Layout

This week we talk about our struggles with explaining ideas and concepts at the beginning stages of a project, designing in low fidelity, Big Sur App icon replacements and more!

• macOS Replacement Icons
• Change your icons with Pictogram
• The Road to Excellence, by Kevin Clark

• Alfred
  • The Productivity Shop - YouTube
• Notion

This week we talk about the challenges with onboarding onto a new team... even after being at the same company for 7 years, Tweetbot 6 and more!

• macOS Big Sur 11.2 Release Candidate
• Software Fix for M1 Mac Bluetooth Connectivity Issues Reportedly On the Way
• AirPods Max
• Sony WH-1000XM4
• Apple in-ear headphones
• Tweetbot 6: Early access
• Rafa's Twitter Muted words for better notifications

• Humanscale NeatTech
• Aqueux: Wallpapers
  • Rafa's Twitter thread on the details
• Shortcut to change wallpapers
• In & of Itself, by Derek DelGaudio

This week we are joined by special guest Brian Lovin to talk about his new side project, staff design and more!

• Layout episode 55: With Our Powers Combined (With Brian Lovin and Bryn Jackson)
• Staff.Design
  • Interview with Wilson Miner
• Brian Lovin
  • Twitter
  • His site
• Dithering

• Photomosh
• Pretend it’s a City
• Craft
  • Dribbble post

This week, Rafa gets a Leica Q2 and we nerd out about photography. We talk about whether or not people like Rafa should buy a camera, what to look for when you're considering getting a camera, our personal editing workflows and more!

• Rafa’s Twitter poll, should he get a camera?
• Simon Sarris
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

• Kevin's Camera (Olympust OM-D E-M10 Mark II)
• M.Zuiko 45mm ƒ/1.8 lens
• Leica Q2
• Lightning to SD Card Reader: Apple Store
• USB-C to SD Card Reader: Apple Store

• Leica FOTOS (App)
• Adobe Lightroom
• Pixelmator Pro 2.0 (Mac)
• Pixelmator Photo (iPad)
• Darkroom
• TouchRetouch
  • App Store (iOS)
  • Mac App Store
  • Google Play Store
• Kevin on Instagram
• Rafa on Instagram

• Pixelmator Pro
• Alice in Borderland

We round out the year by reflecting on 2020 and the growth that came with the hardship and how this year has shaped the technology landscape.

• Rafa’s Baby Announcement Tweet
• Gabriel’s Layout Alternative Cover
• Spec’s Post Mortem

• The Undoing (2020)
• Plastic Hearts - Miley Cyrus
• Square Mile Coffee Roaster
• Fellow: Ode Brew Grinder

This week we discuss filling out interview questions, Rafa's Apple Pro Display XDR and the AirPods Max.

• [Poll] Do you shower with your watch on?
• Ollie's feedback
• Jess's feedback

• Apple Pro Display XDR
  • Rafa's tweet about hiding his webcam
  • Who wants a webcam?
  • iSight camera with Raspberry Pi
• AirPods Max

• Anker PowerExpand 6-in-1
• Details Pro

This week we talk about rugs, showering with your watch on, Fleets and more. It's a weird one.

• Braided Loop
• Poll: Watch on while you shower

• Twitter Fleets

• Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Uncheck allow tinting in window preference
• Developer folder in your root directory

This week we welcome special guests Freddie and Sam from Sketch to go in depth on how they redesigned Sketch from the ground up to adopt the new Big Sur design language.

This episode was recorded on November 4th, 2020

• Sketch
• The evolution of Sketch icons over the years
• Sketch's New Icon Teaser
• Sketch's Big Sur UI Teaser
• Sketch: "Why we're proud to build a truly native Mac app"
• Freddie Harrison, Head of Copy & Content at Sketch
• Sam Beckett, Product Designer at Sketch

• Bartender for Big Sur
• A Complicated Profession ("The Mandalorian" reviewed)
• Uno Task
• First Man

This week we talk about Apple's One More Thing event: the M1 chip, the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pros and share more of our thoughts on Big Sur's UI.

• Audio Hijack
• Apple's One More Thing Event
• Alternate icons that didn't ship
• Keynote's Big Sur redesign

• 20 Macs for 2020
• Queen's Gambit

This week we talk about importing design ideas and Google's controversial new icons.

• Rafa's LiDAR tweets
• Polycam
• Studio Neat
• MagSafe Dock

• Kevin's thread about importing ideas
• Google's new icons
• Cameron Moll on unity vs uniformity

• Dream Home Makeover
• Studio McGee on YouTube
• Clips gets its biggest update ever