Ben Brignell

At some point we all drew Garfield on the back of an exercise book for the last time

🎯 We often see design principles as rigid guidelines that dictate design decisions. In reality, they are an incredible tool for rallying teams around a shared purpose and capturing the values an organization embodies. But how do we choose the right ones?smashingmagazine.com/2026/04/practi…

.@benbrignell on knowing when to stop designing. ow.ly/zB0Q50YzRqa

Everyone’s obsessed with how fast they can build things, not why they’re building or what problem it solves. It's easy to start designing, I wrote some design principles on knowing when to stop designing principles.design/articles/princ…

@uxlinks It's gone up a bit 😅 It's now - 235 Examples - 1650 Design Principles - 200 Creators (It was 201 but I recently merged two 🤓)

Excellent open source collection of Design Principles and methods! 🙌 The collection contains: - 195 Examples - 1448 Design Principles - 167 Creators What are Design Principles? Design Principles are a set of considerations that form the basis of any good product. Why use them? Design Principles help teams with decision making. A few simple principles or constructive questions will guide your team towards making appropriate decisions. Who uses them? Organisations, individuals and product teams have benefited from writing and following their principles. #UX #UI #UXDesign #UIDesign #ProductDesign #UserExperience

🔎 «Design Principles» A curated collection of design principles used as decision-making frameworks. Practical examples and guidance for teams building products. → principles.design More on → desengs.com 🏴

I wrote a short piece on the paradox of honesty in artificial intelligence. @benbrignell/the-honesty-paradox-30e5740e2d80" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@benbrignell/t…

Most design principles fail. Not because teams don’t have them, but because they’re written like slogans instead of decision tools. principles.design/articles/why-m…

@codeSTACKr The omnipresent rubber duck

obligatory post

@zoebread Reckon you might do time?

i’ve been banned from instrag ram ? :/

@philedsphil @danbarker Whey to go

@danbarker Was holidaying near a massive dairy factory in Cornwall some years back and got talking to a fella who worked there. Was told they used to pay farmers to take the waste product - whey - for animal feed. Now available for £40/kg to humans.

Contender for the worst meal deal combo: at Sainsbury's you can now get a Huel (main), protein shake (drink) and protein yogurt pouch (snack). Essentially three yogurty protein drinks.

I’m now over at bsky.app/profile/benbri… 🦋

@JackEllis @usefathom Yes if it’s critical to my business - implementing a product is like investing in it.

When you sign up for a SaaS, do you care if it's going to be around in the future? Do you look into the investors of the company? The amount of revenue vs employees? What it's focusing on? Desires to IPO, or be acquired by a big company, versus staying independent?

@danbarker For the same price you get more plastic for your money

More important news for UK pricing enthusiasts: M&S coconut water is the same price for both 500ml and 750ml bottles. Stay vigilant.

@profanityswan Do you still have knees?

@odellandy I made some out of some old clay water pipes but I have never managed to ever bury them before I started planting out 🤦‍♂️

@benbrignell I’ve tried Olla pots this year for cucumbers. Worked really well so far.

Having a hot drink to cool me down

Having a hot drink to cool me down