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For episode 38, we were joined by Geoff Teehan, a super-talented Canadian designer who is at least partially responsible for several of our favorite products. He has not only worked on some amazing projects for companies like Medium, Google, and now Facebook - he has also built some really great resources for designers. You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors:  Iconfinder - Use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!)  Geoff Teehan on the Web:  Twitter Medium Dribbble  Show Notes: 3:50 - What are you working on?  Teehan + Lax  6:20 - How do you see the trend of designers moving from small agencies to product companies? 10:00 - Getting work and creating products as an agency  Medium case study Hyperlapse Jon Lax The Dog Conference Prismatic case study Dann Petty Dustin Senos Leigh Taylor Ev Goldberg Obvious Corp. T+L Labs Bags of milk D.I.G.I.T. Touch Vision ASCII Street View iOS GUI Templates Digg Amazon AWS Rackspace "The Photo" Finn O'Hara Tyler Howarth  40:00 - How did you get into design?  CorelDRAW ModaMedia  50:00 - Talking about the Apple Watch... again. 58:00 - Why Facebook?

For episode 38, we were joined by Geoff Teehan, a super-talented Canadian designer who is at least partially responsible for several of our favorite products. He has not only worked on some amazing projects for companies like Medium, Google, and now Facebook - he has also built some really great resources for designers. You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would <a href="https://thenetawards.com/vote/podcast/the-design-details-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">vote</a> for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/designdetailsfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@designdetailsfm</a>! <h5>Sponsors:</h5> <ul> <li><a href="http://iconfinder.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iconfinder</a> - Use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro!</li> <li><a href="http://adobe.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adobe</a> (and check out <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/features.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What's New in CC 2015!</a>)</li> </ul> <h5>Geoff Teehan on the Web:</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/gt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@gt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Medium</a></li> <li><a href="https://dribbble.com/gteehan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dribbble</a></li> </ul> <h5>Show Notes:</h5> 3:50 - What are you working on? <ul> <li><a href="http://www.teehanlax.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teehan + Lax</a></li> </ul> 6:20 - How do you see the trend of designers moving from small agencies to product companies? 10:00 - Getting work and creating products as an agency <ul> <li><a href="http://www.teehanlax.com/story/medium/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Medium case study</a></li> <li><a href="http://labs.teehanlax.com/project/hyperlapse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hyperlapse</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jlax" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jon Lax</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/sarahberus/status/578747367156903936" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dog Conference</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.teehanlax.com/story/prismatic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prismatic case study</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dannpetty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dann Petty</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/dustin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dustin Senos</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/lat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leigh Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ev Goldberg</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/obviouscorp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Obvious Corp.</a></li> <li><a href="http://labs.teehanlax.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">T+L Labs</a></li> <li><a href="http://labs.teehanlax.com/project/do-we-have-milk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bags of milk</a></li> <li><a href="http://labs.teehanlax.com/project/digit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">D.I.G.I.T.</a></li> <li><a href="http://labs.teehanlax.com/project/tvi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Touch Vision</a></li> <li><a href="http://labs.teehanlax.com/project/painting-with-a-digital-brush" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ASCII Street View</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.teehanlax.com/tools/iphone/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iOS GUI Templates</a></li> <li><a href="http://digg.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digg</a></li> <li><a href="http://aws.amazon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon AWS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rackspace.com/en-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rackspace</a></li> <li><a href="http://com.teehanlax.assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/resources/img/story/socialportrait/canvas/tl-bg.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Photo"</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.finnohara.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finn O'Hara</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/tylr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tyler Howarth</a></li> </ul> 40:00 - How did you get into design? <ul> <li><a href="http://www.coreldraw.com/us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CorelDRAW</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.modamedia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ModaMedia</a></li> </ul> 50:00 - Talking about the Apple Watch... again. 58:00 - Why Facebook?

38: Electronic Parties (feat. Geoff Teehan)

In this interview, Geoff Teehan reveals what it was like working on Medium. We talk about remote collaboration and killing good ideas. He also explains what makes a good designer and what it takes to build a great product

Why Designers need Perspective with Geoff Teehan, Teehan + Lax