experience designer ݁₊ ⊹ / @localhosthq @akatoshouse
nyc/sf
Joined October 2024
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how I turn people into jewelry:
1. retrace the person's life & observe their habits, lifestyle, etc. to define what the piece should be
2. research raw materials (fun fact: there’s no such thing as a red sapphire.. it’s called a ruby)
3. translate meaning into physical symbolism, e.g home ➝ native flower ➝ floral motif in the setting
4. CAD: lots of drawing, erasing, redrawing
5. guide production & await delivery
6. gift it ݁˖⊹
Ella J. Plank retweeted
making friends in SF is easy lowkey
if u want content of someone talking to everyday ppl, u should follow along
project coming soon
@gavinonfilm @elzpl
ty ahmed and yasmin for being the homies, and my bad for the poor blur lmao
ah it‘s happening!!
@haroonisdreamin an absolute honor to be your first guest 🫶🏻
*excited imcomprehensible haroon sounds*
this mini project coming out soon
@gavinonfilm @elzpl
Ella J. Plank retweeted
I interviewed 20+ @ycombinator Startup School attendees about their founder journeys last weekend.
One of my favorite interviews was Theo @GretherMurray, who wants to "build a company to get closer to God, basically."
What does that mean? Check out our interview below!
I didn’t get a ticket to @ycombinator Startup School, so I stood outside with a sign… again.
I interviewed 20+ founders and attendees to give them a Reality Check.
Spoiler alert: some of the founders are incredible!
Interviews dropping soon, follow me for more!
sometimes all you gotta do to attend an event you didn’t get approved for is walk into every office building in the area until you find it
petition for every public space to have one 🐋🥹
waiting for the day AI finally understands dialects..
calling it non intelligible - bit rude @meetgranola
A cafe is not a feature.
It's its own product - people first have to decide to spend time in your space before any network effect happens.
When I designed @akatoshouse, every piece of decor had a purpose. Every flow of movement was considered.
Now it's called the most beautiful hacker house and our results still speak for themselves.
Good design is never just the one big thing but the accumulation of care, intention, and knowing exactly what feelings you want someone to walk away with.
@nico_laqua your beta test was successful. Now let's take corgi cafe to its full potential with the right "interior design".
The point of the corgi cafe isn’t the interior design, although that’s something we’re improving (and there’s a lot more coming soon with the cafe). The point of the corgi cafe is it’s the only place where I am 100% certain that there are billion dollar companies being founded, probably several per month. So many people have told me they met a vc who gave them a term sheet in the cafe, or applied to yc and got in there, or met their cofounder, or got their dream job, etc. Critiquing the aesthetics is missing the point, it’s like me saying youtube isn’t good because the like button design isn’t very pretty. The corgi cafe is a network effect product.
great ads make people feel sth - not just shout at you through a big bold font above the sidewalk
your ROI shows up in how the city felt for a day
thank you for adding back some whimsy!
