Designing and vib[code]ing into the future.

Designing and vib[code]ing into the future.

Designing and
vib[code]ing
into the
future.

Designing and vib[code]ing into the future.

Hey, I'm Derek. I've spent the last decade awkwardly trying to explain to people how much I love my work. I get some concerned faces. Design is my job, my hobby, and honestly most of my personality at this point (and I'm not apologizing for it anymore).

Lately I've been evolving from someone who designs things into someone who builds them too. Code components, animations, full sites from scratch. It's a bit of a weird identity shift after a decade of working in the bounds of design tools, but it's also the most creatively alive I've felt in a long time.

Hey, I'm Derek. I've spent the last decade awkwardly trying to explain to people how much I love my work. I get some concerned faces. Design is my job, my hobby, and honestly most of my personality at this point (and I'm not apologizing for it anymore).


Lately I've been evolving from someone who designs things into someone who builds them too. Code components, animations, full sites from scratch. It's a bit of a weird identity shift after a decade of working in the bounds of design tools, but it's also the most creatively alive I've felt in a long time.

Hey, I'm Derek. I've spent the last decade awkwardly trying to explain to people how much I love my work. I get some concerned faces. Design is my job, my hobby, and honestly most of my personality at this point (and I'm not apologizing for it anymore).

Lately I've been evolving from someone who designs things into someone who builds them too. Code components, animations, full sites from scratch. It's a bit of a weird identity shift after a decade of working in the bounds of design tools, but it's also the most creatively alive I've felt in a long time.

Let's chat

Let's chat

what I'm drawn to

what I'm drawn to

shapes how I design.

shapes how I design.

what I'm drawn to

shapes how I design.

who I am,

who I am,

who I am,

how I think.

how I think.

how I think.

The path here
was never straight 🌈

The path here
was never straight 🌈

The path here
was never straight 🌈

I didn't plan a linear career. I've designed for Google, Meta, Verizon, Snap, and PayPal — but I've also been the only designer at a Web3 startup that got acquired, led design for an LGBTQ+ dating app by Grindr's founder, and helped an AI health tech company turn 3D medical imaging into life-saving diagnostic tools.

Each jump probably looked risky. Internally, it was the same instinct every time: go where there's compounding energy, where the problem is genuinely hard, and where the stakes actually matter. I'd rather be learning something completely new than coasting on something I've already figured out.

Systems, emotion,
aesthetic, feel.

Systems, emotion,
aesthetic, feel.

Systems, emotion,
aesthetic, feel.

I think in systems — visual systems, cross-device ecosystems, the structural design that determines whether something actually works at scale. The stuff that never makes a press release but makes everything else possible.

I'm also wired sensory-first. How something feels matters as much as how it works. A moment of visual delight, intentional friction, a transition that lands exactly right — I care about that stuff obsessively. The experiences that actually stick with people are almost always the ones where someone deeply thinks about the emotional details.

Innovation,
creative autonomy.

Innovation
& creative autonomy.

Innovation,
creative autonomy.

I'm at my best when I'm handed a hard problem with freedom to how I approach it. That's why I keep gravitating toward emerging tech; VR, AI wearables, blockchain — the rules don't exist yet, so you get to design them. Same reason I can't stop experimenting with Claude, Cursor, Figma Make, Midjourney.

The intersection of AI and design craft is the most exciting space I've ever worked in. I aim to use these tools thoughtfully without losing the human instinct that makes design matter.

Outside of work, I grow plants (too many), make concrete planters by hand, obsess over interior design and architecture, and aI have a Dalmatian-mix named Dexter who has strong opinions about how much time I spend on my website and side projects.

I'm at my best when I'm handed a hard problem with freedom to how I approach it. That's why I keep gravitating toward emerging tech; VR, AI wearables, blockchain — the rules don't exist yet, so you get to design them. Same reason I can't stop experimenting with Claude, Cursor, Figma Make, Midjourney.

The intersection of AI and design craft is the most exciting space I've ever worked in. I aim to use these tools thoughtfully without losing the human instinct that makes design matter.

Outside of work, I grow plants (too many), make concrete planters by hand, obsess over interior design and architecture, and I have a Dalmatian-mix named Dexter who has strong opinions about how much time I spend on my website and side projects.

thanks for

thanks for

thanks for

stopping by.

stopping by.

stopping by.

Let's chat

Let's chat

What should we
build next?

Let's chat

Built by me, with the help of Claude & Framer.

© 2026 Derek Glazier Designs

What should we
build next?

Let's chat

Built by me, with the help of Claude and Framer.

© 2026 Derek Glazier Designs

What should we build next?

Let's chat

What should we
build next?

Let's chat

Built by me, Claude, and Framer.

© 2026 Derek Glazier Designs