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Instagram goes monochrome, Apple Music and Spotify design changes and Microsoft's new hover gestures. White Instagram? Apple Music redesign at WWDC? Spotify’s Tab Bar and kerning is hard Jean Marc Denis's tweet about the french kerning Designing at 1x Upspace Microsoft’s hover gestures Samsung did it first and it kinda sucked and no one cared Recommendations: Star Wars making of Dann Petty’s daily vlog Abstract App Spread the love ❤️ Upvote on Designer News Upvote on Product Hunt Sponsor the show Have an interesting new product or service you'd like to share with the listeners of Layout? You should sponsor the show! HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Rafa's new Apple Watch game and some of the challenges that a designer goes through while building an app. Break this Safe, a "creatively frustrating" Apple Watch game MacStories's review of Break this Safe MacWorld's feature of Break this Safe Blackbox HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Origami Studio, syncing and sharing Sketch files with a team and the pros and cons of using a personal account versus a separate account for posting design work.Follow up Rafa tried Facebook Live It’s a good week for designers Framer Sketch 3.7 Origami Origami Studio Facebook F8 Rapid Prototyping Made Easy with Origami Studio Designing at Facebook Sync and sharing Sketch files with a team Question by Ken Li via email. Folio for Mac Pixelapse Layervault Dropbox Design Cabin Pros and cons of using a personal vs separate account for posting design work Question by Niklas Petersson on Twitter. HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

The all new Framer, Spotify v. Apple Music, and the new Rogue One trailer. Framer has a new face, and sweet new features Homepage, teaser New logo: Dribbble Origami Icon Sketch 2 SketchCasts episode on Framer Rafa rants: Apple Music v. Spotify Taylor Swift's Ad Spotify Running Rogue One: A Star Wars Story New trailer IMDB page HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

How to work and collaborate with developers and how to make sure your designs and expectations are followed-through.Sketch 3.7 Download the beta Style are awesome now (overrides) Shared Styles now no longer sync automatically How you work and interact with engineers? Question asked by Jony Heim on Twitter What's the problem? Products don't end up like the mockups Things are lost in the process No one's happy Kickoff Bring developers early While designing Ask questions Ask for feedback Show your work early Fresh Eyes session Consider edge cases Error states Internationalization Empty states Transitions No internet connection Tip: Bootstrap Grids for example 8pt grid Handoff Prototypes Mockups Annotations Zeplin While developing Get them to care about good design Design reviews Any code in the codebase that affects user experience needs to be reviewed by a designer Stuff doesn't go out unless we okay it Aftershow Apple Music Ad Tesla Model 3 HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (

Job interviews, how to get and prepare for themFollow up InVision bought Silver Layout Episode 13 Show topic: Job interviews How to get an interview? Have a portfolio Be out there! Twitter, Dribbble, Medium, etc. Be involved in community events, meetups Squares Conference Use discount code SQUARES25 for 25% off Ask people to grab a coffee Advice for people fresh out of college Types of interviews General life story Show you're passionate (reference articles, etc) Tell a good story Portfolio review Only show your best stuff Be honest (being critical of your work is good) Be open to feedback Design exercise (whiteboard) How is it like to work with you? What’s your thinking process like? Design Criticism (at Facebook) Sebastian on Twitter asks: “What’s your worst interview experience and what kind of question should the interviewee ask in an interview” Help others find the show Upvote on Designer News Upvote on Product Hunt HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

The differences between independent, freelance, agencies, product companies and why you'd choose one over the other.Follow up Putting out the Twitter trashfire Jack’s tweet More details about Silver Topics Agency Work vs Product Company vs Independent vs Freelance Requested by Santi Herrero (@santihbc) Independent: SketchCasts Break this Safe Frames.design Invision Treehouse Freelance: Layout episode 10: California Style Sheets Product Company Shopify The Elephant in the Room HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Uber's rebranding and Twitter's hypothetical algorithmic timeline.Topics Uber's new branding: New branding page The Inside Story of Uber’s Radical Rebranding Uber loading screen Old Uber website Layout Episode 1: Medium's new logo Algorithmic Twitter Buzzfeed's article Twitter's new logged out homepage Recommendations Craft from InVision Labs Multitouch gestures in Framer Spread the word about the show Designer News Product Hunt Please tweet about it if you liked the show! HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Our design process, more thoughts on Figma and the Shopify Summit.Follow up Kevin had more time to play with Figma Layout episode 8 — Figma and the future of design tools Rasmus Andersson Topics Our design process Recommendations Bjango Design Resources – New App Icon Template Suits HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Desktop Neo, rethinking the desktop interface and Dribbble Playbook.Follow up We beat Tobias on Product Hunt ​

