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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

One of the many things I learned from @gentry about design is the idea of *informed simplicity*

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

5 years

To: jony @apple .com Subject: Senior Designer opening Jony- I was impressed with your LinkedIn profile and background. We have an exciting position available with a fast growing, well-funded startup. Can you send over some work samples? Looking forward to hearing from you.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

If Facebook looked like this I might actually use it. @nathanborror

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

5 years

Subject: Re: Senior Designer opening Just following up since I haven't heard from you. Would Tuesday at 9am work for a quick call?

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

8 years later, Facebook Paper is still one of the most compelling examples of UI design.

Paper

Paper by Facebook has been out for a day now and the reviews are, for the most part, quite divided. I haven’t been an avid Facebook user for some time, but the design and attention to detail on Paper...

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

“Spacetile” — Origami prototype from my days working on @playdotspace

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Startups pushing the envelope in design: @diagram @createwithplay @browsercompany @onuniverse @Humane @splinetool @magicaltome Who am I missing?

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

✨ Product design office hours ✨ If you’re a product designer and you want to chat — about career, startup ideas, a prototype you’re working on, anything — send me a DM and I’ll send you a scheduling link. Going to try do one a week for the month of April.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Who’s making After Effects for the browser?

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

It’s been my life long dream to start a company. With recent breakthroughs in generative AI, I finally decided to take the leap. I’m building a new kind of graphic design tool and looking for a technical partner. DMs are open or hello @colindunn .com. But first, what led me here.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Being a product designer in 2022 means having strong opinions about very light shades of grey and thin divider lines.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

Universe is looking for a UI Artist to join the product design team. Someone who sees UI design as an artistic medium, not just a method of problem solving. Someone who is obsessed with the delightful possibilities of software.

UI Artist - Work at Universe

Join the Universe team.

workatuniverse.com

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

1 year

Excited to share that @Sequoia has invested $1.5m into Visual Electric, a new class of design tool powered by AI. We are looking to add a few people to our founding team. If you are passionate about creative tools and AI, we want to meet you. DMs are open.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

8 months

...annnnd we're live ⚡️ We wrote the first lines of code in January for what would become Visual Electric. After thousands of prototypes I'm *very* excited to share what we created.

Visual Electric

@visualelectric

8 months

⚡️ LAUNCH DAY⚡️ Introducing Visual Electric — the first image generator designed for creatives. Say goodbye to chat and say hello to the generative canvas.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

🚀 Universe is hiring a Product Designer to join our design studio. We are pushing the boundaries of what's possible on mobile. We are creating new interfaces that unlock creativity. If this resonates I want to meet you! Say hello at cdunn @onuniverse .com

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

1 year

After a few months of full time work, I’m excited to share that I’ve raised a $1MM friends & family round from @BoxGroup , @designerfund , @lachygroom , @soleio , @josephcohen , @rousseaukazi , @gentry , @Andylen plus many others to build a new kind of design tool, powered by AI.

Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

It’s been my life long dream to start a company. With recent breakthroughs in generative AI, I finally decided to take the leap. I’m building a new kind of graphic design tool and looking for a technical partner. DMs are open or hello @colindunn .com. But first, what led me here.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

First impression: ⁦ @opalcamera ⁩ is a huge upgrade.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Startup idea: The Wirecutter but with good taste

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

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We are looking for a full-time brand designer to join @visualelectric . This role is unique — you would lead Visual Electric brand, but you would also have a huge impact on product. I'm biased, but I think it's a dream job.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

For the last 4 months the team behind @navigator has been building something new. Excited to share it with the world today. DM me if you would like to skip the waitlist.

A new path for Playspace

Playspace has entered into a definitive agreement to join Google Workspace.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Graph Search mobile prototype, circa 2012.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 months

If you are in the market for a high quality brand (for a company, podcast, blog, whatever) but can't afford to hire a brand design studio, send me a DM. I've got something for you⚡️

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

8 months

🧵Here are my top 8 features of Visual Electric 1. Generative canvas — Facilitates the flow of ideas so you can truly spread out and see where the tool takes you.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

As of Friday the Universe Design Studio is 12 people. Crazy. I feel incredibly lucky to work with this group. A staggering amount of talent.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

Very excited to share that I have joined @onuniverse to lead the design team. Beyond stoked to work with @josephcohen again and the rest of the amazing Universe team.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Today is my last day at @onuniverse . When I first spoke to @Josephcohen about the role over 2 years ago, he described it as a dream job… and he was right. Leaving is bittersweet, but I’m fulfilling a life long dream of starting a company.

