Soren Iverson

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Soren Iverson is best known for creating viral, satirical user interface mockups parodying popular tech products, which he compiled into his book Can You Imagine?. After working as a product designer at Cash App and Square, he launched his creative consultancy Iverson and co-founded Stompers.

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Iverson: Tech design disciplines will increasingly collapse into efficient hybrid roles

“So I think the disciplines are going to collapse more. I mean, economy capitalist society, things are efficient. And so it's gonna find the most efficient way to get things done, which is often like a hybrid PM designer or a hybrid. Designer marketer or a hybr…”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 48:22 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Opinion

Iverson: Smartphones may not be the optimal container for future AI software

“There's a general sentiment that the form factor that we interact with on a daily basis, i.e. Phones, is great, but maybe it isn't the thing that will kind of be the container for the next step in software.”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 3:55 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Insight

Iverson: Reconsider building projects if you are unwilling to attach your name

“If you're working on something and you don't want to put your name on it from the beginning, you should probably reconsider whether or not you actually want to be working on it because you should be proud to put your name on stuff you work on.”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 17:44 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Opinion

Iverson: Nationwide Airbnb managers fail because they miss local market intricacies

“I think there are these like larger. Airbnb prop management companies that are trying to go nationwide. And the reality is they don't understand the intricacies of the local market. And from what I've seen in a lot of local markets is that they have like one o…”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 35:08 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Insight

Iverson: 3D renders allow creators to easily find overseas hardware manufacturers

“If you can make a render of it, or if you can pay someone a small amount of money to make a render for it, there are people either overseas or in the United States that you can almost always find to make the thing in your head real”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 5:13 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Opinion

Iverson: Gen Z and Gen Alpha demand hyper-personalized everyday hardware devices

“Especially younger, like Gen, Gen Z, Gen A, there's a really strong demand for like hyper personalization of objects that you use a lot.”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 10:31 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Opinion

Iverson: iPhone's massive scale allows for easy hardware accessory ecosystem businesses

“That phone is so popular and so many are sold every year that you can build a business on top of that ecosystem pretty easily.”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 15:52 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Insight

Iverson: Exaggerating product flaws helps designers reverse-engineer better user experiences

“Rather than starting with the question of like, how can I make this thing better? Most of my work starts with like, why does this suck so bad? And like, how could I make it suck more? And it sounds like a pointless exercise, but I actually think by exacerbatin…”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 18:06 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Insight

Iverson: Heavily regulated companies should avoid using satirical or comedic marketing

“If the space that you're working in is like really serious or very heavily regulated, you probably want to stay out of being too funny.”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 24:18 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Iverson: Wendy's pioneered the self-aware, combative brand marketing playbook online

“I think like all of us owe a great debt to Wendy's because Wendy's was the first company to be like, Self-aware on the internet and like really kind of like go after people.”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 29:08 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Insight

Iverson: Solo design asset creators struggle against aggregator platforms like Envato

“I think trying to go at it as an individual is really tough because you're fighting against the distribution that these huge platforms have.”

Soren Iverson Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 44:54 He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
He Shares The Science Behind Viral Products	Feb 7, 2024	38m

Soren Iverson

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