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Charles Patterson

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Rectangle maker / Principal designer @microsoft

London / Remote
Joined October 2009
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Side project design work 2023 ✨
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You know that 0 layers have been named in this office
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Mmmmmmm tastes lorem
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Dynamic island is the hottest piece of UI I've seen in a long time
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RIP brand designers. I just asked AI to make me a logo and you won't believe the results:
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Thing I don’t need but need:
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Designers after creating a rectangle and some text
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Designers preparing to draw a single rectangle
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“Why did you get into design?” Me:
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Designers on their way to a Zoom call to say “no updates from me”
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Ready to make this my entire personality
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9 months
Sony XM5 > Apple Airpods Max
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Teenage engineering are just on another level
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I would use this wallpaper
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"Let's cancel the call"
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“RIP designers AI blah blah blah” AI:
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This is the Apple Watch I've been waiting for
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9 months
“Make the logo bigger” has been taken to new extreme levels
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2 years
Who did this!? 😂
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@CharlesPattson
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When your PMs start making design decisions without you
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@CharlesPattson
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10 months
Designers: “today I’ll finish my portfolio” Also designers:
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11 months
Designers on their MacBook Pro M3 Max to draw rectangles
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@CharlesPattson
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5 years
Look at this absolute interaction magic! More from 👉 @KhonokLee
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9 months
Designers preparing to draw a single rectangle
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@CharlesPattson
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2 years
ChatGPT is now included in my every day workflow. Here's how you can improve your design workflow and get the most out of this incredible AI →
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1 year
Need more reasons not to buy this
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1 year
This image and comic sans are the same
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5 years
Everyone: Using the same UI mockups Microsoft: Hold my beer
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9 months
Designers after doing no research, producing 0 wireframes and not naming a single layer yet the project was a huge success.
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Designers: “today I’ll finish my portfolio” Also designers:
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"This is a great start" Designers:
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11 months
"Can I see the design documentation?" A   B     s      o      l    u      t      e     l    y    n o t ・ 。 ・゚ 。°*. 。*・。
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Designers when you ask them where all the design documentation is
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1 year
RIP product designers. I just asked AI to make me a sign up flow and you won't believe the results:
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@CharlesPattson
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10 months
Monopoly denied! Designers rejoice! The king is dead! Long live the king!
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2 years
The new Apple MacBook Air M2 feels like a MacBook Pro
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4 years
Sometimes when I'm having a bad day I think about this.
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“The logo isn’t big enough” “Needs to pop more” “It’s a good start” “Can we see another version?” “After seeing all 10 versions, we’ve decided to go with the first one you designed”
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2 years
Dev team: hey we’re finished building the designs Designers: cool, let me take a look Designers looking:
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When engineers present work that actually looks like the designs
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Senior designers: I know what #000000 is God tier designers:
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@CharlesPattson
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8 years
Welcome to the future
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7 months
Find me a more aesthetically pleasing studio
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10 months
New ✨
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POV: You’re the only designer on the eng call
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1 year
Designers: “I’ll finish my portfolio today” Also designers:
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8 months
These prompts are going so hard 😎
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This UI goes so hard
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10 months
Designers right before listening to “so I have this cool app idea” from a drunk family member
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5 years
Client: "make it pop" THX:
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You know you've got a sweet design when it transcends species
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Apple 1976 — logos used to hit different
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The IKEA billboard on Oxford Street goes hard
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Designers skipping research, user testing, wire framing and going straight into high fidelity
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There’s a cable!?
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Designers: “today I’ll finish my portfolio” Also designers:
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2 years
The most productive people I’ve ever met don’t drink alcohol
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4 months
Some bodacious personal news... I've joined @Microsoft 🥳
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Friday energy
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Designers turning up to the team all hands to say “no update from me”
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Designers animating every single piece of UI
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4 years
Nigeria designers have an abundance of talent! 💚🇳🇬
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Designers right before they give their "no update from me" update
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If you know, you know
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"One more side project won't hurt" Designers and their side projects:
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Stuff I like to do as a product designer
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Designers after drawing one rectangle
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One of the best Hashmojis so far ✨ #AppleEvent
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This feels like a very Apple thing to do... I really think that is the Car in this shot.
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Someone cooked here…
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Designers attending the dev team standup
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Offices once everyone has an Apple Vision Pro headset
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You ever see design work so good it makes you question your very existence? Exhibit a:
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Designers as soon as someone appears in their Figma file
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When you’re the only designer on the team holding down the end to end product and web experience
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Designers when the engineers develop something that actually resembles the designs
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So I’m getting a 3D printer
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7 years
Human + too much time =
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2 years
The iPhone lineup this year is rumoured to have a new high end model.
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"After looking over all 10 revisions, we're going to go with the first design"
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11 months
Checkout the new #AppleEvent like animation on this post... it could be
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When you’re the only designer at the company
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Ouufff this one is a banger #HappyNewYear
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“What design trends will 2024 bring?” Stripe: hold my beer…
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BlackBerry fans are going wild right now
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It's been 10 days with this beautiful machine and I've still not charged it. MacBook Air M2, it's basically Pro.
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Lots of people asking for a review of this monitor, so here it is: It's fucking awesome.
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Pm: what icon shall we use for views? Design: probably an eye icon Pm: … Design: … Pm: graph icon seems cool
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10 months
Designers know
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2 years
I made the switch to @framer and I've been getting asked a lot about how it compares to @webflow Here are some of the key comparisons →
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Wow, maybe my favourite Apple ident so far. Hyped for the September 12 #AppleEvent
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I'm always massively impressed with the attention to detail that the Uber design team put into all of their work. World-class.
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Client: Can we make the AI pop? Microsoft: hold my beer
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What fonts are you using other than Inter?
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I am shook
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I posted this over three years ago. Love to see it!
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The Altar I is a piece of art
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Apple logo corner radius matching the radius of the Vision Pro lens… Oh it goes hard
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