Thomas Brasington
@tbrasington.bsky.social
Designer. Programmer.
Runs https://www.designengineering.studio/
Cofounder of https://www.therundown.studio/ and https://frontiers-hq.com/
Building https://www.pressmate.app/
Runs https://www.designengineering.studio/
Cofounder of https://www.therundown.studio/ and https://frontiers-hq.com/
Building https://www.pressmate.app/
Well that is egg on my face
June 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Well that is egg on my face
gt-standard.com yes please
GT Standard
gt-standard.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
gt-standard.com yes please
100% on this. My addition is they figma missed the boat by not putting the right emphasis on the layers panel. The old model was a an axis. The web/apps is y. Subtle but makes a huge difference about how you structure a design with your content.
We're time traveling back to 1997 today, when WISYWIG editors were all the rage. In the decades since, web technology has clawed its way from that primitive state with semantic HTML that made accessibility possible and let content drive appearance rather than vice-versa.
Then Figma blew it all up.
Then Figma blew it all up.
Figma Dreamweaver
The dream of being able to generate working websites will remain out of reach until UX redefines its practice around semantic structure rather than layouts.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
100% on this. My addition is they figma missed the boat by not putting the right emphasis on the layers panel. The old model was a an axis. The web/apps is y. Subtle but makes a huge difference about how you structure a design with your content.
I would like my rubbish/trash to look this beautiful www.reformcph.com/us/kitchens/...
April 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I would like my rubbish/trash to look this beautiful www.reformcph.com/us/kitchens/...
you can do a lot with very little www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/so...
April 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
you can do a lot with very little www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/so...
Just realised Inception borrows the main plot device from The BFG
March 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just realised Inception borrows the main plot device from The BFG
March 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Running Doom on Typescript types only... up there with the rollercoaster running in Excel.
TypeScript types can run DOOM
YouTube video by Michigan TypeScript
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February 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Running Doom on Typescript types only... up there with the rollercoaster running in Excel.
All design projects lead to two things: email templates, skinning video controls.
February 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
All design projects lead to two things: email templates, skinning video controls.
Made a little Lightbox for my photo site. Need to build a full gallery now... www.thepostchaise.com/stories-and-...
February 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Made a little Lightbox for my photo site. Need to build a full gallery now... www.thepostchaise.com/stories-and-...
From a walk in the Lake District last week.
February 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
From a walk in the Lake District last week.
It’s like a modern day PSION Series 5 but less features despite the PSION existing when the most people could get was 56kbps www.theverge.com/news/615854/...
A popular Japanese distraction-free writing device is coming to the US
Write the next great American novel.
www.theverge.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It’s like a modern day PSION Series 5 but less features despite the PSION existing when the most people could get was 56kbps www.theverge.com/news/615854/...
Design is the longest running game of The Exquisite Corpse.
February 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Design is the longest running game of The Exquisite Corpse.
Designing tool calling, generative ui, chat based experiences makes the work on multi region/shipping/payment work on checkouts I did 13 years ago seem trivial in comparison. It’s all edge and corner cases
February 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Designing tool calling, generative ui, chat based experiences makes the work on multi region/shipping/payment work on checkouts I did 13 years ago seem trivial in comparison. It’s all edge and corner cases
I've built out enough sites/apps now with all the major CSS approaches and am now ready to die on the hill that cube.fyi with vanilla css, at most css modules is the only way to go. I will allow for a build process to generate Design Tokens into respective native targets.
CUBE CSS | CUBE CSS
A CSS methodology oriented towards simplicity and consistency with a heavy dosage of pragmatism.
cube.fyi
January 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I've built out enough sites/apps now with all the major CSS approaches and am now ready to die on the hill that cube.fyi with vanilla css, at most css modules is the only way to go. I will allow for a build process to generate Design Tokens into respective native targets.
The little touches like the color shift per project on dbco.online site is really nice
Design Business Company
A design studio that designs brands and everything they need to thrive. From rising startups to Fortune 500s, musicians to tech giants, we craft work that connects, resonates, and drives results.
dbco.online
January 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The little touches like the color shift per project on dbco.online site is really nice
Just found that Utopia have made their tools into a Figma plugin www.figma.com/community/pl...
Utopia / Fluid type + space calculator | Figma
Utopia is a systematic approach to fluid type and space design. This plugin generates named type styles and space components from a handful of editable values. This kickstarts your design project with...
www.figma.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Just found that Utopia have made their tools into a Figma plugin www.figma.com/community/pl...
Software should be ephemeral
January 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Software should be ephemeral
Two of my favourite bits of software gone so close together. read.cv/a-new-chapter www.notion.com/blog/welcomi...
A new chapter
Read.cv is winding down, joining Perplexity.
read.cv
January 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Two of my favourite bits of software gone so close together. read.cv/a-new-chapter www.notion.com/blog/welcomi...
Taking the time in December to reflect and consolidate on what I have learnt over the last 2 years ... but immediately getting distracted and thinking about how I can redesign my sites and refactoring the codebase 🤦
November 29, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Taking the time in December to reflect and consolidate on what I have learnt over the last 2 years ... but immediately getting distracted and thinking about how I can redesign my sites and refactoring the codebase 🤦