Config 2024: A look inside teenage engineering (CEO & Founder, Jesper Kouthoofd) | Figma

Config 2024: A look inside teenage engineering

Join Figma CEO Dylan Field and teenage engineering CEO & Founder, Jesper Kouthoofd as they discuss the process of building inspiring products for the world while providing a behind-the-scenes look at the work currently taking place at teenage engineering.

Featuring: Jesper Kouthoofd, Chief Executive Officer of teenage engineering , Chief Design Officer of Rabbit & Dylan Field, CEO and Co-founder, Figma
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[knotbin]

"I'd like to start off. You were... ✨a child✨"

[hilmiarkan]

35:20
"Do you believe in user testing?"
"No"
*Dylan poker face* haha

[jmsanchezcruces]

The world needs more designers like Jesper and less designers "by the book" that learn how to design in a 4 month courses and only repeat a recipe to do things like they were gurus without never think critically about design.

[BentoBox]

This was by far the most hilarious interview I've heard at Config

[osamakhatri]

One day a guy knocked on our door and now he is head of our development 😂😂

[denisishtokin]

The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are Paperback –
by Henry Petroski

[hoonoh]

What a character. I recently acquired myself an OP-1 and after using it I became very curious how the creators came with such an idea. The answer to this must be no user testing!

[tehgrrowl]

Would love to see a teenage engineering designed car dash/HUD

[staysunnyexp]

That's why Teenage Engineering products are so fun to use.

[janyzhang]

One of the most interesting talk this yr imo 😅

[justapplepi]

Come here because of carl pei's tweet

[keyboardcowboy]

In my opinion good design has nothing to do with design authors. I disagree with that, because its a problem of ego, but i agree that is need to be good at problem solving. Thank you Config for this interesting talk.

[cooptrol]

"I'm not a musician" that explains a lot!

[oscardeee]

i'd like to apply for the mascot job pls

[justapplepi]

Phone (2a) is based on the original concept on nothing phone

[chumleyk]

His perspective is from the artist designer, where people buy into your design because of you. Nearly all designers can't be that, hence his advice will be doubted by those 'generic' practitioners. He is to design as Gehry or Hadid are to architects - nearly all architects are unknown and replaceable creators of generic, low budget, and very disposable, buildings. You're likely not going to be that type of designer, but keep your mind open to the possibility or you will suffocate others with 'no's'. You'll have no unique points of view or differentiation and you'll be replaced by AI as soon as possible because your creative muscles have atrophied to nothing if they were there in the first place

[TheRealKingMidas]

TL;DW Translation: Don't be a dweeb or buy into every "rule". Have fun, dreams, visions and drive them to create cool shit with people who inspire you.

[somelun]

okay thats why their products costs so much - to pay salary to all the mascots. this is really sad.

[justapplepi]

Come here to hear jesper's perspective on nothing

[vinniep]

jesper is based. brian chesky is a wordcel - a sf status quo bro. be more like jesper.