Remote Design: How Zapier Is Building a Distributed Design Culture

The Zapier Design Team has developed methods and tools to make remote design a way of life, including raising communication bandwidth through tools like Slack, Async, and Quip, establishing async <> sync workflows with tools like Airtable, GitHub, and Invision, encouraging creative solitude by leveraging virtual office communication and quiet spaces, and fostering an inclusive research culture where anyone in the company can participate and collaborate.