Guy Segal
@guysegal.com
Design director working on design systems and people systems.
Can fake a decent guitar riff. Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. He/him. Views are my own.
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I talk to cool design folks on my podcast http://designdowntime.com/
Toronto, ON, Canada
Can fake a decent guitar riff. Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. He/him. Views are my own.
🩷💜💙
I talk to cool design folks on my podcast http://designdowntime.com/
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Guy Segal
@guysegal.com
· Oct 18
Design Downtime
"Design Downtime" celebrates the joys of living a balanced creative life outside the pixels and wireframes. Join your host, Guy Segal, a design director, on this journey to redefine what it means to b...
designdowntime.com
Hello new followers! I'm a design director from Toronto, working on design systems.
I also host a podcast called Design Downtime, where I talk to design professionals about a hobby or interest of theirs that has nothing to do with work, because it's ok to not be about productivity 24/7!
I also host a podcast called Design Downtime, where I talk to design professionals about a hobby or interest of theirs that has nothing to do with work, because it's ok to not be about productivity 24/7!
I am jealous of Pavel because he writes good and makes it look easy.
The last issue of the year, where I talk about what's on a lot of people's minds: what they can try to do to stop their 2026 from being like their 2025.
Unfortunately, the answer is not as simple as "try twice as hard." Against systemic causes, even the power of spite can only get you so far.
Unfortunately, the answer is not as simple as "try twice as hard." Against systemic causes, even the power of spite can only get you so far.
Bouncing back from burnout
The causes of burnout are systemic. You can't get out of it just by trying harder.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I am jealous of Pavel because he writes good and makes it look easy.
Merry Christmas from someplace warm
December 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Merry Christmas from someplace warm
Over 30 selfie thread
50, baby
50, baby
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Over 30 selfie thread
50, baby
50, baby
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Does anyone in my bsky vicinity have experience with game design? I’m working on a game design document and I’d love to either pick your brain, or maybe we can work on this concept of mine together.
December 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Does anyone in my bsky vicinity have experience with game design? I’m working on a game design document and I’d love to either pick your brain, or maybe we can work on this concept of mine together.
Last episode for 2025 of my favourite design craft podcast!
And surprisingly it features Anthony trying to remember my name?!
And surprisingly it features Anthony trying to remember my name?!
For our last episode of 2025, Anthony and I each brought some famous design phrases to discuss.
Thanks to all our listeners this year! We'll be back in January with more interface design topics. Let us know if there's a topic you want to hear.
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Thanks to all our listeners this year! We'll be back in January with more interface design topics. Let us know if there's a topic you want to hear.
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
72: Famous design phrases by Complementary
Anthony and Katie each bring some famous design phrases to discuss. Hosts:Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign...
creators.spotify.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Last episode for 2025 of my favourite design craft podcast!
And surprisingly it features Anthony trying to remember my name?!
And surprisingly it features Anthony trying to remember my name?!
I listened to a lot of new music in 2025 (more than many previous years), and here are my favourite albums:
1. Viagr Aboys - Viagra Boys
2. Force Majeure - Delivery
3. Moisturizer - Wet Leg
4. Still Here - Brutalligators
5. They Are Gutting a Body of Water - LOTTO
1/2
1. Viagr Aboys - Viagra Boys
2. Force Majeure - Delivery
3. Moisturizer - Wet Leg
4. Still Here - Brutalligators
5. They Are Gutting a Body of Water - LOTTO
1/2
December 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I listened to a lot of new music in 2025 (more than many previous years), and here are my favourite albums:
1. Viagr Aboys - Viagra Boys
2. Force Majeure - Delivery
3. Moisturizer - Wet Leg
4. Still Here - Brutalligators
5. They Are Gutting a Body of Water - LOTTO
1/2
1. Viagr Aboys - Viagra Boys
2. Force Majeure - Delivery
3. Moisturizer - Wet Leg
4. Still Here - Brutalligators
5. They Are Gutting a Body of Water - LOTTO
1/2
We’re pulling a “Stranger Things” here at Design Downtime HQ, with the second half of the season coming your way in the new year.
Until then, we wish you wonderful holidays and a happy new year!
…it’s also the perfect time of year to catch up on older episodes at designdowntime.com
Until then, we wish you wonderful holidays and a happy new year!
…it’s also the perfect time of year to catch up on older episodes at designdowntime.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We’re pulling a “Stranger Things” here at Design Downtime HQ, with the second half of the season coming your way in the new year.
Until then, we wish you wonderful holidays and a happy new year!
…it’s also the perfect time of year to catch up on older episodes at designdowntime.com
Until then, we wish you wonderful holidays and a happy new year!
…it’s also the perfect time of year to catch up on older episodes at designdowntime.com
You can only call it “design system” if it comes from the System region in France.
Otherwise it’s just “sparkling component library”.
Otherwise it’s just “sparkling component library”.
December 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You can only call it “design system” if it comes from the System region in France.
Otherwise it’s just “sparkling component library”.
Otherwise it’s just “sparkling component library”.
After watching the new Running Man, how do we get Lee Pace in a Metal Gear movie?
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
After watching the new Running Man, how do we get Lee Pace in a Metal Gear movie?
