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256: Audio Asterisk

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's with a heavy heart that we announce that we're going to be saying farewell to the show. We talk through why we wanted to do the show in the first...

255: Fist Sized Button, with Matthaeus Krenn

09 Jun 2023

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This week we are joined by best friend of the show, Matthaeus Krenn to go deep on Apple's Vision Pro. Sponsors GuideGuide: A plug...

254: Milanese Battery Belt

26 May 2023

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This week we go over what we think Apple will announce at WWDC and capture our thoughts on Apple's much-rumored upcoming VR headset, ahead of the even...

253: Designer to Artist, with Frederique Matti

12 May 2023

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This week, Rafa is joined by special guest Frederique Matti, to talk about her move away from tech into art. Sponsors GuideGuide:...

252: Adventures Learning 3D

28 Apr 2023

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This week, Kevin talks about his experiences learning 3D modelling and switching from Cinema 4D to Blender. Sponsors Userbit: Eve...

251: A Love Form

14 Apr 2023

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This week we talk about the vibe shift in the technology industry, how it affected us and our advice for designers. Sponsors User...

250: How Do We Feel About AI?

31 Mar 2023

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This week we talk about our feelings about AI and ChatGPT. Sponsors Tripsy: All you need for a safe and organized trip. Get 30% o...

249: Wear Those Numbers as a Badge of Honor

17 Mar 2023

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We're back! This week we catch up on what happened in our lives since the last episode and talk about our plans for season 3 of the show.Show Notes Ha...

248: Easter Egg Driven Development

16 Dec 2022

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This week is launch week for Rafa! We talk about all of the details behind the new version of Hand Mirror. Sponsors Fable: Fable ...

247: No Teddy Bears Were Harmed in the Making of This Layout

02 Dec 2022

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This week we talk about Kevin's camera purchase, Panic's Playdate and Rafa gives us an update on Handmirror. Sponsors Fable: Fabl...

246: The Porcelain Expanded Universe

18 Nov 2022

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2 weeks makes the world of a difference. We share our updated takes on the ongoing Twitter saga, Kevin continues to obsessively research cameras and R...

245: You Haven’t Finished Your Caprese

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we inevitably talk about Twitter, discuss Rewind—the search engine for your life, and finally briefly touch on why seemingly everyone hate...

244: It Takes Me 5 Minutes, But I Can Read

21 Oct 2022

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This week we talk about our experience hanging out together in person in Portugal last week, discuss the ideal camera now that we're spoiled by iPhone...

243: My UI Doesn’t Jiggle Jiggle

07 Oct 2022

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This week we deep dive into designing for the Dynamic Island and discuss our thoughts on the Google Event announcements. Sponsors ...

242: Figma x Adobe

23 Sep 2022

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This week we talk about Figma being acquired by Adobe, and give our thoughts on the new iPhone 14 Pro after using it for a few days. Sponsors ...

241: Dynamic Hole

09 Sep 2022

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This week we talk about Apple's latest announcements: the Apple Watch Ultra and the iPhone 14 Pro. Sponsors Zeplin: Figma faster ...

240: Dementors Are Just Misunderstood

19 Aug 2022

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This week we discuss the new Gmail Redesign and Kevin gives his review of After Steve. Sponsors Zeplin: Figma faster with Zeplin....

239: Free Range Baby

05 Aug 2022

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This week we talk about launching Along and give an update on Kevin's adoption of lock screen widgets. Sponsors Zeplin: Figma fas...

238: Stage Manager, First Impressions

23 Jul 2022

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As promised, this week Rafa gives us his first impressions of Stage Manager in macOS Ventura. Sponsors Zeplin: Figma faster with ...

237: Launching Until

08 Jul 2022

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This week we dive deeper into the launch of Until, Kevin's newly released app for iOS and watchOS. Sponsors Zeplin: Figma faster ...

236: Shame Driven Development

24 Jun 2022

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This week we go through some of the details that we missed in our WWDC episode, and Kevin has a special announcement! Sponsors Ze...

235: Big Dub Dub Energy, with Joey Banks

07 Jun 2022

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This week, we are joined by special guest Joey Banks to talk about Apple's WWDC 2022 announcements: iOS 16, watchOS 8, macOS Ventura, iPadOS 16, and t...

234: Designing Auto Layout, with Joel Miller and Oscar Nilsson

03 Jun 2022

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Kevin is out this week, so Rafa is joined by special guests Joel Miller and Oscar Nilsson from Figma to talk about their work designing Autolayout V4....

