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This week, we decided to not talk about the new MacBook Pro and instead talk about Rafa's tweets about Figma, the Github for iOS beta and Kevin's homescreen. Sponsors Flywheel : Start scaling your business with a hosting partner dedicated to helping you succeed. Get 50% off your first month with the code LAYOUTFM. Follow Up People listen to a lot of Layout episodes Niklas Peterson Charles Anderson...

This week we talk about the consternation over the death of the web (and whether it's iOS's fault), FACEBOOK's new logo and the trailer for the Rise of Skywalker. Sponsors Flatiron : Learn UX/UI design in 24 weeks and discover a global community on campus or online and go back to school with Flatiron School! Change careers with confidence with 1:1 support from their dedicated Career Coaches and a...

This week Rafa gives his early look at Nova, the new app from Panic, and we attempt to discuss the latest design drama: Pablo Stanley's free illustrations and the launch of Facebook News. Sponsors Flatiron : Learn UX/UI design in 24 weeks and discover a global community on campus or online and go back to school with Flatiron School! Change careers with confidence with 1:1 support from their dedica...

Kevin's back! Topics include Kevin's talk, Kevin's new website, Kevin's new side project, and Kevin's trip to Italy. Oh and something about NFC stickers. Sponsors Flatiron : Learn UX/UI design in 24 weeks and discover a global community on campus or online and go back to school with Flatiron School! Change careers with confidence with 1:1 support from their dedicated Career Coaches and a money bac...

Frederique is back! This week Rafa and Frederique talk about design and gaming on Windows, their complicated relationship with Dark modes and whether or not Frederique should get an Apple Watch. Sponsors Flatiron : Learn UX/UI design in 24 weeks and discover a global community on campus or online and go back to school with Flatiron School! Change careers with confidence with 1:1 support from their...

This week, Rafa is joined by special guest: Frederique Matti. We talk about freelancing and career experiences, Microsoft's new hardware announcements and internet usernames. Sponsors Porkbun : An amazingly awesome domain name registrar that's different, easy, and affordable. Get a free .design domain name when you use the code LAYOUT at checkout. Show Notes Frederique Matti Website Twitter Instag...

Rafa's back! We talk more about coffee routines and automation, deep fusion, the Rams documentary and more. Sponsors Porkbun : An amazingly awesome domain name registrar that's different, easy, and affordable. Get a free .design domain name when you use the code LAYOUT at checkout. Show Notes showerdingus.design Zima Blue - Love, Death & Robots Deep fusion comparison shot Rams — Gary Hustwit R...

This week, Kevin is joined by special guest: Joey Banks. We talk about Figma plugins, electric scooters, our sleep schedules, coffee, and our thoughts on the iPhone 11 / 11 Pro. Sponsors Porkbun : An amazingly awesome domain name registrar that's different, easy, and affordable. Get a free .design domain name when you use the code LAYOUT at checkout. Show Notes Rafa's unfortunate Apple Store...

This week we discuss Apple's September event where they introduced Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ for the third time, iPads nobody care about, the always-on Apple Watch Series 4 and the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro. Sponsors Porkbun : An amazingly awesome domain name registrar that's different, easy, and affordable. Get a free .design domain name when you use the code LAYOUT at checkout. Show Notes Film Postc...

We're back! We talk about what happened since our last episode. Topics include: speaking at conferences, Break This Safe, Figma plugins, iOS 13 and our thoughts on the iPhone 11 rumors. Show Notes UXDX Conference Framer Loupe 2019 MTL Design Club Break this Safe SwiftUI Chirp Listener questions: Ollie: Figma Plugins Figma Plugins Cameron: Break this Safe Inspect Podcast on Twitter Inspect Podcast...

This week we follow up on SwiftUI and talk about our own personal challenges. We then talk about the new Dropbox app and episode 1 of Big Little lies Season 2. Follow Up SwiftUI Tutorials | Apple Developer Documentation Expanding the Sensory Experience with Core Haptics - WWDC 2019 - Videos - Apple Developer Show Notes Start building your dream integration with the Abstract SDK - Abstract Kevin Cl...