The future of Sketch and the story of how we got where we are today.Follow Up: The Past, Present and Future of Sketch – Interview with Pieter Omvlee What’s our background story? Rafa’s Journey: Rafael Conde Think Orange SketchCasts Imaginary Cloud Frames Kevin’s Journey: Kevin Clark OKAM Busbud Shopify Recommendations: Design Life Podcast – A new podcast by two designers Marvel for iOS – The most delightful app Rafa has used in years Gyroscope Gyroscope’s Year in Review HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Designing in code, MacBook vs iPad pro as a secondary machine and Icon Design Awards. Design with CSS in Sketch Designing in code Rafa bought a new iMac MacBook vs. iPad Pro as a secondary machine We are going to be broke in 2016 Graphic for iPad Icon Design Awards Instagram's "new" icon Louie Mantia HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Figma and the future of design tools. Follow up: Filtron Building Filtron Designing Filtron Figma: Grid Systems for Screen Design Figma aims to be Github for designers Slack from the Start Related: Update on Project Comet Djay iPad app HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

The Force Awakens is finally here. We talk about the many things we liked, the few things that we didn't like and how we're so happy that Star Wars is back. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer The Incomparable Star Wars Feed Robot Chicken John Boyega on Jimmy Fallon HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Design interviews, Mailbox officially shuts down, how we feel about personal websites and Apple's ugly new battery case. Pre-show: Running design interviews Follow up: Mailbox officially shuts down: Dropbox's blog post Tim Van Damme's tweet announcing he's leaving Dropbox Personal websites Dribbble iosup Rafa hates fun Instagram Apple's ugly new battery case Nilay's theory The year of ugly Apple accessories HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

This week we talk about the apps we use to get our work done. Follow up: Photo editing apps for iOS: Gui Seiz's tweet Afterlight Enlight Filtron Tools that we use: Safari vs Chrome Calendar vs Fantastical Mail vs Mailbox Slack Letterspace iA Writer vs Byword Framer vs Origami SiteSucker Final Cut Pro X Logic Pro X Motion Affinity Designer vs Pixelmator Codekit 2 Tower Transmit xScope ImageOptim Screenflow Dash Spectrum Adobe Kuler Slicy Paste Sip Recommendations of the week Unsplash book Wallcat Waitbutwhy HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Public Speaking, Photo editing apps, using the iPad Pro to design and a eulogy to Rdio. Follow up: Daniel Klopper reminded us of Inboard Kevin's talk at MacTech Antifragile Design Photo editing apps for the iPad VSCO and their inscrutable icons Darkroom Filtron Using the iPad Pro to design RIP Rdio A eulogy Important news from Rdio The Rdio Sandwich Video Wilson Miner's tweets Star Wars Battlefront Trailer Rafa’s PSN ID: RafaelConde Master of None HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

RIP Ember, Twitter favorites (err likes) and the new Apple TV UI Follow up: RIP Ember Want to help build an alternative? Shoot Kevin an email Twitter favorites likes Twitter's announcement blog post Announcement tweet from a Twitter PM (looks like they removed the awful replies) Twitter sees a 6% increase in "like" activity after first week of hearts People complaining about the "new" Spotify green People hate change Riding the Magic Escalator of Acquired Knowledge The new Apple TV Apple's marketing page tvOS HIG Rafael's Apple ID woes HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Microsoft's autocomplete for animation, robots taking your job, and being a jack of all trades. Follow up: Twitter Flight: Jack Dorsey apologizes to developers Listener @heriquitto confirms there's a light and dark mode on Twitter TechCrunch has a good recap of what happened at Twitter Flight Millenials are terrible people (but not really) Microsoft debuts autocomplete for animation Article on FastCompany Microsoft's concept video for how it sees 2020 Humans need not apply Jack of all trades, master of none? Tobias Van Schneider's email newsletter Kevin's tweet about it HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)

Twitter's latest announcements, Paper by Dropbox, YouTube Red, Framer's interesting new pricing model and the new Star Wars trailer. Follow up: Mobile first: Listener James Greenaway's comment on Twitter Listener Frederik Dudzik's comment on Twitter Medium's new logo: Listener Gonçalo Morais's Medium post on why he likes the logo Twitter announcements: Twitter Flight Tell Compelling Stories with Twitter on Mobile or Web New official Twitter app for OS X: Paper, by Dropbox Youtube is getting rid of ads, for $9.99 a month Framer's new app pricing model Webkit removed 350ms delay on links The new Star Wars trailer: Watch it on YouTube The Verge analyses the trailer Back to the Future Nike made Marty's shoes HostsKevin Clark (@vernalkick)Rafael Conde (@rafahari)