Journey up and through a cosmic soundscape of Ambient, Dance, and Electronic in our latest Zoned playlist. 🛸
This 44th edition has been curated by Content Strategist @faith__mcallister , who edits the @spotify.design blog. She also writes these captions. 😼
Resist shuffling this one! Find all our playlists on the Listen hub (link in bio) or search for Spotify Design on the app. 👽
Ever feel overwhelmed when you're standing on the precipice of a big design project? ☝️
With so much information to gather and understand, it’s often hard to know where to start...
In "Navigating the Discovery Phase", Product Designer II Ashley Jahren shares her tips for transforming your project from individualistic tasks to a collaborative program with everyone working towards a common goal. 🤝
Link in bio to read the blog post.
Zero app crashes a day keeps the doctor away! 🍎
This is one of the goals of our Performance Cards tool – a pair of digital decks to help you challenge your perceptions and design for access-constrained users with significant technological differences.
Download your decks, designed by Product Designer II @ow.dsgn , and bust the cards out early on in your design sprint. Link in bio.
Localization is just translation, right?
Wrong! ❌
Localization = the process of adapting our product and content so it feels local to each listener. This requires:
👉 Getting to know our listeners
👉 Understanding local cultures
👉 Gaining insight into user behaviors and market nuances
Translation is one component of how a localized experience is created, but it’s not the main function of Spotify’s Localization team.
Hear more from localization experts @mercedes and @queenofthepond on the blog. Link in bio.
📣 This is the one you've been waiting for: a blog post on Encore's evolution! ⚡
"We last spoke publicly about what Spotify is doing in the design system space in 2019 when we introduced a new system called Encore. Since then it's been radio silence... We’ve had our heads down learning, thinking, and shipping. So, maybe you’re curious... How has Encore grown and evolved in the last few years? And what have we learned?"
Read what Engineering Managers @shaunbent and @iamtyce and their team have been up to over the last three years. Link in bio.
Zoned 43 is full of freshly squeezed sounds for your morning smoothie. Ripe with Indie, Folk and Jazz selections, this fruity playlist is curated by Senior Product Designer @bexmoores . 🍒
Favorite track? DOPE LEMON – Marinade. Very apt. 🍋
Check it out on the Listen hub where you'll find 40+ playlists, all curated by the Spotify Design community. Link in bio.
A little glimpse of our latest free tool: Performance Cards. 👁️
When designing for people who live across the globe from you, understanding context is key. 💭
Read how we use these at Spotify in the blog post by @ow.dsgn and get your copy of the Figma file. Link in bio.
As we continue to roll out a new web homepage experience that takes you straight to what you want (music, books, and podcasts, of course) we're reflecting on the two-year journey, 10 teams, three design sprints, and four A/B tests it took to get there.
While the change from web page to web player may seem like a simple one, it was easier said than done.
Dig into the design process and find out what @alexgoree and her team learned along the way. Link in bio to read the blog.
Curated by Senior Product Designer @fbnsz , Zoned 42 rides the waves of Brazilian, Disco, and Electro... with a little Trap and Latin Urbano in the mix for good measure. You love to hear it. 🔥
Whether you're focusing or getting ready for the club, this playlist is a vibe. Link in bio to listen. 🎧
Q: How do we go about making Spotify relevant for everyone who uses our app?
A: Localization!
In our latest blog post, @mercedes and @queenofthepond walk you through what localization is and how it works at Spotify, how it informs design and the user experience, and they round off with some actionable tips on how you can best design with global users in mind.
Link in bio. 🌍
Introducing our latest free tool: Performance Cards!
A pair of digital decks to help you challenge your perceptions and design for access-constrained users with care.
“When we design a new feature at Spotify, it'll be used by people all over the globe… Our markets have significant technological differences, and so, to design for them in a meaningful way, we have to infuse our design process with empathy.”
Read the post by Product Designer II @ow.dsgn and break these cards out early on in your next design sprint! Link in bio.
Fuel your Monday motivation with a heady dose of Boogie, Soul, and Disco, courtesy of UX Writer Laura Lopez’s playlist.
Zoned 41 is a line-up of lost musical gems from across the globe that graced the dance floors of yesterday.
Lap it up via the Listen hub, on the blog (link in bio).
