In the Making

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In the Making

Learn from the superstars turning content into cash! From social media influencers to small local businesses, people everywhere are harnessing the power of creative tools to design not just brands and content, but also deeply satisfying careers. In the Making explores the practical challenges and surprising rewards of working in this new creator economy. Join Adobe’s Teresa Au for conversations with content creators, solopreneurs, and industry experts who offer inspiration and insight for combining creativity, community, and business.

Episodes

Good Design is Why You’re Not Wearing AR Glasses

A few years from now, augmented reality may render most screens obsolete, as computing becomes integrated into the world around us. This presents a host of challenges for designers: What do we want an augmented reality world to look like? Read the PDF transcript of this episode.

Nov 06, 2018•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast

BONUS: Good Design According to You

A short but special bonus episode of Wireframe, recorded at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles, a.k.a. the world’s largest creativity conference, which this year brought together more than 14,000 creative pros—designers, photographers, videographers, illustrators, artists, and more—all in one place. So it was an ideal opportunity to ask them: What does good design mean to you?

Oct 30, 2018•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Good Design is 💩

We dig into the unexpected origin story of the universal screen language… emoji! We talk to the designers behind emoji, and the steps (and missteps) emoji design took before the icons found their way to our screens. Read the PDF transcript of this episode.

Oct 23, 2018•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Good Design is Good Civics

The Boston Mayor’s Office was having a problem: Not enough residents were reporting their own problems into the city. Sure, the 311 phone line had its old school devotees. But Boston decided they could reach a whole new population by creating a brand new 311 mobile app. The only issue? Turning a human-operated phone line into a mobile app isn’t easy. Designers at the mayor’s office looked around at another city’s 311 app—and made their own share of mistakes—to figure out how to get it done. Read...

Oct 16, 2018•19 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast

Good Design is Human

From airplane crashes, to industrial disasters and medical error: When things go terribly wrong, why do we blame human beings instead of bad design? Read the PDF transcript of this episode .

Oct 09, 2018•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Introducing Wireframe

From Adobe, a podcast about interaction design. Hear the trailer now.

Sep 28, 2018•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast