Gavin Nelson - Prototyping, interaction design, and learning SwiftUI (Dive Club Ep. 62)

Описание: Gavin Nelson (https://nelson.co/) is currently designing the Linear mobile app in addition to the best [app icons](https://nelson.co/icon-design) on the internet. So this episode is a deep dive into prototyping and interaction design:

Gavin’s journey learning SwiftUI
How Gavin got into designing app icons
How to design physics-based interactions
What it’s like designing for power users at Linear
Why interaction design is so important for mobile apps
Why Gavin uses code almost exclusively for prototyping now
When it makes sense to prototype at the beginning of your process
The interplay between custom and stock components in mobile design

Things (https://culturedcode.com/things/) by Cultured Code
Janum shows interactions in the Netflix (https://x.com/jmtrivedi/status/161509...) mobile app
Episode with Brian Lovin (https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/bria...) (who Gavin worked with at Github)
Episode with Alex Cornell (https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/alex...) (who started the design of the Linear mobile app)
Parallax effect from the Linear onboarding screen (https://nelson.co/work/linear-interac...)

Chapters
0:00 Framer
1:11 Intro
2:08 How Gavin got started in icon design
5:14 How icon design transfers to product design
6:08 What makes a good mobile app designer
8:12 The importance of interaction design in mobile
15:25 What Gavin looks for in mobile app inspiration
19:30 When to reach for custom components vs. using system components
21:48 How Gavin has ramped up at Linear
25:23 Gavin's strategies for prototyping
30:59 When Gavin uses sketching vs. Figma vs. code
38:14 Equivalent of web hover states
39:46 The importance of storytelling
43:20 Gavin's journey learning SwiftUI
47:38 Origami vs. Coding
48:57 How Gavin gets the most out of ChatGPT


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