Shows
8px Radio#12 – Dan Hollick: Designer at RaycastDan is the person behind all of those amazing Twitter deep dive threads on the intricacies of things like dark mode colour and how QR codes work.2024-02-1934 min
WaysConf Podcast[ENG] An introduction to Figma's new feature | Luis Ouriach | WaysConf 2023
WaysConf 2024 coming soon! Don't miss anything and follow us!
Want to learn how to better scale your design systems within Figma? Join Luis to learn about a new feature that they are releasing very soon. We'll look at the why, how, what, and where of the future design system state within Figma. Bring your notebook!
2024-02-0121 min
8px Radio#11 – Kate: Design Coach at CleoIs Kate an AI? Who knows, not even me to be honest.
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If you'd like to be coached by Kate, you can get 10% off her course by mentioning me (Luis)!
https://www.realityprototyping.com/2024-01-2524 min
8px Radio#10 – Milan: Lead Product Designer at Happy ScribeMilan is the guy who wore a Sketch t-shirt to a Figma conference.2024-01-1021 min
8px Radio#9 – Amy Hupe: Content designer and design systems consultantererererYou can find Amy hanging out here:
amyhupe.co.uk
twitter.com/Amy_Hupe
She likes Bon Iver, as we all do.
2023-12-2037 min
Dive Club 🤿5 things I learned in Season 2This episode of Deep Dives highlights the 5 things I learned from interviewing designers like Dan Mall, Grace Walker, Adrien Griveau, Yuan Wang, and Luis Ouriach. You'll learn: 1) How to organize variables in Figma and think strategically about primitives vs. semantic tokens 2) How to price yourself as a first-year freelance designer 3) How the best design systems teams operate 4) How to level up your design portfolio and rethink your case studies 5) How to collaborate with engineers like the founding designer at Linear2023-09-2812 min
Dive Club 🤿Luis Ouriach - Strategies for using variables in FigmaIf you're looking to level up how you use variables in Figma then this episode is for you ✌️ Luis goes deep into strategies based on team size, provides naming guidance, and even breaks down how he thinks about structuring libraries with variables in Figma. Lastly, Luis shares a behind-the-scenes of his journey as a designer advocate and even gives a unique prediction for how AI will take shape inside of Figma.Don't forget to follow Luis on Twitter and check out his awesome files in the Figma community2023-08-1043 min
8px RadioSpecial: Overcoming imposter syndromeHey everyone! I was published in Smashing Magazine this week with an article titled "Overcoming Imposter Syndrome By Developing Your Own Guiding Principles", and thought that because it's a long article you may like to hear an audio version of it.
Let me know what you think 🙌
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Here's the link to the article if you'd like to read it: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/07/overcoming-imposter-syndrome-developing-guiding-principles/2022-07-2413 min
8px RadioSpecial – An intro to design systemsI was recently interviewed in Furquan Ahmad's YouTube channel about design systems and thought it would great to cross-post it to you all as it works just as well as a podcast.
We discussed:
What they are in 10 words
What they aren't!
