23 // Collaborative creativity with Nikolas Klein

Tools for collaboration are changing team culture. Nikolas Klein has been a part of this shift in his academic work and on the product design team at Figma. He joins Mark and Adam to discuss creative collaboration including how guardrails can increase comfort with working collaboratively; changing mindset from “my ideas” to “our ideas”; and screensharing as an intimate act. Discuss this episode in the Muse community Follow @MuseAppHQ on Twitter Show notes Nikolas Klein @nikolasklein time logistics for teams spanning US and Europe Sketch Runner Artifacts Schwäbisch Gmünd / Hochschule für Gestaltung CLUI Shopify design system / Polaris Telescope Figma hypergrowth user redesign of Figma comments sea shanty TikTok remix culture bisociation / Arthur Koestler hammock-driven development Sketching User Experiences OBS Studio ring light Zoom Studio Figma cursor Halloween costumes Designer News reaction to Figma launch people who understand the capabilities of software The Dream Machine