Joseph Cohen

@josephcohen

3 years

We're looking for someone to lead design at @onuniverse . I'm biased, but I think it's a dream job: Invent breakthrough interfaces, shape a brand that represents a radically better internet, and build a new kind of design studio that lives online. 🌐

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

7 months

Just one week after launch we added 2 new features to @visualelectric — Collaging and Moodboards. Both build on the generative canvas and introduce new visual ways of creating with AI.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

4 years

. @navigator design is finally making the switch to @figmadesign . So far it has been a joy! For those who work with shared libraries, how do you organize your components? I'm trying to design a system that scales well & is easy to maintain.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

At $25 this is a steal. If you are interested in learning how to prototype in SwiftUI, there’s no one better to learn from than @philipcdavis

SwiftUI for Designers

Prototype in SwiftUI

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

8 years

Excited to share what I've been working on. Dropbox Paper mobile is live today! Find it in the app store.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 months

Looking for a freelance graphic designer to help out with a project @visualelectric . I’m biased, but I think it’s a dream job. If you’re interested, drop a link to your portfolio below👇

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

The iPad cursor / adaptive precision is still one of my favorite interaction design patterns from the last few years. Would love to see this brought to the Mac.

Brandon Walkin 🚶🏻

@bwalkin

4 years

Watch me talk about the design thinking and mechanics behind the new pointing system in iPadOS. Then @malonso , @ms_ccwan , and @DylanRoss will show you how to best update the design of your app for the new pointer. Full video:

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

The opportunity for product design as a field is huge. It’s still early days.

Bob Baxley

@ThisIsBobBaxley

2 years

@colin_dunn and @asallen asked me how many UX/UI designers there were in the world. I'm not aware of a direct answer to that question but my best estimate is: 780,000 as of 2021. Sources and methodology in the thread… #design #uidesign #designjobs

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

You will know you have reached the bottom when you look at a solution and you will think “of course”. How could it be any other way? The solution will seem inevitable.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

The most successful designs do more than solve a problem, they make people *feel* something. Joy, humor, curiosity, creativity, surprise, delight, connection, freedom. We are looking for someone who designs software that emotes.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

4 years

Really excited to share Navigator 2.0, entirely redesigned for remote work. This is the best version of Navigator yet. Also, I may or may not be in the launch video🙈

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

If you’re a graphic designer and want a sneak peek on what I’m working on, I’d love to get your feedback. If you are an engineer interested in this space, I’m looking for a technical partner. DMs are open or email me at hello @colindunn .com.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

I'm conducting an experiment. I'm going to be doing *free* design work for a handful clients. No strings attached. If you're interested in working together, please fill out the form below. If you want to know why l'm doing this, read on...

Work with Colin Dunn for free

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

8 months

Why did we make Visual Electric? Articulating why is tough. It requires untangling the many whys and focusing on the one that matters most. We spent a great deal of time crafting our why with @hamburger and I couldn't be happier with how it came out.

A breakthrough interface for generative AI

Technological breakthroughs have a history of enabling new forms of creative expression. Photography. Cinema. Electronic music. Each of these mediums were born out of scientific discoveries — but...

