# designer portraits (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover designer portraits. Page: Feed: --- ## [Which steps are friction and which are thinking](https://designexplained.substack.com/p/which-steps-are-friction-and-which) _2026-08-07 · Bora · Design, Explained_ Step reduction is the oldest rule in product design. It stands until the step you remove was the user thinking. ## [The elements of user experience](https://designexplained.substack.com/p/the-elements-of-user-experience) _2026-07-09 · Bora · Design, Explained_ A framework for the five layers of UX design, from strategy to surface. ## [Default Bias: Who chose your settings?](https://designexplained.substack.com/p/default-bias-who-chose-your-settings) _2026-06-01 · Bora · Design, Explained_ People pull toward pre-selected options rather than actively choosing alternatives. ## [Creativity in the Age of AI](https://designexplained.substack.com/p/creativity-in-the-age-of-ai) _2026-05-05 · Bora · Design, Explained_ A short film, a closed studio, and what they got right about working with AI. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196407944/76a7a41a9d51373b68be63f6c9f52c70.mp3) ## [Designer Portraits: Susan Kare ⌘ The woman who gave the computer a face](https://designexplained.substack.com/p/designer-portraits-suzan-kare) _2026-04-04 · Bora · Design, Explained_ Susan Kare designed the icons, fonts, and visual language of the original Macintosh. She made personal computing feel personal. ## [Taste at scale](https://designexplained.substack.com/p/taste-at-scale) _2026-03-19 · Bora · Design, Explained_ Why the hardest part of building products stayed human when everything else got automated. ## [How to send your app code to Figma using Claude Code](https://designexplained.substack.com/p/how-to-send-your-app-code-to-figma) _2026-03-10 · Bora · Design, Explained_ From running app to editable Figma layers; without leaving your terminal. ## [Designer Portraits: Corita Kent: Learning by Heart](https://designexplained.substack.com/p/corita-kent-learning-by-heart) _2026-02-23 · Bora · Design, Explained_ Corita Kent (1918–1986) was an artist, educator, and nun who spent her career arguing that creativity isn't a gift. It's something most people have been talked out of. ## [The moat has moved](https://designexplained.substack.com/p/the-moat-has-moved) _2026-02-20 · Bora · Design, Explained_ Software used to be expensive to build, and that cost forced a kind of discipline. ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/btKIcyYZLfK8) _2026-02-20 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [Building products as a designer](https://designexplained.substack.com/p/building-products-as-a-designer) _2026-01-28 · Bora · Design, Explained_ I approach building products differently now.