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This week the internet gods blessed us with a ton of design-related news just in time for our recording. We talk about Sketch's new funding announcement and what it means for the world of design tools, Twitter's new camera UI, privacy-focused social networks and the return of Mac apps.Show Notes WTFaucet Sam's faucet Sketch Funding Announcement Twitter's new camera A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking Panic Next Recommendations Screen Guru Aspect SVGOMG Pinboard HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we talk about org structures and how it affects us as designers. We also talk about the Revolut drama and Apple News' new upcoming app icon.Sponsor Abstract: Design workflow management for product design teams using Sketch Show notes Revolut drama ​​Internal Slack screenshot (why aren't you working on weekends?) Revolut CFO resigns Revolut workplace culture Apple News' new app icon Apple News' app icon looks a little less discernibly like anything in particular at all Recommendation Spectre Kindle Paperwhite HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we talk a bit more about foldable phones, how Slack is messing with our homescreen again, and then ultimately get into a big conversation about which things in our life we'd like to outsource.Show notes ​​- Foldable phones ​​Slack is messing with my homescreen The Innovator's Dilemma Recommendations Emulsio Opener for iOS Zipped for iOS HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we talk about growing up to become your parents, getting emotional, the pitfalls of fame, Samsung's foldable phone and more.Sponsor Abstract: Design workflow management for product design teams using Sketch Show Notes Clockwise #282: Party Popper Dealy-Bob LG Ultrafine 5K Display Rams El Ten Eleven (band) The American Meme Cortex #80: Ice Fortress Samsung Galaxy Fold Recommendations Moom What d'you call it HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week Rafa shares two lessons he's learned as a first time manager, then we talk about some recurring trends in design student portfolios.Show Notes Andrew Rudmann: "This design shit is so much easier than y'all make it out to be." Dann Petty: "I use to feel unprofessional for not having a repeatable process" Does every idea deserve to be discussed? Am I following the wrong people? Would any design students like honest feedback on their portfolio? If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter Calendly Google Maps AR First Look HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we talk about Kevin’s experience giving a big talk and then we talk about our evolving relationship with social media.Sponsor Abstract: Design workflow management for product design teams using Sketch Show notes ​​How evolution really works ​​Kevin’s experience speaking at Shopify Summit 2019 ​​Zara changes its logo ​​Zara logo meme ​​Nars ​​cantunsee.space ​​Quote this tweet and share your score! ​​Recommendations ​​On Margins with Lisa Brennan-Jobs ​​Sonos Beam HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

The wait is over! We know you couldn't wait for our takes on the new Slack logo and boy we've delivered. We also talk about the state of criticism on the Internet.Sponsors ​​Duck Duck Go: Privacy, Simplified. They're hiring remote positions for Senior Visual Designers! Abstract: Design workflow management for product design teams using Sketch Show notes Slack's announcement Pentagram's article on their Slack rebrand The original Slack branding by Metalab Tweaked version of their new logo that highlights the hashtag better Louie Mantia's take "Who the fuck calls it an app button?" The new Slack logo doesn't spark joy Generic logos Slack logo leak Recommendations Kinto USA Site Europe Six and Sons Autosleep HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we talk about Rafa becoming the head of design at Netlify, setting expectations for a new role, CRMs for people, sonic toothbrushes and kitchen knives.​​Sponsored by ​​Duck Duck Go: They're hiring remote positions for Senior Visual Designers! Come work with them to make the internet a safer place, designing new products at DuckDuckGo. ​​Holly Habstritt Gaal on Making Ethical Design Decisions — Framer Loupe 18 Follow up ​​Bring AirPlay support to older LG TVs Show Notes ​​Netlify ​​Messenger Design update ​​https://clay.earth ​​Recommendations ​​Burst ToothBrush ​​Sonic Toothbrush review video ​​Global Kitchen Knives HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we eat breakfast. Lots of it. We discuss Rafa’s already obsolete TV, pos-purchase monetization and the impact on consumers, the death of privacy and Kevin finally gives an update on his new portfolio that was supposed to ship months ago.Breakfast ​​Letterboxd’s 2018 Year in Review ​​LG’s 2018 TVs won’t get AirPlay 2 support ​​Post-purchase monetization of TVs and the impact of business models on TV support ​​Environmentally-lit UI: Watch face, browser, etc. ​​Side Dishes ​​Update on Kevin’s portfolio redesign: Homepages are hard to design Homepage A Homepage B Homepage C ​​Free private repos on Github (thank you Microsoft!) ​​Recommendations ​​Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse ​Todd Vaziri’s tweet ​​Homecoming ​​The Watch podcast with Sam Esmail HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week, Rafa is back on Twitter and Kevin takes this opportunity to fill him in on all of the design news he missed like the Push Pin Emoji Detour meme, the horizontal Instagram feed debacle, a study on the impact of Flat Design and Pantone’s new color of the year. Oh and we also talk about Bandersnatch. Rafa is back on Twitter ​​Push Pin Emoji Detour: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ​​​​Even the dictionary is making red pin memes on Twitter ​​The horizontal Instagram feed debacle ​​Instagram making that new update like… Update: it was an accident ​​Study shows that flat design means more cognitive load than traditional design ​​Prototype of a UI that reflects your actual environment - Bob Burrough ​​Pantone’s color of the year for 2019: Living Coral ​​Dead Coral 2043 ​​New logo for Unsplash ​​Recommendations Writing copy for landing pages ​​A Simple Favor LG 4K OLED TV Updside Down ​​Bandersnatch HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

