Zander

Founder, Investor and Staff Designer @Airbnb. Traveling without moving.

[Zander @amimran]

If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favorable. - Seneca

[Josh Wolfe @wolfejosh]

lol. twitter is amazing

[Zander @amimran]

@mcfazeli @Shopify Congrats Mani!

[Zander @amimran]

We’re here now.

[✌︎ frederik ✌︎ @froessell]

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[zerohedge @zerohedge]

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[Zander @amimran]

This probably seems trite/obvious, but this simple edict is lost on so many large corporations. Especially as the cost of execution declines, the currency of the future is our creativity and ideas.

[Zander @amimran]

If you run or work for an organization, remember that good ideas—ones that further your mission—can (and often do) come from anyone: junior employees, users, etc. Creating an environment that ensures the promotion of those ideas, at the expense of leadership egos, will prosper.

[Zander @amimran]

The transition into the web view is no good. It keeps hurting my brain. If you have to use a push, please restyle the footer to accommodate. Ideally the web view could move in (and up) from the bottom and the original post can properly lock to the bottom before it moves out of the way. Buttons also feel off. Please fix! Ty

[Zander @amimran]

@JordanSVIC Agree with the first point: AI agents are the new App Store. But any agent will suffice, especially while switching costs are still (surprisingly) low.

[Zander @amimran]

Cool, love how you guys keep innovating. Wondering if you’ve thought about push instead of pull? The chat pattern is so open ended. With all the context you have about me and the page(s) I have open, you can likely start the conversation for me. And/Or finally annotate the web properly.

[Ilya · イリア @ilyamiskov]

Airbnb is now the north star for best designers out there. Not even Apple.

[Zander @amimran]

More!
- Kids get nauseous in the back, even on chill mode. The regen is too strong and would love a hidden way to smooth out the ride
- Auto wipers could be better at detection
- I’m sure you know already but the steering wheel buttons get stuck sometimes
- Software and UI need improvements in many places but music app search needs help
- Wireless charger for iPhone 16 with case doesn’t always charge
- Would love a latch in trunk to drop the seats in Model 3
- Paint is susceptible to fine scratches from car wash
- Messaging app sucks as you know
- Would love Siri connect for basic actions

[Zander @amimran]

Man, huge respect for the new models. So many amazing improvements and features. Here’s my top ones but will reply with more:
- Blind spot light is impossible to see in daylight! Replace or maybe make it blink
- Finding a supercharger could be easier. Would also love to precondition myself
- Would love the front facing camera to recognize left turn signals if I’m in that lane
- I want to be able to only lock apps on the rear display so my kids can’t get to YouTube

[Zander @amimran]

Couldn’t agree more ;)

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

After advising 50+ consumer companies over the last year, the one thing that separates those who can execute and those who can't:

Having a full-time designer in the room at all times

I've met with countless companies that have raised millions—and even one that has raised billions—that do not even have a designer on payroll.

This makes product development broken:

1/ You simply cannot have constructive conversations about ideas without visualizing them in real-time
2/ Your experiments will frequently have inconclusive results because users cannot discover features or they misunderstand how they work
3/ There is no one who can galvanize the team with a vision of what the product could look and feel like

And to be abundantly clear: I'm not referring to visual UI or graphics. I'm talking about someone who can think through the fundamental building blocks of product comprehension—like navigation, interaction and copywriting—and is technically savvy enough to visualize those components in high resolution.

There can certainly be exceptions to not having a designer, like where the CEO is an exceptional visual thinker, but that does not scale beyond a small team.

At the end of day, products live and die in the pixels: it's what the users see and tap. And without someone shepherding that process, you are effectively wandering the desert blind.

[Zander @amimran]

Someone please prove me wrong, but it doesn’t look good for them. I myself would like a lighter model and I think that’s coming (iPhone Air) but that might be the last iPhone…

[Zander @amimran]

Now more than ever, Apple’s release cadence feels overtly sluggish. They’ve complacently iterated their way to finally being irrelevant. The hardware is no longer the limiting factor…🧵

[Zander @amimran]

New WiFi standard? Meh.