233: This One Is The Ewwest

20 May 2022

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This week we celebrate the life of the iPod by ranking our favorite and least favorite iPod industrial designs.Follow Up Kevin Was Wrong™Turns out, ...

232: Gridients, Because We’re So Clever

14 May 2022

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This week we talk about our first impressions of the new Figma features introduced at Config 2022, and what they mean for us as designers. Spons...

231: Chewable UI

07 May 2022

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This week we continue our discussion on app icons and go deep on the icon picker UI Rafa designed. Sponsors Around: Video calls d...

230: Aladdin’s Magic Rug

29 Apr 2022

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This week we talk about Kevin's foray into designing something for work, then get an update from Rafa about some of his furniture decisions, and Rafa ...

229: Center Stage of Attention

22 Apr 2022

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This week we talk about spending in-person time with your team, one of us has an official statement about the Studio Display, and we check in on Until...

228: Focus Mode, for the Camera

08 Apr 2022

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This week we talk about Kevin's Studio Display woes, webcams and dive into roll out strategies for launching a new iOS app.Follow Up Apple Studio Disp...

227: I Think Most People Don't Care

25 Mar 2022

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This week, Rafa gives us an update on his talk proposal, which leads into a conversation about bringing delight into our work, we then get into more o...

226: Honey I Shrunk The Designers

11 Mar 2022

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This week, we deep dive into Apple’s “Peek Performance” event, most notably the Studio Display.Show Notes Apple Peek EventMac StudioStudio Displ...

225: I Can See the Flexbox In My Head

05 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about strategies for bringing more dev into your design process... even when that's not expected of your role as a designer. S...

224: Pleading My Case to the Figma Gods

25 Feb 2022

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This week we talk about bringing fun into your work. Sponsors Zeplin: Figma faster with Zeplin. Eliminate time spent on design fi...

223: Babies Be Babying

18 Feb 2022

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This week we talk about Rafa's new hobby and Apple's Tap to Pay on iPhone. Sponsors Zeplin: Figma faster with Zeplin. Eliminate t...

222: Download an MKBHD

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're finally back after our extended holiday break! This week we catch up, talk about the challenges of interior design, and get into why you shouldn...

221: 2021 Year in Review

18 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we reflect on 2021, then get into a conversation about what we'd like to be known for and finally discuss how we'd like to grow in 2022. ...

220: Figma's Redesigned Comments, with Ryhan Hassan

10 Dec 2021

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This week, we're joined by friend of the show Ryan Hassan, designer at Figma, to tell us all about how they've redesigned Comments. Sponsors ...

219: Great Auto Layout Responsibility

03 Dec 2021

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This week we follow up on all of the feedback we got about the "new" Layout website and then talk about how a tweet about autolayout ended up being wa...

218: Human Machine Learning

27 Nov 2021

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This week we nerd out about our new website. While things look mostly the same, we rewrote all of the code and are now using a CMS to make posting epi...

217: Are you a Kevin or a Rafa?

19 Nov 2021

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This week we talk about career paths and Kevin gets into his experience managing managers. Sponsors Play: The first native iOS de...

216: MAX: Make Animals Xtinguished

13 Nov 2021

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This week we talk about learnings from our previous work experiences and then discuss a few macOS onboarding quirks. Sponsors Pla...

215: A Very Bond Villainy Thing To Do

05 Nov 2021

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Rafa got his new MacBook Pro, so of course we dive right into his thoughts on the new machine. We also talk about our favorite company swag. Spo...

214: Do You Use A Computer? STOP

29 Oct 2021

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This week we follow up on our MacBook Pro orders, address the design drama of the day and get into a conversation about the future of design tools. ...

213: Maxed Out M1 Max Mac

22 Oct 2021

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This week we briefly touch on Rafa's new job before jumping into our thoughts on the newly announced M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pros. Sponsors ...

212: I’m Siri’s Cousin (BONUS)

04 Oct 2021

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We're back! We catch up on everything Rafa released since our last episode, and Kevin gives his first impessions on the iPhone 13 Pro.Show Notes Booby...

211: [chirpbirdiconbirdie]

18 Aug 2021

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This week we talk about Twitter's visual evolution and the drama surrounding 1Password's move to Electron.Show Notes Twitter's new design updates...

210: A Floaty URL Bubble

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode is all about the iOS 15 Safari redesign (and the changes in the following beta builds).Show Notes Regarding the Safari 15 Public B...

209: Just One Blog Away

29 Jul 2021

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We're back! Rafa not only has a new baby but also a new app in the App Store! We talk about some of the details of the app, touch on how side projects...

