A Responsive Web Design Podcast

Rob Giampietro tells us about a year-long process to redesign Google Fonts, making the web faster and more beautiful with hundreds of free, open-source typefaces.

Michael Edelstone and Nick Wing from Texas State describe a responsive design and CMS replatforming that treats website visitors and content editors as if they are both users of the system.

What’s different when teams do their second responsive design? Leigh Shoemaker and Michael Purdy describe a process that’s even more collaborative for the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Michal Skrzypek and Kate Tetreault describe how the iterative testing culture at America’s Test Kitchen helped them work more collaboratively during a responsive design.

With rising income inequality, the Communist Party USA is attracting new members—and those people are on mobile devices. Mike Votto and Pankaj Jain show how a responsive redesign helps reach them.

A mobile-first perspective is also a performance-first perspective at Vox Media. Dan Chilton and Guillermo Esteves talk about how they helped build a culture of performance.

Even though the Cincinnati Art Museum might later want to introduce apps for in-gallery use, the first order of business was a responsive website. Nicole Kroger and Jeff Webster tell us why.

Prototyping tool Marvel App needed a style guide to enforce brand consistency. Colm Tuite and Yavor Punchev advocate for single-purpose CSS classes.

How many economists read American Economic Association journals on their phone? Jenna Kutz and Matt Griffin describe a process that makes the AEA more accessible to everyone.

How does responsive design fit in to an ecosystem based mostly on apps? Zach Forrest explains that design patterns created for Sonos may eventually extend from web to native apps.

Who hasn’t fantasized about (and feared) a gut renovation of their website? Tiffany Campbell and Scott Dasse describe the redesign and relaunch of a beta site for WBUR.

If the goal of a library is to respond to the needs of the community, then its website should do the same. Toby Greenwalt and Matt Griffin describe the redesign of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Why go responsive for MyMSD, a service that helps people in New Zealand manage their benefits? Julia McConnell and Miriam Walker say their research showed people were likely to use low-end smartphones.

The relaunch of Curbed includes an updated CMS platform and a new brand identity. Lauren Rabaino and Yesenia Perez-Cruz tell us this redesign reaches readers wherever they are.

The Responsive Issues Community Group advocates for tools that make responsive designers and developers’ day-to-day jobs easier. We talk to Mat Marquis about responsive images—and more.