Design Systems Podcast

About Design Systems Podcast

Welcome to the Patterns Podcast. Each episode we sit down with the leaders and builders defining how modern digital products come to life. From systems and tools to culture and decision making, we dig into what’s driving real impact today and shaping the future of how teams build.

Publisher

Knapsack

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Dec 2019

Latest episode

13 May 2026

Latest episodes

44 of 151 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Building in the Age of Agents with Alex Wilson, Engineering Leader at T. Rowe Price.

   Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Software teams are operating in an environment where the job description changes every two months. As agentic AI moves from novelty to real engineering capability, the assumptions that have held enterprise software together — long SaaS contracts, stable teams, predictable agile rhythms — are starting to bend. In this episode of Patterns, Chris Strahl talks with engineering leader Alex Wilson about what it actually takes to bring AI into a large, regula...

2. 

   10 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Building Trust: Designing Product Ecosystems in the Age of AI

   Host Chris Strahl interviews product design leader Andi Rusu about designing reliable digital experiences within complex AI-driven product ecosystems.

3. 

   10 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Inside the Alaska–Hawaiian Merger: Shipping a Multi-Brand Experience in 10 Months

   Noelle Lansford and Forrest Akemann discuss the challenges of merging Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines' digital experiences within a strict ten-month timeframe, highlighting the need for collaboration between design, product, and engineering teams in this interview with Chris Strahl.

Inside a recent episode

Building in the Age of Agents with Alex Wilson, Engineering Leader at T. Rowe Price.

Published 13 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Maybe not, but that's where those roles converge. Maybe someone from product is getting a little bit more into development and is able to build out something. But then that's where someone from the technical side can take that solution and really bring it to something that scales well that could be better for the customer, that could be better for them internally, whatever that looks like. Right now, the better thing to think about is it roles and role definitions. But how can you partner with the people around you that have the skills that you need to build, which you need to build? It's not about these rigid things anymore. […]

Who has been a guest on Design Systems Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Andi Rusu
• Noelle Lansford
• Forrest Akemann
• Dave Brown
• Evan Lovely

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

30 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

44 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

92

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