Design Better
The Curiosity Department, Bob Baxley, Eli Woolery, Aarron Walter, MDS, Jared, Brooke Hopper280+ conversations with the designers, creators, and leaders shaping the products and experiences we all use. Hosted by Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter. Free to follow — a lot more when you go paid.
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Join us in Sonoma: A two-day gathering for design leaders
A unique creative leadership event • September 28–29, 2026 • The Stavrand, Sonoma, CA
We’ve been to a lot of conferences over the years. You know the format: a speaker on a stage, a sea of seats, a hallway where the real conversations happ...
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Ian Bogost: Game designer, Atlantic writer, and philosopher of the ordinary, on the small stuff that makes life delightful
Episode 184 of the Design Better Podcast
A few years ago, Ian Bogost wrote what he thought was a throwaway Atlantic piece about how electric vehicles would finally kill the manual transmission. It went off like a bomb — and the reaction to...
The Roundup: Aaron Draplin on building a personal brand
How to find ideas and inspiration where no one else is looking.
Turn It Over
Rewind: Aarron Draplin: DDC founder on showing up, staying prolific, and never forgetting the crappy jobs
Hi folks! Aarron and I are taking a short summer break, so we’re rewinding to one of our favorite episodes from the end of last year with Aarron Draplin. Enjoy the episode, and we’ll see you next week with a new episode!
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I am a designer who lives and works in Silicon Valley.
Eli trained in the Product Design program at Stanford University, where he now teaches as a lecturer. He's the co-host of the Design Better Podcast, an award winning show that explores creativity at the intersection of design and technology.
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