The Architecture of Creative Collaboration (99u)
Khosla Ventures design partner Irene Au learned some of her most valuable design lessons not from the companies the advises, but from a close collaboration with the residential architects who helped her family design their dream home. From how to choose your clients to anticipating their needs, mindfulness and intention rule when it comes to fruitful creative collaborations.
Design Is As Important As Technology (RISE Conference)
Irene Au breaks down why design is just as important as the technology and services driving your product.
Bringing Balance to Imbalance: A Conversation with Tracy Anderson (Wisdom 2.0)
Cultivating Empathic Design in an Analytical World: Irene Au, Jane Fulton Suri, Bradley Horowitz, Tony Jack (Wisdom 2.0)
The Psychology of Design with Irene Au (Nodes of Design podcast)
In this episode, Irene Au shared great insights on The Psychology of Design: How Human Behaviour and emotion influence Design Decisions. We started the episode by defining the intersection of psychology and design and what fundamental principles designers should consider when adding human behaviour and emotion to their work. Then Irene shared a few product examples where psychology played a crucial role in shaping the final product. We then discussed how designers could use colour, typography, and other visual elements to evoke specific emotional responses in users and the best practices for doing so effectively. In the end, Irene spoke on how cultural and societal factors influence design decisions and what strategies designers can use to create designs that resonate with diverse audiences.
Design and the Self (Lean Startup)
Design has the power to shape how we think and feel. It’s also the tangible manifestation of intention. Conversely, how we create and what we design are the culmination of who we are as individuals coming together to make something for others. In this talk, Irene Au, Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, explores how our inner state manifests in design, and why the best thing we can do to become better designers may be to work on ourselves.
A Conversation between Designer and Product Manager with Bradley Horowitz & Irene Au (Slush)
The relationship between the functions of product management and design vary greatly amongst organizations. Clearly, both are essential to the development of successful products and services. In this fireside chat, we’ll hear from two experienced executives from these respective domains. They’ll discuss what they’ve seen work and what they’ve seen fail, as well as offer actionable insights into how to improve one’s own organization. Bradley Horowitz, VP of Product Management at Google, and Irene Au, Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, discuss.
Spark Joy: The Magic of Tidying Up | Marie Kondo, Irene Au (Wisdom 2.0)
10 Years of Wisdom 2.0 | Arturo Bejar, Irene Au, Karen May, Bradley Horowitz, Gopi Kallayil (Wisdom 2.0)
Irene Au explains the secrets to scaling design teams at Google (Design Better Podcast)
For many years, Google’s engineering-led culture cherished efficiency over user experience. Irene Au arrived at a pivotal moment in the company’s history and helped shape the way Google’s products clearly value design today. In this Rewind episode of the Design Better Podcast, Khosla Venture’s Irene Au talks about how she helped scale design at Google, shaped the design philosophy that carries into today, and now, as design partner at Khosla Ventures, helps startups build their own teams and processes to create the best design experiences.