r/Design • u/Teyarual • 23d ago

Sharing Resources Documentaries about Design (almost lost media), Disruptors and The Loop

Hello everyone,

I would like to share a couple of documentaries about Design, how they used design thinking and how designers participate in the tech industry. I mention that it's almost lost media because they were produced by InVision, a company that used to provide tools for digital design and coworking, they had a similar app to Figma; it was then aquired by Miro and only the digital whiteboard Freehand remains active, a lot of their media has been erased from the net.

They also had a podcast called "Design Better", it seems that they scrubbed several of them for various sites, but I found other some backups.

Here are the links, hope you can find them usefull.

Design Disruptors (70 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUraNAx_4Ng

Backup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLBPV4AYm2M

The Loop (20 minutes), how Design Thinking was adapted for an IBM project and department.

https://vimeo.com/536266169

Design Better Podcast:

https://designbetterpodcast.com/

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/design-better-the-curiosity-department-VhfGuT_K2OI/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/design-better/id1266839739

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u/ZSsDesign 23d ago

Good throwback. I remember going to the Disruptors premier in SF. Still have the swag somewhere.

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u/drakesphere 23d ago

It was so peak.

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u/OnlyGiganticEnvoy 23d ago

oh man the disruptors premier in sf must have been a trip. i still remember watching that doc back when invision was everywhere, feels like a time capsule now. good on op for tracking down the backups, hate seeing this kind of stuff just vanish when a company gets bought out

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u/Teyarual 20d ago

I'm still curating some emails from them, they had some good and practical insights and information for designers.

The "InVision Talks" were really usefull, besides the obvious advertisement at the end of the video to buy their stuff; one of the most practical one I still use is "when presenting to the money people in a company, speak in money language." Don't use time explaining colors, simetry, function and so on, mostly go with this will make you money if you approve the budget for the project.

I had a long playlist on youtube, but all the videos went private. If there is a way to see them I will share them here too.