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Works But Makes NoisesGetting Good Design Feedback, Figma Comments, and Electric Car Shoppingelectric car shopping and EV tradeoffs, figma comments and modern design feedback, fragmented feedback across tools, structuring better client critique, feedback psychology and confidence, figma shortcuts and workflows, productivity tools we don’t use, are.na websites and spatial, caveman codex, spring in upstate New Yorkhttps://www.44xdesign.com/spatialhttps://tiny.garden/sites by @gndclouds WILLIAM FELKERhttps://github.com/JuliusBrussee/cavemanJoin our WBMN group chat on Output:https://wbmn.output.app/workspaces/join/c2c99415297b97e6df...
2026-04-131h 00Works But Makes NoisesSurf Apps & 70’s Surf Racks, Figma Config, Homebrew Study Aides, Hand-Finished Design, Reverse Airbnb, and Design Team Retreatssurf forecasting tools and building personal software, jacob’s 70’s surf rack archive and design lineage, figma config branding and pushing beyond the parent brand, using ai to study and learn through narrative instead of memorization, planning a retreat for type designers and the limits of structured “fun”https://www.infinitemachine.com/https://jheftmann.github.io/wavekit/https://config.figma.com/Join our WBMN group chat on Output:https://wbmn.output.app/workspaces/join/c2c99415297b97e6dfc0David McGillivray is a designer and creative director in upstate New York...
2026-03-3054 minWorks But Makes NoisesSpecial Guest Allan Yu on Going From Designer to Founder, Pivoting Your Startup, and Why AI Should Be InvisibleThis week we’re joined by Allan Yu, designer and co-founder of community messaging app, Output. He previously worked as an early designer at Svpply, a cult favorite among designers, and later at Google Labs, Meta, and Shopify.We talk on designer to founder reality checks, pivoting your startup (again and again), Svpply nostalgia, type foundry UX rants, building a Discord for normal people, design craft vs shipping product, venture-backed startup pressure, fake users testing your product, why consumers don’t care about AI, AI as invisible product magic.https://output.app
2026-03-1658 minWorks But Makes NoisesThe End of Wireframes, a Robot Vacuum Army, and Why Designing Backwards is the Way ForwardRobot vacuum fleets, Claude code experiments, Personal SaaSpocalypse, closed loop design workflows, building before designing, design is the bottleneck, pushing to prod, the death of wireframes, grey box trauma, and unlearning the process.Join our WBMN group chat on Output:https://wbmn.output.app/workspaces/join/c2c99415297b97e6dfc0David McGillivray is a designer and creative director in upstate New York, designing for early stage tech companies through his own practice. He also co-founded Offhours and runs Corners, an art and design store in the Catskills. Jacob Heftman is...
2026-03-0254 minWorks But Makes NoisesJony Ive’s Ferrari, AI Copycats, Human-Washed Brands, and Faux ScribblesIve's Ferrari collab, tactile design, electric performance, AI copycats, creative IP, opt-in consent, database tools vs model training, human-washed tech, the Granola rebrand, analog aesthetics, faux authenticity, proof of humanity, OpenAI vs Anthropic, authenticity vs costume.Jony Ive x Ferrarihttps://www.highsnobiety.com/p/ferrari-luce-jony-ive-marc-newson-lovefrom/Stripe Sessions: Jony Ivehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLb9g_8r-mEGranola Rebrandhttps://www.granola.ai/blog/a-new-look-for-granolaThe End of Analog by Elizabeth Goodspeedhttps://www.itsnicethat.com/articles...
2026-02-161h 01Works But Makes NoisesSpecial Guest Elizabeth Goodspeed on Design Education, Experimental Branding, Weird References, and Archiving EverythingHow to pay off sleep debt, ancient internships, should designers c*de? design engineers, teaching at RISD and Parsons, experimental branding briefs and constraint-led projects, what design school doesn’t teach, archives versus mood boards, Arena as a second brain, collecting and scanning physical references, folk packaging and diner placemats, obscure illustrators and forgotten ephemera, taste as something you build over time, trend reports and in–out lists, writing as a way of thinking, print, tactility, control, and staying creatively engaged without chasing trends.Elizabeth Goodspeed is an independent designer, art director, and writer specializing in branding, pack...
