This week we talked about the Facebook Paper announcement, the grand vision, and real world universal appeal.

Pepsi Gate at MetLife Stadium

Facebook Paper

Candy Crush

Bar Rescue

Dots

This week we talked about Squarespace Logo, the future according to the movie Her, and the breakup of H&FJ.

FitMob on TechCrunch

Squarespace Logo

The Noun Project

Why Her Will Dominate UI Design Even More Than Minority Report

Make it So

Tobias Frere-Jones v. Jonathan Hoefler

This week we talked the problem with TED, DRM in HTML, and the future of the open web.

We need to talk about TED - Benjamin Bratton (Article)

TEDx talk by Benjamin Bratton

TED isn’t a recipe for ‘civilisational disaster’ (response from Chris Anderson)

How Netflix Reverse Engineered Hollywood - Alexis C. Madrigal

Cory Doctorow: We are Huxleying ourselves into the full Orwell.

It’s our annual year in review show. We summarized 2013 in design and talked about the 3 topics that topped our lists.

2013 in Design thread on the Subreddit

This week we were joined by Mitch Goldstein. Mitch has taught at RISD, MICA, VCU, and Rhode Island College. He currently teaches at RIT. You may also know him as Angry Paul Rand.

Mitch’s Reading List

This week we talked about class divides and how it’s addressed in the design community.

Protesters block Google bus in S.F. Mission

Startup CEO Complains SF Is Full of Human Trash

Leo the Homeless Coder wants to help you carpool

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut

Dunne & Raby - Technological Dream Series: No. 1, Robots

This week we talked about the all of those things designed to save world and how they’re taking over.

Andy saves Ted the Kitten

…another Ted photo

Design and Violence (MoMA)

Stuff You Should Know: How Bitcoin Works

£60m bitcoin heist

Sheep Marketplace Subreddit

Bitcoin heist followup

Amazon Prime Air drones

This week we were inspired to discuss two presentations from the 2013 Build Conference:

Frank Chimero: What Screens Want

David Cole: Applied Discover

Dan couldn’t join us this week, so Andy and I discussed:

Giving Brand Back its Soul

Coin

George’s Exploding Wallet

This week we focused on format and presentation:

Nate Silver got it right

Ignore the Code on Pagination

Difficult-to-read font reduces political polarity

Bringing Responsiveness to Apps

The Presentation Mistake You Don’t Know You’re Making

Instagram, the Devil, and You