83: 2017 Layouties

As always, we close out the year by rounding up and giving “awards” to our favorite things of the year.

Show Notes

Best Album

• Rafa: DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar

  • Apple Music

  • Spotify

• Kevin: A Moment Apart — ODESZA

  • Apple Music

  • Spotify

• Honorable Mention:

  • American Dream — Khalid

Best Movie

• Kevin: mother!

  • IMDB

  • iTunes

• Rafa: Blade Runner 2049

  • IMDB

  • iTunes

• Honorable Mentions:

  • The Big Sick

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming

  • Baby Driver

  • Get Out

Best TV Show

• Rafa: Big Little Lies (Season 1)

  • IMDB

  • iTunes

  • HBO Now

• Kevin: Stranger Things (Season 2)

  • IMDB

  • Netflix

• Honorable Mentions:

  • Handmaid’s Tale (Season 1)

  • Master of None (Season 2)

  • Mindhunter (Season 1)

Best Game

• Kevin: Paperclips!

• Rafa: Horizon Zero Dawn

• Honorable Mentions:

  • Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Favorite Podcast

• Kevin: Do by Friday

  • Apple Podcasts

• Rafa: S-Town

  • Apple Podcasts

• Honorable Mention: Lovett or Leave it

Favorite Twitter Account

• Rafa: @_inside

• Kevin: @tranhelen

Best iOS App

• Kevin: Things

  • Things for iOS — App Store

  • Things for Mac — Mac App Store

• Rafa: Halide

  • Halide on the App Store

• Honorable Mention:

  • Instagram

  • Apollo for Reddit

  • Swarm

  • Clips

Best Mac App

• Rafa: Abstract

• Kevin: Pixelmator Pro

• Honorable Mentions:

  • Claquette

  • Sketch

Favorite Gadget

• Kevin: Google Home Mini

• Rafa: Nintendo Switch

• Honorable Mention: iPhone X

  • The iPhone X — Daring Fireball

Favorite Purchase

• Rafa: Philips Hue

• Kevin: Ergonofis: height adjustable desk

Favorite professional achievement

• Kevin: Kevin’s Team™

• Rafa: Netlify’s new Design System

• Honorable Mentions:

  • Layout 2.0

  • MobX Conference

Favorite Layout episode

• Rafa: 73: Should Designers Ego?

• Kevin: 75: Software Spring Cleaning™

• Honorable Mentions: 80: Design Mustard

Favorite Design Drama/Story

• Rafa: Adobe bought Sketch

• Kevin: Stories in everything! feat Rafa

• Honorable Mentions:

  • Twitter redesign memes

  • Over the top Design Tools™

Worst experience of the year (recommended by listener Chevy)

• Rafa: Falling behind on my side projects (demotivation)

• Kevin: My flight to SF

Best experience of the year (recommended by listener Chevy)

• Rafa: Diet/Workout plan

• Kevin: London design conference

Listener of the Year

• @chevykmd

• @kevgski

• @khaledbouya

• @victorkernes

• @magalhini

Hosts

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