Patterns Podcast
Welcome to the Patterns Podcast. Each episode we sit down with the leaders and builders defining how modern digital products come to life. From systems and tools to culture and decision making, we dig into what’s driving real impact today and shaping the future of how teams build.
Podcasting since 2019 • 140 episodes
Patterns Podcast
Latest Episodes
Designing the Learning Loop: Context, AI, and Compound Systems
In the first episode of Patterns, Chris Strahl sits down with Dave Brown, design leader at Qualtrics, to explore what modern systems thinking looks like in an AI-driven product landscape. Moving beyond traditional notions of software d...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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48:22
DSP 139. Why the Future of Digital Production Starts With Code, Not a Canvas
As AI compresses the distance between idea and execution, the abstractions that once made design tools necessary are becoming points of friction. In this conversation, Knapsack leaders Chris Strahl, Evan Lovely, and Robin Cannon make the case t...
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Season 1
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Episode 139
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34:39
DSP 138. Scaling Inclusive Design: An Accessibility Conversation with Anna Thielke
How do teams turn accessibility from individual effort into system wide practice? Chris talks with Anna Thielke, founder and CEO of Mantis and Company, to find out. They explore why representation on system teams leads to better standards, how ...
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Season 1
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Episode 138
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24:54
DSP 137. Why You Shouldn’t Aim for Perfect: Building Design Systems That Deliver Business Value with Noelle Lansford
If you’ve ever struggled to balance perfection with business reality, this episode is for you. In this episode of the Design Systems Podcast, Chris Strahl talks with Noelle Lansford, founder of Shep, about why chasing the “perfect syst...
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Season 1
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Episode 137
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44:45
DSP 136. Are Design Systems Still for People? A Conversation with Elyse Holladay
In this episode, Chris Strahl talks with Elyse Holladay—staff design engineer at Color Health and host of On Theme—about the evolution of design systems and how AI is reshaping the way we think about abstraction, collaboration, and con...
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Season 1
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Episode 136
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45:32
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