Robert Whitfield

Senior product designer @zeroheight. Previously @Autodesk, @Tandem_Bank. Once met Jarvis Cocker and made a fool of myself. He/Him.

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

RIP Ka, rap's greatest minimalist, Brownsville's finest, inimitably dedicated himself to his city & craft. The master of quiet rage, writing zen koans with unremitting soul & passion. Pain, grief & wisdom in every bar. An artist as pure & real as anyone who ever spit cold facts.

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

RIP to one of rap’s greats

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

@mrbasil_pesto I've got two episodes left of this season but had this same realisation that there's still so much the show needs to cover and I just want more of it. Really brilliant TV

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

@Dom_Pepin Check out music bars. I quite liked Bar Music in Shibuya and Spincoaster near Shinjuku (Spincoaster is a bit more expensive though). JBS (also in Shibuya) is also really cool but I didn't get chance to visit on my last trip

[flanthippe @flanthippe]

Barry Lyndon × 21 Savage
"a lot"

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

@byhut @smitf_london @IdeologicOrgan Just to double check, there's no support for this show right?

[Little White Lies @LWLies]

RIP the great Gena Rowlands, an actor and muse who left everything up on the screen. She perhaps more than anyone before removed the safety net of self-consciousness from acting. Her performances exist between a place of thrilling rawness and supreme precision.

[Ben Smoke @bencsmoke]

look at these horrifying images, realise how close we came to public lynchings and remember that just five days ago local labour mp @SarahEdwardsTam publicly named this hotel in the commons - putting a giant target on it in the process. she clearly must resign.

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

@mubiuk Seems like the selection of cinemas has massively reduced over the weekend. None of the Picturehouse cinemas appear despite showing in other weeks

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

@nintendomad888 I suspect we won’t see Doom with his mask off (and if we do it’ll be a childhood flashback)

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

@nintendomad888 Pure desperation movie making

[Luke Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🦄 @lurkmoophy]

Yo design systems nerds - early bird tickets to @zeroheight's Converge conference ends this Thursday. Tickets will then go from £149 to £249. Better get yours now... https://t.co/AtrAEI9fim

[Little White Lies @LWLies]

It's a horrible wet July, so we've got a giveaway to cheer you up – a bundle of Criterion Collection's UK summer releases! Simply follow us and RT to enter. (UK+ROI only, sorry!) The Criterion Collection 4K UHD and Blu-ray titles are available at HMV, Amazon, Rarewaves & Zavvi.

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

@Dom_Pepin Same here. I believe I'm in a safe Labour seat anyway so not sure it'll have much impact

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

Its right to be wary of Figma introducing AI tools and how they might affect the future career stability of designers - especially as they expand their product offering and pricing to be less reliant on designer users

[lara mendonça 🇵🇸 @laraisuncool]

expecting AI to deal with every aspect of human complexity (behaviour, taste, subjectivity) for us so corporations can accumulate more wealth will bring nothing but horror

this is despicable, but it's made to look like something designers want, so everyone will fall for it 🤪

[Patricia Hernandez @xpatriciah]

damn y’all got easy mode after all!

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

@SamuelWRoberts Yeah my nearest cinema is a Picturehouse and it's lovely - but noticing that it's often very quiet unless its a preview screening or a really big film

[Robert Whitfield @Synthetic_Man]

@byhut @Eiko_Ishibashi @emika_records @yallah_mc @dragcityrecords @IdeologicOrgan @phntmlimb @number90bar @Moth_Club @smitf_london @TheClaphamGrand Also very glad that it won't clash with Le Guess Who (feels like every year the best November shows in London are that weekend)