Airbnb is one of the truly iconic design-driven companies. They set the bar for design innovation in so many ways. So this week’s episode is a deep dive with their VP of Design, Teo Connor.
She gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how design operates at Airbnb including:
- How Airbnb is bringing vitality to the visual language
- How Airbnb is empowering designers to be designers
- How to succeed in a design review with Brian Chesky
- Why it’s not enough to think in terms of flows and screens
- Why Airbnb is updating their design system to use more 3D
- How they redesigned the checkout and welcome experience
- Why Airbnb has prioritized prototyping in code earlier in the process
- + a *lot* more
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:05 Teo's background coming from Apple
4:25 Why Airbnb was ripe for change
9:43 Fostering design innovation at Airbnb
14:06 Redesigning the Airbnb checkout
16:14 Why Airbnb shifted to a functional org
22:42 Collaborating with engineers to create magical interactions
27:18 How Airbnb is pushing their visual language forward
40:05 The impact of shipping only twice per year
44:26 The traits that make the design team at Airbnb great
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