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)