What were your big #MomentsofClarity from Clarity? Share them today by 1PM central time and you might just get your hands on some Spotify Design swag.

Spanning geographies and genres, Zoned 40 is a playlist made for late nights in late summer, curated by Product Designer Cecilia Bodin de Moraes. Whatever season you're in, these Brazilian, Soul, and Indie beats will have you humming away during focus time. Tune in: spoti.fi/Listen 🎧

How do you keep honing your craft in the ever-changing industry of design? Keeping up with the latest tools, trends, and techniques is exhausting... so we asked three Spotifiers to share how they spend their energy to stay relevant. Head here to read 👉 spoti.fi/KeepingUp

You're invited... In "Backstage Tickets to the World of Service Design at Spotify", three practitioners take you behind the red rope of service design. Find out what service designers do at Spotify, who they serve and how they go about doing it. spoti.fi/Service

"We’re not just bigger in our number of people in design, but we’ve grown so much in the complexity of our design org, types of designers, and our needs." – Kamdyn Moore on scaling Spotify's design ops team. Check our the full interview: spoti.fi/ScalingDesignO…

While many designers at Spotify identify as generalists, some have chosen to meander down the specialist path. 👣 In "Finding your T-Shape as a Specialist Designer", a UX Motion Designer and Senior Art Director share their career journeys. spoti.fi/Specialist

Fuel your Monday motivation with a heady dose of Boogie, Soul, and Disco, courtesy of UX Writer Laura Lopez's Zoned 41 playlist. It's full of lost musical gems from across the globe that graced the dance floors of yesterday. Lap it up via the Listen hub: spoti.fi/Listen

Introducing our latest free tool: Performance Cards. ✨ Do you design products for markets that have significant technological differences? These cards will help you challenge your perceptions and design for your users with empathy. 💛 Download here 👉 spoti.fi/PerformanceCar…

It's official, #SpotifyWrapped is here! 🥳 Last year we asked three of our designers what they found most surprising about their Wrapped experience. Head to the blog to read: spoti.fi/WrappedSurpris…

A little glimpse of our latest 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 and download your copy of the Figma file here: spoti.fi/PerformanceCar…. ✨

Q: How do we make Spotify relevant for everyone who uses our app? A: Localization! On the blog, two experts walk you through what localization is, how it works at Spotify, and gift you some actionable tips on how to design with global users in mind. spoti.fi/Localization. 🎁

Curated by Senior Product Designer Fabiano Souza, Zoned 42 rides the waves of Brazilian, Disco, and Electro – with a little Trap and Latin Urbano in the mix for good measure. Whether you're focusing or getting ready for the club, this playlist is a vibe. 🎧 spoti.fi/Listen

A two-year journey, 10 teams, three design sprints, and four A/B tests... While the change from web page to web player may seem simple, it was easier said than done. Dig into the design process and find out what Alex and her team learned along the way. spoti.fi/Homepage

What’s unique about designing for a cultural moment? We put this question to three Spotifiers in this month’s 3×3. From hosting tone-of-voice workshops to letting go of perceptions, read our community’s musings on the blog. spoti.fi/Cultural

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. 🍋 Press play: spoti.fi/Listen.

The wait is over! The blog post many of you have requested is here... In "Can I get an Encore? Spotify’s Design System, Three Years On", @shaunbent and Tyce Clee share 6 key lessons the Encore team have learned over the last three years. Check it out here: spoti.fi/EncoreUpdate

Localization is just translation, right? Wrong! At Spotify, localization involves... 🌏 Getting to know our listeners 🌎 Understanding local cultures 🌍 Gaining insight into user behaviors and market nuances Pick up tips for your own design practice: spoti.fi/Localization

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 hard to know where to start... On the blog, Ashley shares her top tips for navigating the discovery phase. 🔎 spoti.fi/DiscoveryPhase

Journey up and through a cosmic soundscape of Ambient, Dance, and Electronic in our latest Zoned playlist. 🛸 This 44th edition has been curated by Faith, who edits the Spotify Design blog. Resist shuffle on this one! Find all our playlists here: spoti.fi/Listen 👽

In a recent collaboration, our squads joined forces on a project to uplevel the #accessibility of Spotify's #design system, Encore. Read all about the experience in our latest blog post. engineering.atspotify.com/2023/03/encore…