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Universe is starting to design our first official design system in Figma. Any favorite references out there? @Joeyabanks ’s excellent work comes to mind.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

8 years

After 2.5+ years I'm graduating from Dropbox Design. Honored to have contributed to Dropbox & Paper. Such a talented, humble group of people

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

7 months

The AI startups that endure will be those working backwards from a great customer experience. The rest will be a flash in the pan.

jordan singer

@jsngr

7 months

i've always loved this take which I think is very true and results in the best products but ironically AI seems to be the opposite of this, where most are starting with the technology and then trying to figure out how to apply and sell it

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

Universe opens the possibilities of the internet to everyone. The GRID distills the web into simple Lego-like building blocks. With our app, anyone on earth can build a custom website or store in seconds—without code, all from a phone.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

iOS lock screen widget that counts how many times I pickup my phone.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Now begins the slow and steady march to “informed simplicity”. Most people stop at some point along this down slope. They get to the point where the work is “good enough”. But all of the truly great work sits at the bottom of this curve.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

5 years

I joined Aspen nearly three years ago when we were not much more than a mission statement: to empower creative teams to do their best work. After some 200 prototypes we landed on the idea of @navigator : the teamwork assistant.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

11 months

Really excited to launch @visualelectric_ in the coming weeks. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s possible. All of these images were created today with just a few clicks.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

1 year

After several months of exploring the AI design idea maze, I’m very excited to have settled on a path. We have shifted into execution mode and are making quick progress.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

We are building a GUI for the web so anyone can create a site without writing any code. Doing so requires solving some challenging UI problems. Here are a few that we have been working on!

Universe

@onuniverse

3 years

Today we’re announcing GRIID (GRID II) — our biggest update yet. We're rolling out 6 new features and product enhancements that bring more power, beauty, and granularity to the GRID. It's a level-up moment for us. Go forth and run amuck.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

5 months

In college I was a regular reader of this blog. Pretty wild to have something that I worked on featured.

UnderConsideration

@ucllc

5 months

Today on Brand New (Reviewed): New Logo and Identity for @visualelectric by @manualcreative

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

6 months

This week we added Sketching to Visual Electric. This is a really powerful, visual workflow that lets you draw on top of images. Here's a quick video of how it works.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

When you first approach a design problem, solutions tend to be simple because they are not yet solving for all of the complexity of the problem. You see a lot of this kind of work on Dribbble. *Uninformed simplicity*

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

As your understanding of the problem increases, so does the complexity of your solution. Eventually you reach *informed complexity*, where your solution is now addressing all the criteria, but is doing so in a way that reveals the full complexity of the problem.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

6 months

We are looking to add a founding engineer to the @visualelectric team. If you’re interested in working on the future of AI and creative tools, I’d love to meet you. This is an in-person role, located in our Sausalito studio. DMs are open.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

6 months

Working with @manualcreative & @tomcrabtree on our brand identity was a dream come true. I’ve been a fan of their work since I was studying graphic design at MICA. Couldn’t be more pleased with how everything turned out.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

29 days

PSA: If you’re still using @Calendly it’s time to switch to @calcom . Product craft is 10x better.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Now that @1Password is clearly focused on enterprise, I decided to migrate everything to iCloud Keychain. This guide from @simonbs made it easy.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

When someone like Dustin joins the team you know you are doing something right. Welcome to the studio Dustin, can’t wait to see what we build together.

Dustin Tanner

@dustanner

2 years

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve joined the incredible team @onuniverse ! Here is why I left Apple, chose Universe, and details about my role as Product Design Director:

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Wave is a huge unlock for creating high quality UI animation. Not many people understand this stuff as well as Janum.

Janum Trivedi

@jmtrivedi

2 years

I'm open-sourcing Wave, a spring-based animation engine for iOS! Wave makes it easy to build fluid, interruptible animations out-of-the-box. And if you've been following my recent UI demos, you've already seen it in action: they're all built with Wave!

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

6 months

Who wants some VE swag?!

Visual Electric

@visualelectric

6 months

Who wants some Visual Elec-drip?⚡👕 We are giving away 5 designer hoodies in our brand colors, slate blue & international orange. To enter, share an image, GIF, or video of something you made using the new Sketching tool and tag @visualelectric . Winners announced February 13!

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

5 years

Lol @ all the people who have non-ironically tried to connect with me on LinkedIn after my last tweet

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

#WWDC22 with @josephcohen

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

5 months

@vanlancker @mgsiegler Here’s a good example in software

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Well, this is pretty special.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

Very excited for this release. Block Layering is going to be a huge creative unlock.

