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Anthony Hobday, Katie LangermanExplicit
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Date created
2023/02/12
Latest episode
2026/10/12
Average duration
46 min.
Release period
20 days
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A podcast about the principles and practices of interface design.
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87: Opinionated vs. flexible software
2026/10/12
Anthony and Katie chat about what makes software opinionated or flexible and offer some examples of products.
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
86: Icon design
2026/09/13
Anthony and Katie chat about articles written about Cursor's new icon designs.
Original article: https://www.minoradventures.co/blog/the-making-of-cursors-icons
Interview with Marek: https://www.casestudy.club/marek-minor-interview
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
85: Simplicity
2026/08/30
How does simplicity differ from minimalism or complexity? Tune in to find out.
Articles/books mentioned:
Simple web design
Anthony's notes on Simplicity
Simplicity by Per Mollerup
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
84: Interface elements with too much responsibility
2026/08/02
Anthony and Katie each pick a few interface elements that are really pulling their weight, perhaps more than they should be.
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
83: Onboarding to a new design project
2026/07/19
Anthony and Katie discuss starting new roles and the process of getting up to speed with visual design styles you may not yet be familiar with.
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
82: Config 2026
2026/07/02
Talks discussed:
Out of sync, on purpose: desktop design after mobile wonThe canvas is not dead ft. Catt Small (Dropbox)The invisible mechanisms in your interfaces ft. Johannes Mutter (mutter.co)Dense by design ft. Matthew Ström-Awn (mu.design)Usernames on Instagram: how a craft fix became an identity crisisEveryone's still eating: building Notion's design system
Anthony's blog post: https://anthonyhobday.com/blog/20230428
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Technologist: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
81: The Layers model of product design with Jamie Mill
2026/06/14
Anthony and Katie chat with returning guest Jamie Mill about this elements of product design diagram and how he's transferred that concept into an AI agent skill. Check out Jamie's first episode with us, episode 53, for more context on the concepts discussed today.
Jamie's elements of product design: https://jamiemill.com/blog/2021-07-10-elements-of-product-design/
Layer's skill: https://layers.jamiemill.com/
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Technologist: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
80: The state of AI for visual design
2026/05/31
Anthony and Katie analyze two versions of an AI generated issue tracking interface.
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Technologist: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
79: Text editing with Michael Aufreiter
2026/05/10
Katie and Anthony are joined by Michael Aufreiter, an expert in all things text editing. It turns out that text editing is quite a complex interaction, enough so that we could have gone on another hour discussing it.
Check out Michael's work:
https://svedit.devhttps://editable.website
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Technologist: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
78: The career episode
2026/04/19
After years of intentionally not discussing career advice, today's the day.
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Technologist: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
77: Making an interface feel premium
2026/04/05
Anthony and Katie discuss some interface quality of life improvements. You'll have to go find Anthony's blog post on the topic yourself. We believe in you.
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Technologist: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
76: Visual design with Laura Sinisterra
2026/03/01
Anthony and Katie are joined by designer Laura Sinisterra, a visual designer with a unique mathematical, geometric style. We chat about her visual style, how she might define it and what inspired it.
Check out Laura's website: https://laurasinisterra.com/
Follow on X: https://x.com/Lauracsc_
Links mentioned:
https://www.are.na/
https://x.com/visakanv
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Technologist: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
75: The AI rant episode
2026/02/15
Anthony and Katie allow themselves a cheeky little rant about the topic on everyone's mind, AI.
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Technologist: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
74: How many icons is too many
2026/01/25
Anthony and Katie discuss Nikita Prokopov's "It's hard to justify Tahoe icons".
Article link: https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Technologist: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
73: Desktop UX
2026/01/11
Anthony and Katie discuss Scott Jenson's talk titled "Are we stuck with the same desktop UX forever"
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZTOjd_bOQ
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Design Technologist: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
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