How to encourage adoption
Whether they limit creativity
Advice for junior designers getting started with them
Naming convention advice
Hope you enjoy this cross post 👋
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Furquan's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IIFWV7QjKja6UYjL-z9Cw2022-06-2738 min8px Radio#8 – Becky Brooker: Founder of Queer Design Club00:00 – Introductions
04:29 – Question #1
07:01 – Random question
08:34 – Question #2
15:24 – Question #3
19:12 – A word from our sponsors
19:46 – Question #4
26:54 – Question #5
28:20 – Outro2021-12-2239 min
8px Radio#7 – Femke: Product designer at Wealthsimple00:00 – Introduction
01:15 – Question #1
04:19 – Random question
06:55 – Question #2
11:19 – Question #3
14:01 – A word from our sponsors
14:30 – Question #4
18:40 – Question #5
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Femke's Twitter: https://twitter.com/femkesvsFemke's links: https://keepo.io/femke/
2021-12-2121 min
8px Radio#6 – Bonus episode with Charli PrangleyAfter our episode, Charli and I had a great chat about the design industry, becoming a creative director and when we should or shouldn't educate others.2021-07-2508 min
8px Radio#5 – Christos Kastritis: Design systems at WhatsApp00:00 – Welcome
4:06 – Question 1
7:29 – Random question
9:47 – Question 2
12:17 – Question 3
17:50 – A word from our sponsors
18:21 – Question 4
31:07 – Question 5
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Christos' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotChristos
Christos' Medium: https://medium.com/@christoskastriti2021-07-1834 min
8px Radio#4 – Kate Kassab: Visual and 3D designer at Webstacks00:00 – Hello
1:15 – Question #1
4:41 – Random question
6:32 – Question #2
11:29 – Question #3
14:30 – Word from our sponsors
14:54 – Question #4
18:06 – Question #5
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Kate's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kate_kassab
Kate's website: https://www.katekassab.com/2021-07-1120 min
8px Radio#3 – Zach Grosser: Zacht Studio founder00:00 – Hello
1:58 – Question #1
4:10 – Random question
6:00 – Question #2
10:45 – Question #3
16:18 – A word from our sponsors
16:49 – Question #4
19:54 – Question #5
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Zach on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachgrosser
Zacht Studio: https://www.zacht.studio/
Presentation design: https://www.presentation.design/2021-07-0423 min
8px Radio#2 – Aurora Pleguezuelo: Design systems at Github00:00 – Hello
00:32 – Question #1
2:28 – Bonus question
3:26 – Question #2
5:39 – Question #3
8:11 – Word from our sponsors
8:36 – Question #4
15:22 – Question #5
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Aurora on Twitter: https://twitter.com/auareyou
Aurora's website: https://www.auareyou.com/2021-06-2719 min
8px Radio#1 – Charli Prangley: YouTube extraordinaire and ConvertKit creative director00:00 – Hello
00:25 – Introduction
1:49 – Question 1
5:15 – Random question
6:53 – Question 2
11:00 – Question 3
16:50 – Word from our sponsor
17:09 – Question 4
21:55 – Question 5
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Charli on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charliprangley
CharliMarieTV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/charlimarietv2021-06-2025 min
8px RadioWhat are the questions?Our podcast is hotting up and coming very soon.
Every episode only asks 5 questions, so what are they?2021-04-0501 min
8px RadioIntroducing 8px radioIt's time for a new podcast for creatives.
Rather than talking about case studies, our favourite grid systems, or design systems, let's find out a bit more about our favourite creatives.
I'll be asking just 5 questions, and keeping episodes nice and tight.2021-01-3100 min
Precious the FoodieThe Future of Restaurants: A Silver Lining in the Middle of a Crisis, with Luis OuriachThis week my guest, Luis Ouriach, and I will talk about the current state of restaurants. How can we move towards a more sustainable model post pandemic? What would that even look like? New York Times goes on to say that restaurants are on the brink of extinction. Independent restaurants have been forced to close down due to the virus, 2/3 of the entire industry. Is This a Fast Food Take Over or a Mom and Pop Redemption? In this episode we'll answer those questions, and also discuss our food backgrounds. Luis will be sure to leave you with great...2020-06-0330 min
Nodes of DesignNodes of Design#10: Design Systems by Luis OuriachLuis Ouriach - who is an expert in communicating ideas through visual design, words, and debate. Luis is a lead product designer at upgrade pack, and he is a co-host of Noise podcast and manages a design publication - 8Px on medium. Luis and I had a great conversation on design systems- tokens, values, elements, and so on. Luis shared his practical experience in building and scaling design systems and how one can start from scratch. The whole talk is filled with so much value and insights for anyone who wants to understand design systems or build o...2020-04-1020 min
Noise - Creativity & designNoise - Join us for season 1This is Noise, an audio series that talks to designers across the globe about what makes them tick. Whether it’s side projects, travelling, hobbies or community, we’re humanising your favourite designers.
Everyone knows how to open up a design tool, but how do people working at top companies break the mould? What inspires them, and what’s their secret sauce? We wanted to find out.
Join Luis Ouriach (@disco_lu), a London-based designer, writer and passionate home cook working with startups to get their products to market, and Lukasz Wieczorek (@wutronic), a Califo...2019-04-1400 min