{"id":1023,"date":"2022-10-11T14:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:01:30","slug":"on-the-mind-of-product-designer-founder-randy-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/on-the-mind-of-product-designer-founder-randy-hunt","title":{"rendered":"Into the mind of product Randy Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video interviewee-picture\"><video autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Randy-Hunt-Interview.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you're a designer or not, you know Randy Hunt's design-minded products: He's the former VP of design at Etsy and former head of design at Artsy, among leading and founding roles for several other products and online marketplaces. A longtime New Yorker now based in Singapore, Randy is currently the CPO at MORNING, a Southeast Asian coffee tech startup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a designer and curious person with opinions (just <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.randyjhunt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">browse his personal website<\/a>), Randy couldn't be a more fitting mymind member to start off our new \"Into My Mind\" interview series. Here's what's on his mind right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What\u2019s the best compliment you received recently?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over a double date the other night, a friend said to my wife and I, \u201cI really admire how you make friends and invest in relationships. You really connect with a place.\u201d I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve ever thought about it that way, but it was really enriching to have that reflected back to us. Small things are big things, ya know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What\u2019s the last thing you read?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like to read a couple of things in parallel: one for the day, one for bed-time reading. The two most recent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurt Vonnegut\u2019s <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ehDO4B\" target=\"_blank\">Timequake<\/a><\/em>. Around the time of our first pandemic lockdowns in 2020, I was reflecting on how I used to really enjoy Vonnegut 20+ years ago, but had only read four or five of his novels. I decided to read them all, chronologically. I\u2019m almost done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ethv6A\" target=\"_blank\">The City We Became<\/a><\/em> by N. K. Jemisin. It\u2019s an adventure fantasy sci-fi futurist story that takes on all sorts of social themes through characters that embody the different boroughs of New York City. It\u2019s a treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What book do you want to read next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My mentor and a great champion for designers everywhere, Steven Heller, just released a memoir, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3s000nj\" target=\"_blank\">Growing Up Underground: A Memoir of Counterculture New York<\/a><\/em>. It\u2019s queued up in my stack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">A quote that\u2019s meaningful to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn explained idea and a demonstration of the same idea often have little in common.\u201d \u2013 Rick Rubin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Highlight the text, quotes included, and right click to save this to your mind as a quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">Best gift you\u2019ve ever given?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gave my wife a studio-worth of rug-making gear to enable the pursuit of a vision she had. It\u2019s been awesome to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/kome.design\" target=\"_blank\">see it grow<\/a> over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">Where do you want to travel to next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My friend opened <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elseretreats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">a hotel in Kuala Lumpur<\/a>. I haven\u2019t been to KL since the start of the pandemic, and I\u2019d love to see what they\u2019ve created there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What would you buy, if money weren\u2019t an issue?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A home that\u2019s a perfect match to my taste, and a limitless supply of comfortable and environmentally-friendly transportation for friends, family and colleagues to come visit me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What hobby would you take up, if you had the time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t desire any new hobbies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What is the funniest tweet you\u2019ve read lately?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petergyang\/status\/1578475309212393473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1578475309212393473%7Ctwgr%5E2caff99ad5b32d2a7714f84ba0552b37d2cb696b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fpetergyang2Fstatus2F1578475309212393473widget%3DTweet\" target=\"_blank\">This is particularly good<\/a>. It\u2019s a specific technical reference, but anyone who has been part of something that\u2019s more complicated than it seems can relate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Click the + button in your browser while viewing the tweet to save it to your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What\u2019s one thing that shows up when you search \u201cblue\u201d in mymind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/springbreakartfair.com\/products\/xiao-wang-drinkers?variant=39667978993718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drinkers<\/a><\/em>, a painting by Xiao Wang. I saw this piece at the Spring Break Art Show in NYC in 2021. I think about it often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3_XiaoWang_Drinkers_7b5fc64e-5554-433a-9141-cfb7d9832f08_1296x-1024x686.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3_XiaoWang_Drinkers_7b5fc64e-5554-433a-9141-cfb7d9832f08_1296x-1024x686.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3_XiaoWang_Drinkers_7b5fc64e-5554-433a-9141-cfb7d9832f08_1296x-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3_XiaoWang_Drinkers_7b5fc64e-5554-433a-9141-cfb7d9832f08_1296x-768x514.webp 768w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3_XiaoWang_Drinkers_7b5fc64e-5554-433a-9141-cfb7d9832f08_1296x.webp 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">\"Drinkers,\" by Xiao Wang. Right click the image to save it to your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What\u2019s the most beautiful thing in your mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sense of calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2726<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">If you discovered something inspiring or beautiful here, you can save it forever with a click using the <a href=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/browser-extensions\">mymind browser extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;re a designer or not, you know Randy Hunt&#8217;s design-minded products: He&#8217;s the former VP of design at Etsy and former head of design at Artsy, among leading and founding roles for several other products and online marketplaces. 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