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Jake is currently Senior Manager of Digital Technologies at adidas, where he’s leading teams in Computational Design, Digital Technologies, and Pattern Engineering. He is also the co-founder of Out of Architecture: a career consulting firm that helps architects and designers find work that fulfills them. VISIT OUR AFFILIATES & SPONSORS TO SUPPORT US- Framer – the best website builder: https://www.framer.com?via=designdisciplin- ProtoPie – the best hi-fi prototyping tool: https://www.protopie.io/?ref=designdisciplin- LucidChart – the best way to create diagrams: https://try.lucid.co/ddEPISODE LINKS- Out of Architecture by Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino: https://geni.us/outofarchitecture- The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant: https://geni.us/goldenspruce- Adidas Samba – Jake's sneakers: https://geni.us/adidas-samba- Adidas Ultraboos – Baytaş' sneakers: https://geni.us/adidas-ultraboost-ddON OUR WEBSITEhttp://designdisciplin.com/jake-rudinSOCIALWebsite: http://designdisciplin.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/designdisciplin/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@designdisciplinInstagram: http://instagram.com/designdisciplin/Main YouTube: http://youtube.com/@designdisciplinPodcast YouTube: http://youtube.com/@designdisciplin_podcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/design-disciplin/id1553829029Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6VqYFGscuM2UVgtdZfk1hrCHAPTERS00:00 Intro01:52 The power of the breakup06:10 Non-design jobs for designers09:53 Jake's first book: writing and publishing18:30 Leading innovation at Adidas25:11 Getting hired: how to grab the manager's attention31:23 How to collab with Adidas39:00 Excelling at multi-disciplinary work47:00 Advice from Jake: greatest hits52:50 Book recommendations53:54 Design object recommendations55:13 Jake's design secrets56:30: What's next & how to find Jake
