Dive Club 🤿

Where designers never stop learning 💪

Dive Club is an interview series hosted by Ridd that is designed to unlock knowledge from today's most prolific designers. We go deep into craft, storytelling, tools, design engineering, startups, and much more.

You can find all of the episodes, key takeaways, and bonus resources here 👉 Dive.club

Stephen Haney - Paper's vision for the future of design tooling
May 16, 2025 – 55:20
Zach Leach - Principles for designing a great AI product
May 9, 2025 – 46:15
Mig Reyes - Harsh truths that designers need to hear
May 2, 2025 – 01:00:47
Kyle Turman - Designing Claude and collaborating with AI
Apr 25, 2025 – 01:01:59
Tuhin Kumar - From Airbnb to Apple to designing with AI
Apr 19, 2025 – 01:05:47
Jack Brody - Designing Snapchat and the future of music
Apr 11, 2025 – 01:01:08
Nad Chishtie - A new way to design and build with AI
Apr 4, 2025 – 54:20
Sam Stephenson - The journey of designing an AI product
Mar 28, 2025 – 51:10
Ellis Hamburger - Storytelling for today’s top startups
Mar 21, 2025 – 56:39
Alejandro Matamala Ortiz - Designing the future of AI video
Mar 14, 2025 – 46:25
Christophe Tauziet - Plaid’s culture of craft, tips for CRIT, and lessons from early Facebook
Mar 7, 2025 – 55:21
Aashman Goghari - Tackling complex design challenges at Palantir
Mar 1, 2025 – 59:15
Thiago Costa - Cultivating taste as a designer
Feb 21, 2025 – 58:07
Ammaar Reshi - Unlocking AI’s creative potential
Feb 14, 2025 – 54:21
Chris Abad - Storytelling tactics for senior designers
Feb 7, 2025 – 49:45
Anthony Menecola - Insights from a staff designer at Shopify
Jan 31, 2025 – 44:23
Balint Orosz - What it takes to design an award-winning product
Jan 24, 2025 – 52:58
Catt Small - How to influence and lead as a staff designer
Jan 17, 2025 – 52:24
Tyler Angert - The rise of spontaneous software
Jan 8, 2025 – 48:51
Mike and Chara Smith - Designing for the love of the game
Jan 3, 2025 – 57:20
Pranathi Peri - Designing v0 from Vercel
Dec 27, 2024 – 52:37
Sam Peitz - The intersection of art and product
Dec 18, 2024 – 48:47
Andrei Herasimchuk - The 1st designer at Adobe
Dec 11, 2024 – 49:40
Diego Zaks - Designing the fastest growing startup ever
Dec 4, 2024 – 50:32
Phi Hoang - Creativity, Midjourney, and the future of brand design
Nov 27, 2024 – 47:37
Joey Banks - Designing your career path
Nov 20, 2024 – 52:22
Dessn - The missing tool for product designers
Nov 13, 2024 – 48:43
Meng To - How to build your ideas with AI
Nov 6, 2024 – 51:07
Soleio - The rise of designers who ship
Oct 30, 2024 – 01:02:15
Joel Lewenstein - Pursuing ambitious design ideas
Oct 23, 2024 – 50:11
Teo Connor - How Airbnb innovates with design
Oct 16, 2024 – 47:39
Dan Moreno - Challenging the status quo as a designer
Oct 9, 2024 – 01:00:16
Jason Yuan - Going beyond craft to design with soul
Oct 2, 2024 – 48:51
Mariana Castilho - Evolving from designer to builder
Sep 25, 2024 – 49:33
Janum Trivedi - What makes a software product feel great
Sep 18, 2024 – 49:21
Ben Blumenrose - Investing in the next wave of design founders
Sep 12, 2024 – 52:21
Henry Modisett - Designing a unicorn AI startup from nothing
Sep 4, 2024 – 53:17
Ryan Scott - Making strategic impact as a designer
Aug 29, 2024 – 01:06:54
Oliur - Grow your personal brand and get noticed as a designer
Aug 28, 2024 – 58:00
Maheen Sohail - Navigating ambiguity in AI design
Aug 22, 2024 – 45:45
George Kedenburg - Pushing past the pixels
Aug 15, 2024 – 48:45
Colin Dunn - What it takes to design a breakthrough AI product
Aug 7, 2024 – 51:09
Nate Parrott - Going from engineer to founding designer of Arc
Aug 1, 2024 – 52:25
Dan LaCivita - A glimpse of the future of design tooling
Jul 24, 2024 – 41:48
Gavin Nelson - Prototyping, interaction design, and learning SwiftUI
Jul 18, 2024 – 56:42
Vincent van der Meuelen - The story of Figma’s big AI pivot
Jul 11, 2024 – 43:16
Jordan Singer - The future of AI in Figma
Jul 5, 2024 – 49:12
Kathy Zheng - How to make the jump to staff designer
Jun 26, 2024 – 49:22
Alex Cornell - Mastering the art of influence
Jun 20, 2024 – 54:32
Maggie Appleton - Becoming an AI-native designer
Jun 12, 2024 – 52:53