Design Better
The Curiosity Department, Mason Currey, Bob Baxley, Colin M. Fisher, Eli Woolery, Bobby Hughes, Aarron Walter280+ 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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Portfolio Club with Bob Baxley
A recording from Aarron Walter's live video
Paul Ford: Writer, developer & "fun Cassandra" on why everything is changing (but not how you think)
Episode 179 of the Design Better Podcast
Paul Ford likes to call himself a “fun Cassandra” — someone who, like the priestess in Greek mythology, sees trouble coming, but unlike her tries to make the warning as entertaining as possible. He’...
The Brief: Designing your own portfolio is hell, but it doesn't have to be
Here's what I learned from this painful process.
In this issue of The Brief:
The Roundup: Who funds the future?
This week on the show, Aarron and Eli talked with Jessie McGuire, managing partner of Thought Matter, the New York studio whose decade of civic, neighborhood, and cultural work just earned the 2026 National Design Award for Communication De...
A guided video tour of the Eames Archive
A few months ago, Eli and I drove to Richmond, California, and walked into a building that most people never get to enter.
The Eames Archive.
Watch: How Charles and Ray Eames Worked
Inside, we were met by Llisa Demetrios — Charles and Ra...
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Writing about how writers and artists work, in three books and a twice-monthly newsletter. MAKING ART AND MAKING A LIVING is out now!
I am a designer who lives and works in Silicon Valley.
Professor and occassional jazz trumpeter. Author of "The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups" (Avery/Penguin Random House).
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.
Award winning designer, founder of Aardvark Design Labs, lover of learning and master of facilitation. Human-centered, playful, and excited to help mentor and grow the people, products, and organizations of the future.
Co-host of Design Better.
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