John Falcone is
John Falcone is
about product, design, and the future.
about product, design,
and the future.
Currently building product with Desteia and community with Double Diamond.
Previously designed at Microsoft and Oracle.
Based in NYC.
Currently building product with Desteia
and community with Double Diamond.
Previously designed at Microsoft and Oracle.
Based in NYC.
Currently building product with Desteia and community with Double Diamond.
Previously designed at Microsoft and Oracle.
Based in NYC.
Media
Media
February 2026
February 2026
Chief Design Officer at Shopify
Chief Design Officer at Shopify
Building high-craft design culture at scale, restructuring 170+ designers around fluid teams, requiring designers to ship code, and leading sweeping organizational change while staying hands-on.
Building high-craft design culture at scale, restructuring 170+ designers around fluid teams, requiring designers to ship code, and leading sweeping organizational change while staying hands-on.



January 2026
January 2026
Appstar at Danger Testing
Appstar at Danger Testing
Why apps can be culture, how to build at the speed of memes, launching 50+ projects in one year, treating software like songs, making users the main character, and the birth of a new category.
Why apps can be culture, how to build at the speed of memes, launching 50+ projects in one year, treating software like songs, making users the main character, and the birth of a new category.



December 2025
December 2025
Head of Design at FLORA
Head of Design at FLORA
What it means to design for creative flow state, building a unified workspace for 50+ AI models, and using a node-on-canvas interface to make creative workflows visual and repeatable.
What it means to design for creative flow state, building a unified workspace for 50+ AI models, and using a node-on-canvas interface to make creative workflows visual and repeatable.



November 2025
November 2025
Head of Design at Graphite
Head of Design at Graphite
Designing at startups, demoing Graphite's Agent interface and v0 prototypes, how design and engineering can work in parallel, should designers code, and hiring great designers.
Designing at startups, demoing Graphite's Agent interface and v0 prototypes, how design and engineering can work in parallel, should designers code, and hiring great designers.



October 2025
October 2025
Newsletter by Monish Khara
Newsletter by Monish Khara
Grafik Paragraph Magazine covered Double Diamond's founding story, the vision behind our long-form IRL conversation format, and some fun takes on how AI is reshaping product design.
Grafik Paragraph Magazine covered Double Diamond's founding story, the vision behind our long-form IRL conversation format, and some fun takes on how AI is reshaping product design.



October 2025
October 2025
Sr. Director of Product Design at Ramp
Sr. Director of Product Design at Ramp
Maintaining velocity at scale, building Ramp Labs, the generational shift in design, hiring super ICs, and the convergence of product-building roles.
Maintaining velocity at scale, building Ramp Labs, the generational shift in design, hiring super ICs, and the convergence of product-building roles.



September 2025
September 2025
Head of Design at Hebbia
Head of Design at Hebbia
Designing agentic experiences, the power of “chat” as a human<>intelligence interface, a live demo, trends he’s seeing in design work and design hiring, and some great audience Q&A.
Designing agentic experiences, the power of “chat” as a human<>intelligence interface, a live demo, trends he’s seeing in design work and design hiring, and some great audience Q&A.


