to bring your product to life. We are thrilled to launch our EP65 with Dan LaCivita, Co-Founder of Play. In the episode, we chat about the role of mobile interactions for innovation. Also why innovation often starts by saying "NO" when it comes to product requirements. The approach of focus actually opens up the field for innovation. We also dig into cross-device interaction and his experience leading a major design agency in New York called Firstborn, which got later acquired where you can learn about how to run a large design business and grow it even further. Thanks a lot for your time and for your learnings Dan! ************* The Guest Dan LaCivita is an entrepreneur and servant leader who has built, grown and led successful teams and businesses in the digital space for over 15 years.  His latest venture, Play, is transforming how teams create mobile products by empowering them to design, build and experience their product in real time—all on the medium they’re designing for—their phone.  Previously, as CEO of award-winning agency Firstborn, Dan led teams to create powerful digital products and experiences for a client roster that includes PepsiCo, L’Oréal, Adidas, S&amp;P Global, Supercell, Jet &amp; NYU Langone.  Under his guidance, Firstborn’s work has been recognized with numerous awards including Clios, Cannes Lions and One Show Pencils; the agency, itself, has been placed on prestigious rosters such as Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies (2x), Advertising Age’s Agency A List and Crain’s Best Places to Work in New York City (4x).  A thoughtful commentator thanks to his diverse roles within the industry, Dan has penned his point of view for Fast Company, Forbes, Advertising Age and Adweek and has spoken at the Financial Times, Ad Age Digital, 99U and FITC conferences, to name a few.  Dan was also named to the 4A’s “100 People Who Make Advertising Great” list, Direct Marketing News' 2016 '40 Under 40' list and sat on the Digital Board of Directors of the 4A's. Outside of work, Dan’s passions include participating in GORUCK Challenges, team-based endurance events that push your physical and mental limits.  Inside and outside the office, Dan can often be found shuffling a deck of cards—a nod to his passion for the art of close-up magic.

“With Play, we just serve up all of these amazing things that Apple has created and give designers the ability to kind of play in the sandbox that Apple has created we layer our essentially our play UI on top o that and we give them the properties to manipulate.” — Dan LaCivita What if it were possible to design and build a mobile product all on your phone — and what if it were a better way of working? As designers, we are used to designing on our computer - which is often not the end-device of interaction. There are easy ways to transfer the content to phones but with our new guest <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-lacivita-7508351/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan LaCivita</a> we discuss a bold new idea: What if you could design directly on your phone and it would be even better then designing on a different device? Are a keyboard, mouse, and desktop the best tools for creating mobile products… or have they become barriers? That question started the journey of what came to be <a href="https://www.createwithplay.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play</a> which Dan founded together with colleagues. Play is the first native iOS design tool built for creating mobile products. What does it mean for the future of design? Design, iterate, and collaborate directly from your phone, experiencing your design as you create it while taking full advantage of native iOS features to bring your product to life. We are thrilled to launch our EP65 with Dan LaCivita, Co-Founder of Play. In the episode, we chat about the role of mobile interactions for innovation. Also why innovation often starts by saying "NO" when it comes to product requirements. The approach of focus actually opens up the field for innovation. We also dig into cross-device interaction and his experience leading a major design agency in New York called Firstborn, which got later acquired where you can learn about how to run a large design business and grow it even further. Thanks a lot for your time and for your learnings Dan! ************* The Guest Dan LaCivita is an entrepreneur and servant leader who has built, grown and led successful teams and businesses in the digital space for over 15 years. His latest venture, Play, is transforming how teams create mobile products by empowering them to design, build and experience their product in real time—all on the medium they’re designing for—their phone. Previously, as CEO of award-winning agency Firstborn, Dan led teams to create powerful digital products and experiences for a client roster that includes PepsiCo, L’Oréal, Adidas, S&amp;P Global, Supercell, Jet &amp; NYU Langone. Under his guidance, Firstborn’s work has been recognized with numerous awards including Clios, Cannes Lions and One Show Pencils; the agency, itself, has been placed on prestigious rosters such as Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies (2x), Advertising Age’s Agency A List and Crain’s Best Places to Work in New York City (4x). A thoughtful commentator thanks to his diverse roles within the industry, Dan has penned his point of view for Fast Company, Forbes, Advertising Age and Adweek and has spoken at the Financial Times, Ad Age Digital, 99U and FITC conferences, to name a few. Dan was also named to the 4A’s “100 People Who Make Advertising Great” list, Direct Marketing News' 2016 '40 Under 40' list and sat on the Digital Board of Directors of the 4A's. Outside of work, Dan’s passions include participating in GORUCK Challenges, team-based endurance events that push your physical and mental limits. Inside and outside the office, Dan can often be found shuffling a deck of cards—a nod to his passion for the art of close-up magic.