It's a holiday miracle! As a special bonus episode for the Holidays, we play a zombie text adventure game. We're joined by special guest Débora Ribeiro. Débora Ribeiro Parsely text adventure games HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Our third annual Layouties! We look back at some of our favorite things of the year and give them awards.Honorable mentions in the design community this year Abstract Figma Contrast GDPR Worst design trend Pure black themes on mobile The Tiny Heads trend: Tiny Heads at Evernote Tiny Heads at Airtable Tiny Heads at Procreate Everyone’s logo is the same Nobel Prize Burberry Project/product you wish you has worked on Modern Online Banking Zach Meredith Morgan Allan Knutson Zero Revolut N26 AR Shopify AR Magnolia App Favorite Game The Last of Us Shout out to my friend Nicolas Bichon for lending me his copy of the game Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar’s Game Design is Outdated - NakeyJakey Favorite Movie Black Panther A Quiet Place Honorable mentions: Incredibles 2 Mission Impossible: Fallout Favorite TV Show Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Westworld Honorable Mention: Queer Eye Getting Curious Podcast Best Album CHVRCHES - Love is Dead Leon Bridges - Good Thing KIDS SEE GHOSTS James Bay -

This week we talk about being busy & the impact it has on us, tech companies making custom typefaces and IRL accessibility problems.​​Follow up Affinity Designer ​​Ollie on Twitter: "even my weather app is trying to shoehorn in stories" Show notes ​​Why are tech companies making custom typefaces? ​​Squarespace’s new font: IcoNYC ​​Kevin’s rant: IRL Accessibility ​​Recommendations ​​Arun Venkatesan's personal website ​​Creating delightful events from any budget - Jessie Char HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we talk about approaching large scale design problems, Kevin's email rant, Facebook's Blueprint for Content Governance and Google's Night Sight.Follow up Ever wonder why the most popular apps are starting to look the same? It might be a good thing Gatsby Rafa’s procreate video Show notes Kevin’s rant tweets A Blueprint for Content Governance and Enforcement ​​Night Sight Recommendations ​​If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be) - Leon Bridges ​​- Sky Walker (Recorded Live at Austin City Limits) - Miguel ​- ​Heard It In a Past Life: Maggie Rogers ​​- The Last Table (2018) HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we talk about Rafa's totally predictable purchase, the growing realization that most design problems are actually content problems, pop songs getting more repetitive and Amazon employees buying condos in Long Island City.Follow up Luma Fusion Jonathan Morrisson editing a video entirely on the iPad The Student Hotel Montreal Design Club Show notes Gruber's tweet Are pop songs getting more repetitive? Millenial Whoop Bo’s Repeat Stuff (NSFW) The Web's Grain - Frank Chimero Amazon Employees Join the Rush to Buy Long Island City Condos Recommendations Blakkklansman Molly's Game Aaron Sorkin Pokemon Lets Go: Pikachu HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Kevin is back from San Francisco, so we finally talk about our first impressions on the new iPad Pro, the Detective Pikachu trailer and the new Leica Q-P.Show notes iPad Pro Realistic Pokémon are an affront to God Detective Pikachu Trailer Louie Mantia's tweet about Mr. Mime's shoulders The new Leica Q-P Recommendations Up + Coming Podcast by Victor Kernes, Joey Banks, Alex Tran RSS Feed Apple Podcasts UniChar HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we follow up on genderless pronouns in different languages (or lack thereof) and talk about what we would do if we weren't designers.Show Notes Notion iA Writer Dropbox Paper Coda Pixel 3 Follow up on the gender-pronouns in different languages: Brazil tried to use X, instead of the gender identifier There’s a movement to have a gender neutral in French Swedish introduced a new pronoun Italian has an abstract gender… but it’s not very versatile in Vietnamese the gender is rarely explicit said, it’s set up at the beginning of a sentence More on French, how it influences perception of objects More thoughts on Adobe XD Ricardo Magalhães Do By Friday Wall-E Sound Design Crazy Camera Work Tweet Recommendations Kindle app HealthFit HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we talk about the realities of traveling for work, Photoshop on the iPad, Adidas's 'new' webdesign style, the Palm phone and we have a very special upside down.Follow up Bobble water bottle Adobe XD updates Show notes Sara Vieira’s blog post Jessica Hische on cost of speaking Photoshop on the iPad Yung Series Adidas Make Front-End Shit Again The new Palm phone PS4 Pro Add RafaelConde on PSN Recommendations iA Writer Leica Instant M HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we briefly continue our discussion about design tools, then talk about custom Apple Watch Faces, the Habitat 67 architecture and of course, our recommendation of the week.Show notes Ian Roth Exploring Custom watchOS Watch Faces Hoyle's tweet Justin's tweet Billy's tweet Figma: Introducing Smart Selection Habitat 67 Recommendations Astrobot Forever HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we talk about a few main design tools: Adobe XD, InVision Studio, Framer X, Figma and Sketch.Show Notes Adobe XD InVision Studio Framer X Figma Sketch Abstract JAMstack_conf Paddy 2 Status update Recommendations Life is Strange 2 Man Enough — Episode 4 HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)