Material Design Gets Expressive: Inside Google's Emotion-Driven UX Update

About this episode

This episode explores Google's latest emotion-driven UX update in Material Design with insights from key team members.

This special episode digs into the latest evolution of Google's design system: Material 3 Expressive . Liam talks with Material Design's Android Product Manager Aneesha Kommineni, UX Researcher Michael Gilbert, and Creative Director Andy Stewart about the team's latest emotion-driven UX update. They reveal how this system is grounded in user research and how it offers both developers and users more flexibility. The group also chats about making design more than objective, connecting to users' emotional landscapes, and driving business outcomes — all while considering tooling, usability, accessibility, and more. Stay tuned for upcoming episodes featuring guests like O-R-G's David Reinfurt, type designer Troy Leinster, and more! Read a full transcript .

People in this episode

Host: Liam Spradlin

Guests: Aneesha Kommineni, Michael Gilbert, Andy Stewart

Topics covered

• Material Design
• emotion-driven UX
• user research
• flexibility in design
• usability
• accessibility

Keywords

• Material Design
• UX update
• user experience
• design system
• emotional design
• accessibility
• usability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, O-R-G

Products: Material 3 Expressive

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