2026-01-261h 04Works But Makes NoisesThe Rise of Home-Cooked Software, Authenticity & Imperfection, and When to Start a Design StudioThe 52" monitor, home-cooked software, claude code, vibe coding, personal tools, craft, authenticity and imperfection, authorship and taste, designing without scale, having an independent design practice, freelancing vs studios, building a career on your own terms.Tesla Optimus Failhttps://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/1pfzxt0/tesla_optimus/Dell's Big Boyhttps://www.engadget.com/computing/dell-unveils-a-massive-52-inch-6k-ultrawide-curved-monitor-at-ces-2026-140024842.htmlPeople Building with Claude Codehttps://x.com/claudeai/status/2009666254815269313?s=20Ryo Lu's OS https://os.ryo.lu/Gabriel Valdivia's Big Calendar
2026-01-101h 04Works But Makes NoisesRobot Lamps, Apple’s New Design Era, Utah 2034, Iconic Olympic BrandsSnowstorms in the Catskills, Jacob’s month on the North Shore, selling the Audi and becoming a full-time Subaru guy, mechanics doing power slides in your car, talking lamps and unhinged home robots, Terminator bots and the sci-fi week online, Apple entering a new design era, Google’s Nano-Banana and AI faking sketchbooks, Bloom and the rise of brand-asset generators, the new CNBC logo mess, Utah 2034 and the puzzle of future-proof Olympic branding, the icons of Olympic identity from Mexico 68 to Munich 72 and Montreal 76, and why mockups are still the secret weapon in design.🖼️ Visual Show Notes...
2025-12-091h 02Works But Makes NoisesZohran’s Campaign Design, Geriatric Millennials, and Ten Foot SkeletonsTen foot skeletons, Gen Z nonchalance vs. Millennial effortfulness, Zohran's campaign design, Al Gore was the worst client.Links mentioned in the showZohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logohttps://www.curbed.com/article/zohran-mamdani-campaign-logo-graphic-design.htmlFully automated 'private chef'https://x.com/miyuselene/status/1982517846124192011?s=20NEO home robothttps://www.1x.tech/neoJoin our WBMN group chat on Output:https://wbmn.output.app/workspaces/join/c2c99415297b97e6dfc0Dav...
2025-11-1058 minWorks But Makes NoisesPersonal uniforms, electric bikes, and 90's ad agencies.Surfing in Mexico, Gap is back, having a personal ‘uniform’, Electric Bikes, NYC Subway design, AI slop (oh no), edible rocks, 90’s ad agency offices, naming things.Join our WBMN group chat on Output:https://wbmn.output.app/workspaces/join/c2c99415297b97e6dfc0David McGillivray is a designer and creative director in upstate New York, designing for early stage tech companies through his own practice. He also co-founded Offhours and runs Corners, an art and design store in the Catskills. Jacob Heftman is a Los Angeles-based graphic designer. Currently the De...
2025-10-181h 09Works But Makes NoisesTwo weddings, one Subaru, and an AI that designs your companyNew Grillitype launches, social battery collapse, Palermo wedding gossip, buying a 2008 Subaru on Facebook Marketplace, DMV purgatory, LL Bean collab trim, new iPhone and AirPods takes, AI brand builders, Jacob hates moodboards, designer existentialismJoin our WBMN group chat on Output:https://wbmn.output.app/workspaces/join/c2c99415297b97e6dfc0David McGillivray is a designer and creative director in upstate New York, designing for early stage tech companies through his own practice. He also co-founded Offhours and runs Corners, an art and design store in the Catskills. Jacob Heftman...
2025-09-2755 minWorks But Makes NoisesArt, Aging, and AirPods That Randomly BeepCatskills nervous system reset, tiny New York party memories, birthday art pilgrimages, Mass MoCA, basic-taste art confessions, work-life blur, Apple event ambivalence, light-phone fantasiesJoin our WBMN group chat on Output:https://wbmn.output.app/workspaces/join/c2c99415297b97e6dfc0David McGillivray is a designer and creative director in upstate New York, designing for early stage tech companies through his own practice. He also co-founded Offhours and runs Corners, an art and design store in the Catskills. Jacob Heftman is a Los Angeles-based graphic designer. Currently the Design Director...
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