126: Layouties 2018

Our third annual Layouties! We look back at some of our favorite things of the year and give them awards.

Show Notes

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• Rockstar’s Game Design is Outdated - NakeyJakey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 - Electric Light

Best Podcast Episode

• Reply All #130: The Snapchat Thief

• Do By Friday: Bee. Wasp. Hornet.

Favorite Layout moment

• Layout #89: Shower Dingus

• Layout #106: Layout Redesign Your Website Month™

Most special moment for Layout this year

• Layout Stickers!

• Layout @ Loupe

One thing you learned about yourself

• Rafa learned that he is way less chill about stress than he thought

• Kevin learned that he is better at dealing with uncertainty than he thought

Special life moment of the year

• Rafa moved to Amsterdam!

• Kevin visited Portugal

Special work moment of the year

• Rafa took over as Head of Design at Netlify

• Kevin set up the Checkout team to be independent to allow him to focus on building a new team

Hosts

• Kevin Clark (@vernalkick)
• Rafael Conde (@rafahari)