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out to my friend Nicolas Bichon for lending me his copy of the game Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar’s Game Design is Outdated - NakeyJakey Favorite Movie Black Panther A Quiet Place Honorable mentions: Incredibles 2 Mission Impossible: Fallout Favorite TV Show Marvelous Mrs.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)