Design Details

Design Details is one of the longest-running and most-respected design podcasts on the internet — hosted by Bryn Jackson and Brian Lovin since 2014, covering app + product design, design career topics, design culture, and weekly discussions of design work + projects. If you're a designer commuting, exercising, or doing chores and you want company that makes you a better designer, Design Details is one of three or four podcasts that consistently delivers — alongside The Layout (Frank Chimero + Aarron Walter), 99% Invisible (Roman Mars, design + cities + history), and Design Matters (Debbie Millman, conversations with creative leaders). What you get: weekly-ish episode releases (cadence varies), discussions of recently-shipped apps + product redesigns, interviews with notable designers + design leaders, design career advice + industry trends, occasional deep dives on specific topics (typography, design systems, design hiring). Both hosts are working designers (Bryn at various Bay Area companies; Brian co-founded GitHub Mobile, has worked at Stripe + Github + Facebook etc.) — the perspective is practitioner not academic. Where Design Details fits: the design podcast landscape is small. Design Matters (Debbie Millman) — long-form conversations with creative leaders, more general creative-industry scope. 99% Invisible (Roman Mars) — design + cities + history, more storytelling format. The Layout — newer podcast by Frank Chimero + Aarron Walter focused on design careers + industry. Various Spotify + YouTube design channels fill specific niches. Design Details is the practitioner-conversation format covering app + product design specifically — has been the steady reliable choice for over a decade. Where it's not for you: if you want design strategy + business-of-design content (not as much focus), books + business podcasts are better. If you want academic design theory + history, 99% Invisible + design school content cover that better. If you want hands-on tutorials, video creators on YouTube (Aaron Bushnell for Framer, Designjoy's Brett Williams for client design business) work better than audio podcasts. Design Details is the conversation format for app + product designers. Pricing: free. Podcast lives on the standard podcast platforms + designdetails.fm — supported by sponsorships (typical for podcasts) + listener support via Patreon possibly. Honest take: Bryn + Brian have been doing this podcast since 2014 and it shows in the conversational rhythm + craft — they're comfortable talking about design without being preachy, and they've gotten genuinely interesting people on the show over the years. If you're a working app + product designer who listens to podcasts, Design Details belongs on the regular rotation. The 10-year track record + practitioner perspective + consistent quality make it one of the few design podcasts I recommend without hesitation in 2026.