Universe

@onuniverse

3 years

Introducing Block Layering. You can now arrange and compose blocks freely on the GRID. Drag text over images. Collage and add texture. Put a ‘sold out’ sign over a drop. We could keep going, but we’re limited by our imaginations. What you create is going to blow us away.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

1 year

✨ Stoked to share that @wavymulder has joined the team at @visualelectric_ as 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵. He is responsible the most beautiful and popular models on Hugging Face, including my personal favorite, Analog Diffusion.

wavymulder/Analog-Diffusion · Hugging Face

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

6 months

Life goal achieved: Visual Electric was mentioned on Lenny’s podcast ✅ @lennysan

Visual Electric

@visualelectric

6 months

Thanks for the shout out @lennysan 🙏 “I’m not the target customer, but I will say, my wife is a graphic designer. She had never used AI tools. I showed her @visualelectric and she got hooked on it and paid for it without even telling me she was going to become a paid customer.”

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 months

Wow, the response to this was a lot stronger than I expected. If you're interested, please fill out this form. If it's a fit, we'll find some time to chat!

Brand Design

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

visualelectric.typeform.com

Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 months

If you are in the market for a high quality brand (for a company, podcast, blog, whatever) but can't afford to hire a brand design studio, send me a DM. I've got something for you⚡️

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

1 year

As CEO of @visualelectric_ , I think of my job as making the machine that makes the machine. Our company is a collection of systems that work together. One of the most important systems is something we refer to as the execution loop.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Will have some news to share on this soon ✨ In the meantime, if you’re interested testing early versions of the product, please fill out this form:

Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

It’s been my life long dream to start a company. With recent breakthroughs in generative AI, I finally decided to take the leap. I’m building a new kind of graphic design tool and looking for a technical partner. DMs are open or hello @colindunn .com. But first, what led me here.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

This is possible not because of some hard-tech breakthrough but because of *great design*. Universe is a new kind of studio—one that lives online and truly invents. We are building a brand that represents a radically better internet. Join us.

Universe Design Team

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 months

Huge Visual Electric release today. So many quality of life improvements.

Visual Electric

@visualelectric

3 months

Working in Visual Electric just got a whole lot better. We just dropped a *ton* of new canvas features including guides, constraints, corner radius, image fill, align/distribute, better line tool, nudge, and lots of other little improvements.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

7 months

We started @visualelectric because we believe creative work is one of the best applications for AI. When there is no right answer, hallucinations are a feature, not a bug. Had a great time chatting about this topic with @AustinCarr for @Bloomberg .

AI Hallucinations Are a Boon to Creatives

Chatbots making stuff up has been cause for alarm, but there are advantages, too.

www.bloomberg.com

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

22 days

My guess is that these are not AI generated designs, but human made templates that are being populated with AI generated images and text.

Andy Allen

@asallen

23 days

Figma AI looks rather heavily trained on existing apps. This is a "weather app" using the new Make Designs feature and the results are basically Apple's Weather app (left). Tried three times, same results.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

9 years

New workflow: Open Xcode, highlight var name, add to iTunes as Spoken Track. Xcode just gets me. http://t.co/OCCUZREchK

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

11 years

Big news! After the holidays I'll be joining the talented Dropbox design team. http://t.co/ii1LHRVudM

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

@jsngr Looking for product designers!

Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

🚀 Universe is hiring a Product Designer to join our design studio. We are pushing the boundaries of what's possible on mobile. We are creating new interfaces that unlock creativity. If this resonates I want to meet you! Say hello at cdunn @onuniverse .com

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 months

Hot take: I prefer the new Figma drafts model where drafts are organized within a team. It always felt messy to me to have personal drafts mixed with work drafts.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

I posted this back in November and it led us to @AlexAlspaugh . Looking to strike gold twice.If you are interested in the space of mobile creation tools hit me up. DMs are open.

Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

🚀 Universe is hiring a Product Designer to join our design studio. We are pushing the boundaries of what's possible on mobile. We are creating new interfaces that unlock creativity. If this resonates I want to meet you! Say hello at cdunn @onuniverse .com

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

8 years

No plans for what's next, exploring new opportunities. ✉️ hello @colindunn .com

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

This year I gave a talk at our company offsite inspired by one of my design heroes, Christopher Alexander. “Most of the wonderful places in the world were not made by architects but by the people.”

