Everywhere I look companies are hiring designers! Two hundred over here! A thousand over here! We need a lot of them and we need them fast. Finally! Companies have come to understand the importance of design in building successful products and services. Isn’t that great? Mike gave his awesome keynote at WebVisions Portland on Thurs., May 19, 2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike runs Mule Design Studio. It’s a nice place. They do good, quality work. He makes paintings with words on them. He picks fights with the Tea Party on Twitter. He lives in San Francisco with Erika Hall, his son Henry, and his dog Rupert.

1. MIKE MONTEIRO
@MONTEIRO · MULE DESIGN

2. I COME WITH
GOOD NEWS

3. DESIGN RULES!

4. IT’S ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE, DAMMIT!
BITE ME

5. THIS IS THE
GOLDEN AGE
OF DESIGN!

6. THIS IS THE
GOLDEN AGE
OF DESIGN!
AND WE’RE
SCREWED

7. HOLY SHIT

8. WE CAN’T
FIND
DESIGNERS
1 2

9. WE CAN’T
FIND
DESIGNERS
1
DESIGNERS
AREN’T
READY
2

10. WE CAN’T
FIND
DESIGNERS
1
DESIGNERS
AINT
READY
2

11. 500
“Where are you going to find
good designers?”

12. Mediocre.
He didn’t
make it!

13. He didn’t
make it!
Mediocre.
When do I vest?
Time to visit
General Assembly
for more.

14. BUT MIKE,
Didn’t they teach
this in design
school?

15. Design school
is awesome.terrible.

16. Design school
is criminal.terrible.

17. FRESH MEAT!

20. 12-week boot camp.
Two 3-week projects.
One 6-week project.
THE IBM CURRICULUM

21. 12-week boot camp.
Two 3-week projects.
One 6-week project.
THE IBM CURRICULUM

22. BUT MIKE,
I can’t spare 12
weeks to train
a designer!

23. Young designers and
startups are toxic.

25. DRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATION

26. APPRENTICE
MENTOR

27. APPRENTICE
MENTOR

28. What do I need to do to
start my own studio?
WAIT 10 YEARS!

29. Don’t fail with your
own money!

30. Use old people to
your advantage!

31. IS AANDY
DESIGNER

32. IS AANDY
DESIGNER

33. Confidence
isn’t thinking
you know it all…

34. …it’s being
unafraid to admit
you need to learn.

35. Everybody leaves.

36. Use design, Andy!

37. Bet on the future.

38. BUT MIKE,
Why should I work
for a crotchety old
fart like you?

39. IF YOUR DESIGN TEAM LOOKS LIKE THIS
THE ODDS ARE NOT
IN YOUR FAVOR

40. “We need to develop a shared
aesthetic vocabulary.”

41. Don’t confuse your
own growth with a
company’s growth.

42. Don’t adopt other
people’s chaos.

43. BUT MIKE,
Why do you hate
startups?

44. #fightme

45. #fightmeHERE COMES
THE SOCIALISM.

53. Today’s UBER…

54. …yesterday’s UBER.

55. Same shit.
Different day.

56. CLEAN WATER
IMMIGRATION
STATELESSNESS
VOTING RIGHTS
GUN VIOLENCE
GLOBAL WARMING
EQUAL RIGHTS
ACCESSIBLITY
RACISM
HOMELESSNESS

57. The world is
working exactly as
we designed it.

58. I ♥STARTUPS!

60. DESIGN ENGINEERING PRODUCT BUSINESS
CUSTOMER

61. The value of
experience is 10x.

62. GOOD
LEADER
GOOD
TEACHER

63. GOOD
LEADER
GOOD
TEACHER

64. GOOD
LEADER
GOOD
TEACHER

65. GOOD
LEADER
GOOD
TEACHER

66. GOOD
LEADER
GOOD
TEACHER

67. Experience
minimizes your
chance of failure.

70. Design the
world better.

71. Thank you.