Jake is currently Senior Manager of Digital Technologies at Adidas, where he’s leading teams in Computational Design, Digital Technologies, and Pattern Engineering. He’s also the co-founder of Out of Architecture: a career consulting firm that helps architects and designers find work that fulfills them.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:52 The power of the breakup
06:10 Non-design jobs for designers
09:53 Jake's first book: writing and publishing
18:30 Leading innovation at Adidas
25:11 Getting hired: how to grab the manager's attention
31:23 How to collab with Adidas
39:00 Excelling at multi-disciplinary work
47:00 Advice from Jake: greatest hits
52:50 Book recommendations
53:54 Design object recommendations
55:13 Jake's design secrets
56:30 What's next & how to find Jake
From the conversation:
Books
• Architects After Architecture edited by Harriet Harriss, Rory Hyde, and Roberta Marcaccio — https://architectsafterarchitecture.com
• Out of Architecture by Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino — https://link.amazon/B0dEboVEK
• The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant — https://link.amazon/B0efvVkvy
Podcasts
• Redlines — https://redlines.transistor.fm
• Tangents by Out of Architecture — https://tangentsbyooa.transistor.fm
Designers and studios
• Dror Benshetrit — https://www.drorbenshetrit.com/home
• Erin Pellegrino / Matter — https://www.studio-matter.com
• Marc Newson — https://marc-newson.com
• Supernature Labs — https://supernaturelabs.com
• Tom Ford — https://www.tomford.com
• Virgil Abloh — https://virgilabloh.com
Tools
• Grasshopper — https://www.grasshopper3d.com
• Rhino — https://www.rhino3d.com
Products
• Adidas Samba — Jake’s sneakers — https://link.amazon/B09usqsCj
• Adidas Ultraboost — Baytaş’s sneakers — https://link.amazon/B08YaJWYR
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