This week the episode is all about Apple's 2019 WWDC announcements: watchOS 6, iOS 13 and Dark Mode, iPadOS, the new cheese-grater Mac Pro and the outrageously expensive Pro Display XDR. Sponsors Abstract : Design workflow management for product design teams using Sketch Show Notes Apple Events - Keynote June 2019 watchOS 6 Preview iOS 13 Preview iPadOS Preview Mac Pro Mac Pro - Design Pro Display...

This week we talk about our job interviews that didn't work out and what we took away from these experiences. We also talk about Playdate, going all in on the USB-C lifestyle and how books might not work. Sponsors Abstract : Design workflow management for product design teams using Sketch , Dribbble Hangtime : One day conference with over 25 talks, workshops and intimate conversations in NYC on Ju...

This week we talk about feeling impostor syndrome as a manager and Dark themes vs Light themes. Sponsors Datadog : SaaS-based monitoring platform that provides dev and ops teams with a unified view of all their systems, apps, and logs. Show Notes Loren Brichter tweet Original dark/light theme tweet (poll) Using Mojave Dark Mode on only the Menu Bar and Dock — MDS NightOwl Recommendations Loom When...

This week we talk at length about the Facebook redesign. We also finally talk about The Rise of Skywalker trailer. Sponsors Abstract : Design workflow management for product design teams using Sketch Show Notes Did Apple buy or create the Keynote software? - Quora F8 2019 keynote in 12 minutes - The Verge Facebook is redesigning its core app around the two parts people actually like to use - The V...

This week we talk about how sometimes you have to be irrational to make something great. We also circle back to Rafa's Avengers Endgame predictions. Show Notes Samsung Delays Release of Galaxy Fold Smartphone - WSJ Vlad Savov on Twitter: "Samsung Galaxy Almost Fold" Kevin Gutowski on Twitter: the Keynote animation UI Kevin Clark on Twitter: "The new Google calendar UI for creating e...

This week we talk about why it seems like we're seeing fewer and fewer UI innovations and how there might hopefully be a silver lining in all of this. We also discuss Figma's UI refresh. Sponsors Abstract : Design workflow management for product design teams using Sketch Show Notes Layout #61: Crowdsourced Burritos (with Special Guest Ryan McLeod Blackbox Mike Rundle on Twitter: "Our Choice a...

This week Kevin has a contrarian opinion on the Staples logo reveal video and we talk about John Maeda's comments on the importance of design. Finally, Rafa gets his theory about Avengers Endgame on the record. Sponsors Future London Academy : UX & Digital Design Week 2019. Never stop learning. , Datadog : SaaS-based monitoring platform that provides dev and ops teams with a unified view of all th...

Short show this week. We follow our tradition of picking apart the details of Apple's announcements: News+, Arcade, Card and TV+. Show Notes AirPods ​​Apple Event ​​ Apple News+ ​​ Apple News+ vs. Apple Newsstand ​​ Apple Arcade ​​ Apple Card ​​ Apple TV App ​​ Apple TV+ ​Recommendations ​​ The OA (season 2) Us Hosts Kevin Clark ( @vernalkick ) Rafael Conde ( @rafahari )

This week, Rafa tells us all about his recent experience using Android for a few weeks: what he liked, what he didn't like and we finish by answering some listener questions. Sponsors Abstract : Design workflow management for product design teams using Sketch Show Notes ​​ Pixel 3 & Pixel 3 XL ​​ Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service at GDC 2019 ​​ Here is Google’s controller for its Stad...

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 Vis...

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. Sponsors 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...

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 Hosts Kevin Clark ( @vernalkick ) Rafael Con...

This week we talk about growing up to become your parents, getting emotional, the pitfalls of fame, Samsung's foldable phone and more. Sponsors 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 M...

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...