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• Rockstar’s Game Design is Outdated - NakeyJakey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)