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• Rockstar’s Game Design is Outdated - NakeyJakey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)