

Dive Club 🤿
Where designers never stop learning 💪 Dive Club is an interview series hosted by Ridd that is designed to unlock knowledge from today's most prolific designers. We go deep into craft, storytelling, tools, design engineering, startups, and much more. You can find all of the episodes, key takeaways, and bonus resources here 👉 Dive.club
Episodes


Matt Sellers - What a top 1% design portfolio looks like

Stephen Haney - The 2026 AI Design Field Report (tools, process, and what's working)
The discussion centers on the evolving role of designers in the age of AI, particularly within top tech companies. Stephen Haney, founder of design tool Paper, shares insights from his research into how companies like Atlassian and Shopify are integrating AI into design workflows. A key finding is the increasing mandat...

Dessn - Is this the future of AI prototyping?
The podcast explores Dessn, a new design tool that enables designers to prototype within a production code base without setup costs. Nim, co-founder of Dessn, illustrates how the tool allows designers to use existing code components and animations, eliminating the need to recreate them in Figma or consult with develope...

Henry Modisett - Inside Perplexity's design culture
The podcast explores how Perplexity has built a top-tier design team and design culture. Henry Modisett, VP of Design at Perplexity, shares insights into the company's team-building strategy, emphasizing the importance of a clear brand story that resonates with potential hires. Modisett highlights Perplexity's focus on...

Kyle Zantos - Designer's toolkit for Claude Code

The trick to AI prototyping with your design system

Enrico Tartarotti - How did one person design and build all of this?

Nad Chishtie - How to get hired as a designer at Lovable

Roman Tesliuk - From side projects to leading web design at Eleven Labs

Sneak peek of MDS’s creative process

Steve Ruiz - Is the canvas the future for AI?
In this episode of Dive Club, Ridd interviews Steve Ruiz, the founder of tldraw, to explore the power of canvas UX and its potential for the future of AI. Steve shares his unconventional journey from fine arts to becoming a tech entrepreneur, detailing his early work in art, legal research, and eventual transition to w...

Emily Campbell - AI UX Deep Dive
In this episode of the podcast, Ridd interviews Emily Campbell, VP of Design at HackerRank and creator of Shape of AI, about designing great AI experiences. Emily shares her insights on how AI is changing the role of designers, shifting from "designers in the loop" to a "human in the loop" model. She introduces design ...

Geoffrey Litt - The Future of Malleable Software
In this episode of Dive Club, Ridd interviews Geoffrey Litt, a design engineer at Notion, about the future of AI interfaces and malleable software. Geoffrey shares his journey, starting with his frustrations at an education tech startup where he realized the difficulty of creating software for diverse users. This led h...

Ryan Scott - The skills that get designers promoted

Designing the first ever tabletop game console

How AI is Changing Design Workflows

Drew Wilson - How designers become builders and the future of tooling

Keys to craft: Supercut’s playbook for design excellence

Rooz Mahdavian - Designing frontier interfaces at Neuralink and Apple
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