Steve Vassallo is a General Partner at Foundation Capital and works at the intersection of business, technology, and design—all things close to our hearts. Steve joins Diego on episode 49 to talk about his new book, The Way to Design. The book is available to download for free at www.thewaytodesign.com and will be available in print this fall on Amazon. Find Steve on the Twitter: www.twitter.com/vassallo And as always, we love hearing from you: www.twitter.com/ideofutures or futures@ideo.com

Joe Gerber is BACK for a full episode of VDTBOM. Diego and Joe get nerdy pretty fast, but hang in there — mind blowing venture design awaits. They catch up on what's happening in the IDEO CoLab (www.ideocolab.com), learn about ICOs and tokens, and chat about a few fascinating startups. As always, we love hearing from you: www.twitter.com/ideofutures or futures@ideo.com. And remember: don't get started, get weird.

If you don't already follow Michael Dearing on Twitter (twitter.com/mcgd), you'll want to after hearing this conversation with Diego (twitter.com/metacool). Michael is the founder of Harrison Metal and joins Diego to talk about venture mechanics, gross margin, the clocks in Greenwich, modern capitalism, organizational life, why Harrison Metal is called Harrison Metal, and why dolphins will inherit the earth. Find out more about Michael + Harrison Metal at www.harrisonmetal.com (make sure you watch the videos!) As always, we love hearing from you: twitter.com/@ideofutures or futures@ideo.com.

As we approach the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 this weekend, three of our favorite (and renowned) automotive design geeks join Diego to discuss the lost art of hand painted racing numbers. Graphic designers, car enthusiasts, and appreciators of of craft will likely agree: these #PrimalNumbers are worth saving. Jump in on the conversation and find out more about #PrimalNumbers on Medium (https://medium.com/primalnumbers) + Twitter (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrimalNumbers). Find our guests on the Twitter: @JRHildebrand @reillybrennan @deancrew7 And as always, we love hearing from you: @ideofutures or futures@ideo.com Cover image: Marmon Wasp via #PrimalNumbers