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

1 year

Is user research valuable for startups? 100% yes, but like all tools it must be used properly.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

I’ve worked with and known Soleio for many years. Trust him when he says this is an amazing opportunity.

Soleio ✦

@soleio

3 years

Synthesia is looking to hire their first design lead to join its London studio and begin work on an entirely new class of video editor. It’s a dream job for an ambitious product designer: You’ll architect the tool that introduces thousands of businesses to synthetic media. 🔮

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

8 months

Congrats to @thesephist and team, Q&A is a very smart idea!

Introducing Q&A: get instant answers to your questions in Notion

Q&A is now available in beta. Leveraging information across your Notion workspace, Q&A can instantly pull answers to questions to help you spend more time doing and less time searching.

www.notion.so

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

6 months

There are at least 3 things in here that I never thought of doing with VE. Getting a small taste of how incredible it is when users start doing things you hadn’t imagined.

Akuma Films

@akumafilms

6 months

Check out this snappy demo where I transform a simple sketch into a dazzling cyberpunk neon text design using the ‘Sketch’ and ‘Collage’ tools in @visualelectric . Just a glimpse into the boundless possibilities in Visual Electric’s toolkit. . #VisualElectric

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

1 month

👀

Visual Electric

@visualelectric

1 month

Brand new home view just dropped 💅

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2 years

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

Great design careers are built on successful businesses. Success breeds opportunities for growth. When considering joining a startup, evaluate the business case just as much as the creative opportunity.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

1 year

We are building the graphic design tool of the future. We believe it will be faster, produce better results, and be more widely used than anything that exists today. If you would like early access, you can sign up here:

Early Access

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

i2hmhuer56h.typeform.com

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

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This is why we started @visualelectric

Grace Walker

@graceongrid

6 months

More on using @visualelectric to create the promo video for Fast Forward Freelance:

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

What are your favorite contemporary brand systems? Here are a few of mine (h/t to @ucllc )

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

8 months

True story: she was our first paying customer (who wasn't on our cap table!)

Lenny Rachitsky

@lennysan

8 months

My wife, who's never really used AI tools before, is already hooked on this product. Great work @colin_dunn and team 👏

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

5 days

Teams and multiplayer is live this AM. You can now generate images with friends👯

Visual Electric

@visualelectric

5 days

Today we shipped 2 big features that will make collaborating in Visual Electric much easier. Teams and Canvas Sharing. Here's how it works.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 years

Thanks to @theloversmag for the interview. Had a fun time answering these questions and putting together a working playlist 🎧🎶

SPACES

@spacesfamily

2 years

“Do what gives you energy and play your own game.” ✨ New interview with Colin Dunn ( @colindunn ), designer and founder of Visual Electric, exploring the future of AI design tools 👉

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

3 years

I’ve been playing with this product for the last week and have been blown away. Framer continues to blur the line between design and development.

Framer

@framer

3 years

🔥 Design real websites right on the canvas. Publish in seconds. All with blazing fast performance. We’re shipping a new version of Framer, and we would love your help. Learn more at and check the thread (1/6)

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

2 months

We are looking for a contractor to help us make promo videos like this for @visualelectric . Shout out to @andyorsow for this killer work.

Framer

@framer

2 months

All design, no code, real websites →

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

11 months

If you’re interested in getting early access to @visualelectric_ , we will be letting people in from this waitlist over the coming weeks.

Early Access

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

i2hmhuer56h.typeform.com

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

11 years

Oops, I blogged again. Thoughts from an ex-graphic designer: http://t.co/OwauDtFUBT

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

4 years

I read the excellent article in Figma's best practice's guide & I have an appetite for more content like this if it exists!

Components, styles, and shared library best practices

Shared components and style libraries are the cornerstone to producing consistent designs with ease—this guide will help get you up and running with a collection of tips and recommendations.

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Colin Dunn

@colin_dunn

1 year

And amazingly, we all happen to live in Marin, California. In an era of remote work, we are excited to be working in person out of our new office in Sausalito.

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