208: Filling Your Ears, with Joey Banks

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are joined by special guest Joey Banks to talk about Apple's WWDC announcements and give some of our thoughts on the design decisions beh...

207: I Can Never See the Extra Ks (feat. David Darnes)

05 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we welcome our reporter out in the field, David Darnes, to tell us about his hands on experience with the new iMac.Show Notes David DarnesWe...

206: Your Phone Talking to Pluto

23 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week is all about Google IO, Material You, Project Starline and more! We also share details about some subtle tweaks we've made to our website an...

205: PRAM For Your Baby

07 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we catch up on a lot of follow up about Apple TV Calibration, AirTags, whether our thoughts about the new iMac have changed and finally open...

204: Designing FigJam, with Jenny Wen and Kee Yen Yeo

30 Apr 2021

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This week we are joined by Jenny Wen and Kee Yen Yeo from Figma to talk about the behind-the-scenes of designing FigJam. Sponsors ...

203: That Mini-LSD Thing

23 Apr 2021

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This week we briefly touch on Config 2021 and some of Figma's announcements, and then dive into Apple's Spring Loaded announcements: Apple Podcasts su...

202: I Noticed the OLEDness

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about taking your work presentations to another level, speculate about Apple's Spring Loaded event, and give our wishlist for WWDC 2...

201: By the Way… I Have a Job

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about using opacity in text colors when designing for light/dark mode, give our thoughts on Apple Fitness+ and get into Rafa's Hand ...

200: They Have Kombucha!

28 Mar 2021

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This is our 200th episode! We talk about Kevin's experience working from an office for the first time in over a year, getting into 3D modeling, Androi...

199: Weird Fleet But Ok

12 Mar 2021

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This week we check in on Rafa's first 6 months at Superlist, then talk about managing emotions at work, balancing side projects & a day job and Twitte...

198: My Siri Ball

05 Mar 2021

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This week we talk about the best follow up we've ever received, go through more of the macOS shortcuts we couldn't live without, and we give our hot t...

197: Cheat Sheet Schitt's Creek

12 Feb 2021

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This week we follow up on last week's topic: talking about how different parts of the deisgn lifecycle can influence your mood, bluetooth issues, iOS ...

196: I Can See All The Rectangles In My Head

05 Feb 2021

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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 ...

195: It's Not Blow Away

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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! ...

194: It Ran Into The Wall of Reality (with Brian Lovin)

22 Jan 2021

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

193: I’m the Yoda Now

15 Jan 2021

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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...

192: Varying Degrees of Lockdowness

31 Dec 2020

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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.Show Note...

191: Ariana Conde

14 Dec 2020

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This week we discuss filling out interview questions, Rafa's Apple Pro Display XDR and the AirPods Max.Follow Up [Poll] Do you shower with your watch ...

190: Let's Face It, One Of Us Is Weird

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about rugs, showering with your watch on, Fleets and more. It's a weird one.Follow Up Braided LoopPoll: Watch on while you showerSho...

189: Inside Sketch 70 (with Freddie Harrison and Sam Beckett)

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 S...

188: Big Surtified

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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.Sh...

187: Friends of Podcasting as a Whole

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about importing design ideas and Google's controversial new icons. Sponsors Retool: Build internal tools, fast....

186: Photoshop for Motorcycles (feat. Frederique Matti)

24 Oct 2020

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This week Rafa receives his new iPhone 12 Pro and we are joined by special guest Frederique Matti who tells us about the new Illustrator for iPad. ...

185: A Waterfall of Hand-Me-Downs

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about Apple’s “Hi, Speed” event and the products they announced: iPhone 12 and HomePod Mini.Show Notes Apple Event: October 13...

184: Get As Naked As You Can

09 Oct 2020

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This week we discuss Google's Launch Night In event and Rafa gets his MCU multiverse theory on record. Sponsors CuriosityStream: ...

183: I’ve Known You Since Your Twitter Profile Picture

02 Oct 2020

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This week we start by talking about beards and accidentally get into a philosophical conversation on whether we get more “right” as we get older. ...

182: TikTok Riots

25 Sep 2020

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This week we talk about watch face design, homescreen customization and another app Kevin's never going to actually ship. Sponsors ...

181: Wear Your Face For a Day

18 Sep 2020

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This week we spend two hours discussing a one hour event. Sponsors Webflow: Webflow empowers designers to build professional, cus...

180: Reset the PRAM on Your Car

10 Sep 2020

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This week, Rafa talks about his roadtrip experience and Kevin talks about the app he's been working on as a side-project. Sponsors ...

