lead product designer | music @ Alchemy Vibrations | hermetic manuscripts | defi | decentralization

The Shangri-Loft, New York, NY
Joined January 2010
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Customizable environment shadows in my document editor
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Closer look at the custom textures I’m building for this design system.
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More card experimentations. Made in @figma
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We’ve had quite a bit of attention lately. A lot of incredible people are reaching out and it feels like half the X design community is playing around with our style. The other half is trying to figure out what makes it work. What we do isn’t technically complex or groundbreaking at all. I think it stands out simply because finance design/branding, especially on the B2B side where we operate, is usually dull and conservative. In fact, we’re just two self-taught designers creating basically everything you see in our socials. We’ve turned our technical shortcomings into an advantage by learning to do a few simple things really well. If you want to join me, @haris_chc, and the rest of the small design team at @Quartr_App, send us your portfolio and a message about why you’re excited to join. We’re looking for quality-obsessed people in UI/UX, motion, and graphic design who want to do their life’s work.
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The XPeng robot without hands hits different. Just unbelievably surreal. Gonna be weird to see these in the wild in a couple years
The Astral Veil | reveal Video
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1/ This changes everything: scientists have created a protein-based gel that can regrow natural tooth enamel - the hardest tissue in the human body and one we thought could never heal. It’s not repair in the old sense, it’s true biological regeneration.
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this is the coolest footer I've seen in a while
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Legally blind
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I can't wait for Midjourney v2 🥹
Share your best work for today 🥹
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Replying to @azed_ai
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Open sourcing Kimi-writer. github.com/Doriandarko/kimi-…
Kimi-k2-thinking is incredible. So I built an agent to test it out, Kimi-writer. It can generate a full novel from one prompt, running up to 300 tool requests per session. Here it is creating an entire book, a collection of 15 short sci-fi stories.
Most “wellness lighting” misses the mark. Either it’s biologically useless or it looks terrible. Somos Luz is the first company I’ve seen actually bridge biology, beauty, and practicality, which is why I’ve spent the last year advising them Their MiM Lantern isn’t a smart lamp. No apps, no WiFi, no Bluetooth. It’s a lighting system built to pull you away from tech and back into your life, aligning indoor environments with the natural light–dark cycle This isn’t just a lamp, it’s a philosophy. Elegant on paper, transformative in practice Firelight and incandescent bulbs still set the gold standard for indoor circadian signaling with full, continuous spectrum, zero isolated blue spike, warm and calming They can’t be replaced. But we live in a modern world full of screens and LEDs, and most people can’t rely on firelight alone. That’s where intentionally engineered LEDs matter The MiM Lantern is one of the rare LED designs that actually moves circadian health forward instead of backward. It doesn’t replace nature, it fills the gaps modern life creates The main team behind it (Kevin Delie and lighting artist Katia Guzmán) are the reason this works. Integrity, design mastery, and a genuine obsession with human physiology. They create environments that feel alive with warm gradients, soft shadows, fire-like warmth. Light that calms your nervous system instead of assaulting it ••• Why I chose to advise them: • They build with intention and don’t cut corners (Mexico-based manufacturing, wool diffuser, aluminum composite body) • Their thinking is circadian, metabolic, and hormonal, not reductive or gimmicky • Their mission aligns with mine. Light is the master zeitgeber, everything else is downstream • They’re future-oriented, creating lighting ecosystems that repair circadian damage, not just look good on Zoom ••• What the MiM Lantern Does: • Fuller spectrum daytime mode for focus (no IR due to wool material/fire safety) • Blue-free amber + deep red mode at night for melatonin and recovery • Five settings: Day, Sunset, Fire, Moon, Auto (24h circadian cycle) • No apps or WiFi. Local controls, ultra-low EMF • CRI ≥ 90, flicker-free >25 kHz, low nnEMF This isn’t a trend play. It’s a tool for people serious about harmonizing modern life with biology ••• 72 hour pre-sale First 100 units: $100 off $99 refundable deposit Ships March 2026 Lowest price you’ll ever see Link below
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Eye of Nature by Dan Hillier
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glycine makes you 2x more beautiful… got pimples, dry skin or redness? you might just be missing this glycine: – reduces inflammation & redness – improves skin hydration & elasticity – builds collagen (your skins building-block) studies show up to 200% more collagen production with consistent glycine intake imagine spending a FORTUNE on skincare when you could pay a fraction for real results.
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What we designed this week ⭐ whats ur fav?
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