Rob Whitfield
@robwhitfield.bsky.social
🎨 Senior product designer @zeroheight.com
🎙️ Co-host of The Product Shipping Forecast podcast
🎶 Regularly found at gigs and the cinema
🎙️ Co-host of The Product Shipping Forecast podcast
🎶 Regularly found at gigs and the cinema
Love that Pitchfork picked Los Thuthanaka for album of the year. Was delighted to see them live at Le Guess Who last month and solidified it as one of my favourite albums this year
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Love that Pitchfork picked Los Thuthanaka for album of the year. Was delighted to see them live at Le Guess Who last month and solidified it as one of my favourite albums this year
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Converge 2025 talks are now available on demand! 👇
We may be biased, but these are some of our best yet. Whether you missed the conference or want to relive the highlights, you can now watch every talk. 💫
🎥 Watch now: hubs.li/Q03Wp53h0
We may be biased, but these are some of our best yet. Whether you missed the conference or want to relive the highlights, you can now watch every talk. 💫
🎥 Watch now: hubs.li/Q03Wp53h0
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Converge 2025 talks are now available on demand! 👇
We may be biased, but these are some of our best yet. Whether you missed the conference or want to relive the highlights, you can now watch every talk. 💫
🎥 Watch now: hubs.li/Q03Wp53h0
We may be biased, but these are some of our best yet. Whether you missed the conference or want to relive the highlights, you can now watch every talk. 💫
🎥 Watch now: hubs.li/Q03Wp53h0
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Bring Donkey Kong To Life (Evanescence + DK Rap MASHUP)
YouTube video by Magik Mike
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My one hope with Metroid Prime 4's companions is that they're only along for short periods - e.g. one of your goals is finding them and getting them to a safe hub (during which they assist you). Once at the hub they'll remain there for the rest of the game.
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My one hope with Metroid Prime 4's companions is that they're only along for short periods - e.g. one of your goals is finding them and getting them to a safe hub (during which they assist you). Once at the hub they'll remain there for the rest of the game.
Secured a ticket to see Masayoshi Takanaka in London next year! Hope he brings the surfboard www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTDK...
Bu-Beleza Pura~Taji Mahal"Live2008" Masayoshi Takanaka 高中正義
YouTube video by Bugok2368
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November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Secured a ticket to see Masayoshi Takanaka in London next year! Hope he brings the surfboard www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTDK...
So Mubi picked it up for other territories and Criterion has it for the US, but like is this going to be available in the UK at all?
Starting on November 24, three new episodes of BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI will be released on the Channel every Monday night at 8pm ET through the end of January. Head to this link www.criterionchannel.com/blossoms-sha... to learn more and add to your watchlist now.
Blossoms Shanghai - The Criterion Channel
PREMIERING NOVEMBER 24 AT 8 P.M. ET
In 1990s Shanghai, fortunes are waiting to be made—but not everyone can be a winner. In his first-ever television series, legendary director Wong Kar Wai (IN THE M...
www.criterionchannel.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So Mubi picked it up for other territories and Criterion has it for the US, but like is this going to be available in the UK at all?
It's the most wonderful time of the year - Le Guess Who festival is just days away!
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year - Le Guess Who festival is just days away!
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In February, @subpop.bsky.social came to me with an idea that I found hard to resist: @clppng.bsky.social wanted to play the Tiny Desk, like, ON the actual desk... with MIDI-controlled robots striking coffee mugs and shaking paper clips.
It's finally here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k...
It's finally here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k...
clipping.: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In February, @subpop.bsky.social came to me with an idea that I found hard to resist: @clppng.bsky.social wanted to play the Tiny Desk, like, ON the actual desk... with MIDI-controlled robots striking coffee mugs and shaking paper clips.
It's finally here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k...
It's finally here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k...
A really solid week of movies with the last couple of films I caught at London Film Festival - Sholay in particular was great fun. Fantastic restoration that really deserved that IMAX screening #LastFourWatched
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A really solid week of movies with the last couple of films I caught at London Film Festival - Sholay in particular was great fun. Fantastic restoration that really deserved that IMAX screening #LastFourWatched
Whilst the Springsteen biopic was a bit of a disappointment, London Film Festival has been treating me very well.
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Whilst the Springsteen biopic was a bit of a disappointment, London Film Festival has been treating me very well.
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RIP to inspirational movie poster legend, Drew Struzan. Everything he put his pen to ended up being some canonical representation of a movie we now love. Often, the posters are more famous than the movies themselves. Poster auteurism!
We love these unused Struzan designs for Back to the Future.
We love these unused Struzan designs for Back to the Future.
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
RIP to inspirational movie poster legend, Drew Struzan. Everything he put his pen to ended up being some canonical representation of a movie we now love. Often, the posters are more famous than the movies themselves. Poster auteurism!
We love these unused Struzan designs for Back to the Future.