179: Infinite Pagination

02 Sep 2020

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This week's episode is all about how to leave your job the right way. We talk about Rafa's experience leaving Netlify and being intentional about care...

178: I Get All Kinds of Ponchos

24 Aug 2020

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This week we debate whether every website should have infinite scrolling, Rafa gets a green screen AND gets married, we talk about Instagram and Rafa'...

177: Like a Little Hammock

17 Aug 2020

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This week we talk about desk setups, Apple vs Fortnite and Thwhip's launch!Show Notes NotesRafa's Desk setup (scroll for pictures)Sam SoffesMy De...

176: I’m In the Nile

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about heatwaves, Thwip's app store rejections, the Big Sur Beta, whether cats can feel the wind from fans, and Rafa critiques Kevin'...

175: Peripheral Widgets

05 Aug 2020

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This week we talk about taking breaks when you need them, how our photo libraries still have a discoverability problem and Kevin wants to upgrade his ...

174: I’m the Creator and I Pronounce It 'Too-th-weep'

29 Jul 2020

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We're sorry about the delay in posting this episode, but we knew you were willing to wait for it. History has its ears on our show this week. We final...

173: Chair Twitter

20 Jul 2020

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This week we talk about Rafa's new Apple Watch app, office chairs, whether Kevin should've gotten a chair with arms or no arms and more!Show Notes Not...

172: A Karen Got My Handle

13 Jul 2020

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This week we talk about learning FOMO, Kevin's unsolicited Overcast redesign and more!Show Notes Design Details PodcastARKit 4 WWDC sessionSwiftUI coo...

171: You Wouldn’t Download a Car

23 Jun 2020

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This week, we're joined by ADA-winner and creator of Blackbox, Ryan McLeod. We talk about Apple's 2020 WWDC announcements: iOS 14, watchOS 7, macOS 11...

170: Just Do Stripe Again

17 Jun 2020

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This week we debate whether it's essential to enjoy using a product or not.Show Notes Day with NaeBenjamin Mayo: Rewatching WWDC 2011iOS 7 keynoteReco...

169: Design Tools Must Go On

24 May 2020

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This week we talk about old Apple Keynotes, the new Framer, criticizing products with love and more!Show Notes Breath of the Wild progression systemBr...

168: Feed It Now But Yesterday

11 May 2020

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This week, Rafa hacks his pet feeder and we nerd out about programming.Show Notes Rafa's pet feederFirebaseCloudKitCloudKit 101HandMirrorRecommen...

167: Something As Trivial As a Butter Thing, with Matthaeus Krenn

24 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are joined by special guest Matthaeus Krenn to talk about prototyping new types of interfaces, his work on VR-OS, residential architectur...

166: Kevin, It floats!

17 Apr 2020

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This week we’ve decided to be podcasting pioneers and recorded this episode entirely on an iPad. Well two iPads to be more precise. We each have our...

165: A Russian Doll of Topics

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about some apps that try too hard, Rafa's Handmirror app, Uncharted 4 (welcome to 2016!) and finally discuss the design of new PS5 g...

164: Black Cupcakes Are a Design Thing

03 Apr 2020

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This week's episode is an episode out of time. Kevin is joined by special guest Kassandre Jenkins to talk about design events, working from home, home...

163: Big Baby Web

28 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about COVID-19, social-distancing life, Rafa's new app: Hand Mirror, the new iPad Pro, the new iPad Magic Keyboard and pointer suppo...

162: Designers Just Wanna Have Fun

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we catch up on the latest design drama, neumorphism and editing podcasts on the iPad.Show Notes Amazon’s Eero debuts first HomeKit router ...

161: Past & Future of Sketch, with Pieter Omvlee

14 Feb 2020

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This week we welcome special guest Pieter Omvlee, to talk about the past, present and future of Sketch.Show Notes SketchPieter Omvlee on TwitterAnnoun...

160: Siri’s a Snitch

17 Jan 2020

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This week we take some time to catch up, talk about Kevin's upcoming move and then dive into our goals for 2020. Sponsors Future ...

159: Recommendation Bonanza 2020

10 Jan 2020

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This week we go all out with an entire episode jam-packed with recommendations.Show Notes Rafa's recommendations**Things to look out for:LoomKevi...

158: Kylo Ren Going Through a Divorce

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we follow up on the latest Sketch announcements, talk about guilt as a metric and finally discuss Parasite, our favorite film of the year.Fo...

157: Both Are Valid, but One Is Clearly Wrong

01 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about the Cybertruck, Cocoon, the latest Sketch news and trying out Castro.Show Notes Follow-upPhilip PižlTim Bendtoleksii (Alex) k...