Sixty Two’s October Picks: Remote Working, Earth-Centered Design, icons8’s Vector Creator
This month, our team scatters and set up grounds to work from different parts of the globe. We’ve got team members exploring different places in Indonesia, taking days off, conquering mountains, and chilling for a refreshing getaway. Others, flew up north to Vancouver, Canada for a dose of fall vibes with that PNW air. A couple members decided to go down south — to settle down to a place they can call home in Sydney or to explore the grounds, lakes, seas, fields, and beaches of New Zealand.
So yes, we are very distributed during the month of October. How we do it you may ask? Check out our recent article we’ve put together about the basics of remote working. From setting up a distributed team, finding a work environment that works for you, and running meetings in different timezones, you can find the ABCs of Sixty Two’s secrets to a successful remote team from this illustrated article.
Here’s a little sneak peak of the article:
But aside from physical places we explored, here are a few sites we’ve stumbled upon in our digital adventures within the interweb.
Is Earth-centered design the new human-centered design?
Earth-centered Design Manifesto
Instead of putting “humans” in the center of our work, can we challenge ourselves to put the Earth in the center? We believe that designers play a part to hold our actions accountable for the impact we created in this worldThis article unpacks 20 values that you can refer to as Earth-Centered Design practitioners. Interested to learn more, here’s on planet-centered design by Design Assembly of New Zealand.
A redesign for the unapologetic media company
VICE’s redesign
We love what MetaLab has done for VICE. Can we take a second to just marvel on that sexy editorial graphics, satisfying mobile interactions, and a beautiful portfolio presentation. Kudos to you, MetaLab.
Can’t illustrate. No problem.
See the Vector Creator
With a majority of product designers in our team, we do find times where we take a long-stretch when doing illustrations. Icons8’s new service definitely deserves a round of applause.
Google Calendar in Slack. YAS QUEEN.
Try it now now now now
Say no more to missing our conference calls with google cal notifications in Slack! Join meeting without moving out of your way to that Google Calendar link or phone app. One click away to joining a meeting and changing your response. Easy win for our hearts.
So how do I turn down the volume again?
Read the article here
Remember in our July Picks, we shared a website that get people frustrated about navigating through the site? Well, here’s a compilation of nasty volume control UIs based on a post from Reddit. Here is one of our favourites (or the one we had the most laugh at
Watch Silicon Valley?
Get your custom city here
If you don’t watch Silicon Valley, that’s ayt. Here’s a little generator that customizes buildings to whatever words you want it to be. And if you are interested in watching the series, it’s a hilarious adventure of 5 dudes trying to make a startup at Silicon Valley. Yep. Stereotypical but on-point!
Tell us what’s your pick and comment down below, we’re curious to know what you’re seeing, reading, listening, and doing. Drop us a line or those claps to see more of these content in the future!
