383: Invisible Design

<p>This week, we talk about “invisible design” – those products and experiences that go unnoticed when present, but would be immediately noticed if absent. In The Sidebar, we react to the new Tesla Model S refresh.</p><hr /><h3><strong>Latest VIP Patrons:</strong></h3><ul><li>Ben Patton</li><li>Grzegorz</li><li>Danielle Schechter</li><li>Havana Nguyen</li><li>John Cafazza</li></ul><hr /><h3><strong>The Sidebar:</strong></h3><p>The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to full episodes going forward! Sign up at <a href="https://patreon.com/designdetails">https://patreon.com/designdetails</a>.</p><p>In this week's Sidebar, we react to the latest Tesla Model S refresh.</p><hr /><h3><strong>Follow up:</strong></h3><p>Following up on last week’s conversation about phygital experiences:</p><ul><li>Harish Shivaraman DM’d us: <i><a href="https://www.ledger.com">Ledger's hardware crypto wallet</a> has just 2 buttons that you can interact with and they've got Mac and iOS apps for buying, selling cryptocurrencies.</i><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwords-wallets-fortunes.html">NYT piece on lost passwords locking people out of Bitcoin fortunes</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/divyatakart/status/1355092995830206464">Divya Tak tweeted</a>: <i>One other company which has a good phygital experience is Airbnb. Not sure if it fits the discussion but their experience does move out of just the app.</i> – we can’t believe we forgot this example!</li></ul><hr /><h3><strong>Main Topic:</strong></h3><p>Kevin Fernandez hit us up in the DMs: <i>Hey guys! I loved today’s episode ( maybe because my name got mentioned 😎 ) but also because you’ll touched on some great topics. <strong>One which really peaked my interest was services/products that are invisible but make a difference in everyday life. I would love to know more of these services/apps/products that are out there.</strong> I think it would