Sep 20 2024 28 mins
It’s a design episode! With Campsite! This week on Building Jam, Brian Lovin, CEO at Campsite, and Chad Pugh, Jam designer, join us to talk about what it means to build a design-led company — the path from designer to founder, designer personas, and the internal processes that make it possible to build beautiful software.
We discuss:
(00:28) Brian explains the differences b/w Designer and designer
(04:40) How Brian came to terms w/ his designer persona: what do you get excited about?
(07:24) How do you go from an idea in Figma, to building a technical product & company?
(12:04) The intention behind Campsite design + the companies leading software design trends
(14:10) Dani asks Brian what he thinks about an early Jam feature - should we bring it back?
(18:34) Irtefa makes the case for feature add-ons to keep it simple, Dani wants to implement it immediately
(19:29) Brian says we should try it & also the GitHub model - lots of customizable settings!
(22:38) Stepping into unicorn territory, Brian’s advice for hiring designers
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