Figma screenshot depicting the difference between the two colour selection panels.

Unpacking the art of trend forecasting, the reporting of trends, and the translation of ideas from concept to reality, niche to mass, and present to future in fashion retail.

The Thing About Trend Forecasting – Miscellanea Studio

https://www.miscellanea.studio/proof-of-concepts/the-thing-about-trend-forecasting?utm_source=postscv

A cartoon showing a single person sitting in a boat, which is situated in a tiny pool which is slightly larger than the boat. Outside of the pool, there are hundreds of animals and creatures looking at the person on the boat. This is the album artwork for the album 'Happiness' by Dance Gavin Dance.

Photograph of the sky during morning hours with the moon still visible against the blue sky. A palm tree is in the foreground.

A meme with the following depicted. Top section: "My parents in their 30s: Let's buy a house". Bottom section: "Me in my 30s: Figma memory alert"

screenshot of a tweet from Martha Stewart on 23 April, 2013 where she appeared to type the world "Oil" but it's actually "oii"

Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge.

Pete Buttigieg standing in front of a whiteboard with the text "what if we rage on behalf of the machine" written on it.

The "thank you for changing my life" meme with a screenshot of Figma Sections saying "I'm literally just a frame with a title"

Screenshot of Figma showing 2 dropdown menu designs.

a screenshot showing 2 sections in Figma. The old one was grey and the new one is white.

the "Shut up and take my money" meme (with Fry from Futurama) combined with the "Youre a supporter" badge on Posts.

screenshot of Figma showing a maximum of 14 characters in a dropdown menu. Any extra characters are truncated with an ellipsis

an in-feed item showing the post of a blocked person with the message "Blocked user • View anyway"

http://www.miscellanea.studio/proof-of-concepts/the-thing-about-trend-forecasting?utm_source=postscv

A photograph of microsoft founder Bill Gates wearing a tuxedo drinking a boba tea out of a straw

I've been using Intercom for a few weeks to build+send emails and I just gotta say: This does NOT feel like a product from a billion dollar company 😂 (No offense to anyone who works there, but it's janky as hell).

Just heard my next door neighbour vacuuming for the very first time. I've lived here for like 13 months 😳

Shoutout to @josh_  for his website magic ✨

Miscellanea hosts my concept design and writing around trend forecasts, fashion and retail. It’s been in the works for a while and I’m so excited to see it come to life 🌀

Figma nitpick:
Why can't I use Library Styles when selecting the colour of a drop shadow (right). There are no labels for the colours.

Compare to picking a colour for a Fill (left). I can select Library styles and labels are shown.

is there a reason this should be different?

Can I see a list of the posts that I've tapped ❤️ on? Is this on the roadmap?

my first independent piece of writing, 'The Thing About Trend Forecasting' is now live, on my new website, Miscellanea https://www.miscellanea.studio/proof-of-concepts/the-thing-about-trend-forecasting?utm_source=postscv

Getting an error when uploading a .mov file here. The error I receive says: 

"MEDIA_ELEMENT_ERROR: Unable to load URL due to content type" Please try re-encoding the video in a different format.

Which video format can I use?

This is still one of the biggest mysteries on the internet

Posts is like are.na meets Twitter. And I mean that as a huge compliment because I absolutely love Arena 🤗

I've found myself car shopping (after 10+ years of being car free!) but I've been unable to find something that's both appropriately sized and reliable. Most cars now have grown to be so massive and quality has decreased over the years. 

I just want a normal car (pictured).

Hello to the Posts community 👋 I'm a product designer currently living in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 I'm from America but don't hold that against me! Would love to connect with other designers & tech-adjacent folks

there's something truly ironic about listening to Rage Against the Machine while designing ads for the b2b saas startup I work for 😬

Hey posts world 🌀 I’m a concept designer/ strategist with a background in trend forecasting, partnering with brands and founders launch their collections and fashion start ups — ntmu !!!

Ever since Sections in Figma were released, I've felt like this

Is it just me or has Figma changed the default colour of Sections? They used to be #E5E5E5 but now they are #FFFFFF. 

I never changed this setting or defined a new style for Sections. Very frustrating because I liked the grey colour instead of White :(

I've never smashed a "Buy now" button so quickly. 

Shout out to @andy @shen @mehdi for creating a great product and a welcoming environment. Looking forward to watching this place grow!

Figma keeps adding new features (?) but I still can't see more than like 14 characters in a Variant Property dropdown 😒

Thinking about how different Cast Away would have been if they casted Jim Carrey instead of Tom Hanks

Can we not display this notice when I encounter the post of a blocked person, it's getting kind of distracting. I think if you block someone you just shouldn't see their posts in your feed.

Some charts for @marian’s essay printed out and strewn about in the studio 

Interested in reading about the current state of trend forecasting and concept design?

http://www.miscellanea.studio/proof-of-concepts/the-thing-about-trend-forecasting?utm_source=postscv

me just chilling on Posts watching everyone on Threads have an awful time

Today is Retro day for our team! Every 2 weeks we spend 60 minutes discussing the prev 2 weeks. Our format:

1️⃣ What went well?
2️⃣ What could have gone better?
3️⃣ Questions

Everyone writes in a shared Doc and we use emoji to vote. Then we discuss the top-voted items.