We love these unused Struzan designs for Back to the Future.
My colleague Rab made this horrid date picker where you have to select date numbers using darts
New day, new horrible contributions to the Bad UX World Cup! 😃
Join the fun, submit your worst date picker here: badux.lol
The best/worst date pickers will to through to the final in late October! 🙌
#baduxworldcup
Join the fun, submit your worst date picker here: badux.lol
The best/worst date pickers will to through to the final in late October! 🙌
#baduxworldcup
October 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My colleague Rab made this horrid date picker where you have to select date numbers using darts
Started strong at London Film Festival with Resurrection, Bi Gan’s latest film. He continues to just make absolutely stunning films. Some of the most beautiful images I’ve seen and an incredible single take near the end of the film as well #LFF
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Started strong at London Film Festival with Resurrection, Bi Gan’s latest film. He continues to just make absolutely stunning films. Some of the most beautiful images I’ve seen and an incredible single take near the end of the film as well #LFF
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My submission for @nordcraft.com’s #BadUXWorldCup on badux.lol:
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Need to find the perfect date?
Modern problems require modern solutions
Find the one you’re looking for with Shitty Date Picker today:
html-starter-fawn-kappa.vercel.app
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Need to find the perfect date?
Modern problems require modern solutions
Find the one you’re looking for with Shitty Date Picker today:
html-starter-fawn-kappa.vercel.app
October 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My submission for @nordcraft.com’s #BadUXWorldCup on badux.lol:
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Need to find the perfect date?
Modern problems require modern solutions
Find the one you’re looking for with Shitty Date Picker today:
html-starter-fawn-kappa.vercel.app
—
Need to find the perfect date?
Modern problems require modern solutions
Find the one you’re looking for with Shitty Date Picker today:
html-starter-fawn-kappa.vercel.app
One Rebrand After Another (is this anything?)
✨ We’ve rebranded! Meet the new zeroheight.
What began as the easiest way to document design systems is now the platform for the full design system lifecycle—docs, delivery, measurement & management.
Same trusted platform, with a fresh look to match how we’ve evolved.
See more: hubs.li/Q03JLM1T0
What began as the easiest way to document design systems is now the platform for the full design system lifecycle—docs, delivery, measurement & management.
Same trusted platform, with a fresh look to match how we’ve evolved.
See more: hubs.li/Q03JLM1T0
September 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
One Rebrand After Another (is this anything?)
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in addition to being a humiliating flop, this moment is yet another baffling example of tech companies trying to market an AI tool that doesn't fulfill any meaningful purpose. this guy just needs a RECIPE BOOK. or, like, a tiktok.
September 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
in addition to being a humiliating flop, this moment is yet another baffling example of tech companies trying to market an AI tool that doesn't fulfill any meaningful purpose. this guy just needs a RECIPE BOOK. or, like, a tiktok.
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T-minus 2 days until we share with you the rebrand we've been working on for almost 12 months. Been a heck of along journey but we're ALMOST THERE
September 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
T-minus 2 days until we share with you the rebrand we've been working on for almost 12 months. Been a heck of along journey but we're ALMOST THERE
Managed to book a bunch of stuff for London Film Festival that was on my priority list. Should be a fun couple of weeks
September 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Managed to book a bunch of stuff for London Film Festival that was on my priority list. Should be a fun couple of weeks
In the weird limbo of Nintendo having taken my money but seemingly not confirmed I have bought Silksong. I guess I'll try again after work
September 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In the weird limbo of Nintendo having taken my money but seemingly not confirmed I have bought Silksong. I guess I'll try again after work
I thought the whole argument for voting for Labour (I didn't) was keeping the Tories out. Certainly doesn't seem like thats happened.
September 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I thought the whole argument for voting for Labour (I didn't) was keeping the Tories out. Certainly doesn't seem like thats happened.
With Shinobi getting great reviews and Silksong out soon I think I'm just going to play 2D action games for the rest of the year - oh and I still need to play Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
August 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
With Shinobi getting great reviews and Silksong out soon I think I'm just going to play 2D action games for the rest of the year - oh and I still need to play Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
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And some days you just need to listen to this again.
Call Me A Hole - Nine Inch Nails And Carly Rae Jepsen By PomDeter
Listen to Call Me A Hole - Nine Inch Nails And Carly Rae Jepsen By PomDeter by 8GioManX #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
And some days you just need to listen to this again.
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quite something that sally rooney vows to support palestine action with her money and suddenly she shouldn't have a career, while jk rowling vows to continue persecuting trans people with her immense wealth and gets a brand new hundreds of millions television adaptation of her naff wizard books
Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.
August 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
quite something that sally rooney vows to support palestine action with her money and suddenly she shouldn't have a career, while jk rowling vows to continue persecuting trans people with her immense wealth and gets a brand new hundreds of millions television adaptation of her naff wizard books
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This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent
www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
August 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent
www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/