Our design system Saffron won the @zeroheight.com DS Award for Innovation, for our AI tool pAIella!
Couldn’t be prouder of our amazing cross functional team and all that we’ve accomplished in the past four years.
Couldn’t be prouder of our amazing cross functional team and all that we’ve accomplished in the past four years.
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Our design system Saffron won the @zeroheight.com DS Award for Innovation, for our AI tool pAIella!
Couldn’t be prouder of our amazing cross functional team and all that we’ve accomplished in the past four years.
Couldn’t be prouder of our amazing cross functional team and all that we’ve accomplished in the past four years.
Can’t wait for the national design studio to learn about multi page websites
i don’t think this “national design studio” is good at any of those words
December 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Can’t wait for the national design studio to learn about multi page websites
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Anyone who thinks design systems kill creativity,
1. Don't know what Creativity means
2. Are really saying, "I wanna do what I wanna do because I don't work well with others!"
1. Don't know what Creativity means
2. Are really saying, "I wanna do what I wanna do because I don't work well with others!"
December 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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hear you're learning how to swim and i'm still drowning over here
throwaway year – knitting (music video)
YouTube video by knitting
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
hear you're learning how to swim and i'm still drowning over here
Reposted by Guy Segal
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Reposted by Guy Segal
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
Reposted by Guy Segal
A few years back, I nearly wrote "The Fallacy of Federated Design Systems." Then @nathanacurtis.bsky.social beat me to it. But what happens when you try it anyway?
At Spotify, I watched federated fail twice, resulting in a huge number of barely reused components and damaged trust in design systems.
At Spotify, I watched federated fail twice, resulting in a huge number of barely reused components and damaged trust in design systems.
Why Federated Design Systems Keep Failing
Why do federated design systems keep failing? I watched it happen twice at Spotify. Here's what actually happened, where they broke down, and why centralised models usually work better.
www.shaunbent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A few years back, I nearly wrote "The Fallacy of Federated Design Systems." Then @nathanacurtis.bsky.social beat me to it. But what happens when you try it anyway?
At Spotify, I watched federated fail twice, resulting in a huge number of barely reused components and damaged trust in design systems.
At Spotify, I watched federated fail twice, resulting in a huge number of barely reused components and damaged trust in design systems.
Gotta catch ‘em all! I talked with @loftio.co.uk about collecting Pokémon cards and other fun things!
Lex Lofthouse Loves Pokémon Cards | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Gotta catch 'em all! Including this episode, when Lex Lofthouse joins us to talk about her passion for collecting Pokémon cards. She’s been collecting them since they first came out in 1999, taking a ...
rss.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Gotta catch ‘em all! I talked with @loftio.co.uk about collecting Pokémon cards and other fun things!
Reposted by Guy Segal
Process creates friction, so we got rid of process. But that friction was necessary for holding workslop at bay.
Because without slowing down, we can't ask "is this good? is this right?" We can only ask "when will it be done?" And that's a world where LLMs will always beat people.
Choose friction.
Because without slowing down, we can't ask "is this good? is this right?" We can only ask "when will it be done?" And that's a world where LLMs will always beat people.
Choose friction.
The myth of "no design process"
Process can add friction, but trying to get rid of friction by getting rid of process dooms design to irrelevance.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Process creates friction, so we got rid of process. But that friction was necessary for holding workslop at bay.
Because without slowing down, we can't ask "is this good? is this right?" We can only ask "when will it be done?" And that's a world where LLMs will always beat people.
Choose friction.
Because without slowing down, we can't ask "is this good? is this right?" We can only ask "when will it be done?" And that's a world where LLMs will always beat people.
Choose friction.
Reposted by Guy Segal
Things get… nerdy.
Esc into the world of custom keyboards with @maxvoltar.be !
Tim Van Damme Loves to Make Custom Keyboards | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
It’s time to Caps Lock in and Esc into another episode, as Tim Van Damme joins us to talk about his passion for designing mechanical keyboards. He describes how a pre-made keyboard that he customized ...
rss.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Things get… nerdy.
Yeah I’m in love
And you’re to blame
And you’re to blame
Wet Leg - CPR (Official Video)
YouTube video by WetLegVEVO
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Yeah I’m in love
And you’re to blame
And you’re to blame
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
Esc into the world of custom keyboards with @maxvoltar.be !
Tim Van Damme Loves to Make Custom Keyboards | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
It’s time to Caps Lock in and Esc into another episode, as Tim Van Damme joins us to talk about his passion for designing mechanical keyboards. He describes how a pre-made keyboard that he customized ...
rss.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Esc into the world of custom keyboards with @maxvoltar.be !
You can now catch up on all the talks from this incredible conference (and one of my most memorable experiences of the year)!
Converge 2025 talks are now available on demand! 👇
We may be biased, but these are some of our best yet. Whether you missed the conference or want to relive the highlights, you can now watch every talk. 💫
🎥 Watch now: hubs.li/Q03Wp53h0
We may be biased, but these are some of our best yet. Whether you missed the conference or want to relive the highlights, you can now watch every talk. 💫
🎥 Watch now: hubs.li/Q03Wp53h0
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
You can now catch up on all the talks from this incredible conference (and one of my most memorable experiences of the year)!