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Sep 15
49m 27s

Nev Flynn - Bringing artful expression i...

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About this episode

This week's episode is with Nev Flynn and we're doing a deep dive into how he's bringing artful expression into enterprise design as the Head of Design at ElevenLabs.

Some highlights:

  • Inside look at ElevenLabs internal brand tools
  • Why Nev is prioritizing specialists over generalists
  • What Nev looks for when evaluating a design portfolio
  • How they built a shader orb system for 40 million voices
  • What happens when non-designers are designing with AI
  • How the team is making their design system agent-native
  • a lot more
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