Emil Kowalski

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The website and design portfolio of Gavin Nelson.

Gavin Nelson, Designer

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super interested in this aesthetic recently. what is this?! how do you even describe this?! it's so...pleasing to look at!

https://emilkowal.ski/
https://pranathiperi.com/
https://sfcompute.com/

It's like normcore for personal websites. The clean minimalism works nicely on its own but isn't successful at standing out among all the other sites using this template/layout.
Maybe it's a flex that their work history speaks for itself, so the website doesn't have to.

I loved this process from the Linear founder, very interesting to consider the final (coded) product to be the "real" design and not Figma. 

also, designing on top of screenshots 🤘

There’s all directory of websites kind of like this if you’re looking to find more: https://deadsimplesites.com

Ah, so kind. Thank you 🤗. 
It's tough when the work isn't public facing. 
Have a couple of ideas for making things more visual, as I'm looking for a new role in the new year.

totally agree with the site being minimal to highlight the work/history itself! personally i admire the attention to details (typeface, spacing, colours); the minimalist design exposes and magnifies all those details if you're not super attentive!

I’ve also noticed this! Gavin Nelson Nelson.co is another good example, also Paco.me — super sleek, love it

totally agree (and same i love linear)! one of the common threads i found across a lot of these designers/engineers is the fact that they worked at linear/vercel (except for sfcompute which is...a company itself haha)

Designers at Linear seem to live and breathe the aesthetic

thanks for this! i like how the submission is a form, not a pull request (i say this as a dev)

You might enjoy this https://brutalistwebsites.com

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