Carl Rivera became Shopify’s Chief Design Officer in 2025, reinstating a design leadership position that was dormant at the company since the departure of its founding designer.
Earlier in his career, Carl co-founded Tictail, the Stockholm-based social shopping platform and marketplace known for its design. Shopify acquired Tictail in 2018, bringing Carl into the organization. He has since held product leadership positions at Shopify, where he led major initiatives serving millions.
From the conversation
Books
• How to Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy — https://link.amazon/B0d1EAjGc
• The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious by Carl G. Jung — https://link.amazon/B0iaEgfnd
• The Bhagavad Gita — https://link.amazon/B0gz9XgIo
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell — https://link.amazon/B0aBDcdtK
Tools and products
• Attio — https://attio.com
• Cursor — https://cursor.com
• Dia — https://www.diabrowser.com
• Lovable — https://lovable.dev
• Notion — https://www.notion.com
• Screen Studio — https://screen.studio
• Shopify Sidekick — https://www.shopify.com/sidekick
• Stability AI — https://stability.ai
• Vacation — https://vacation.inc
People and studios
• Adrian Shaughnessy on Design Discipline — https://designdisciplin.com/p/adrian-shaughnessy
• Joe Gebbia — https://joegebbia.com
• Molly — joining Shopify’s Product Design Studio — https://www.molly.studio
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