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Josh Armantrout

@joshdesignsxyz

Designer? I hardly even know ‘er.

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I feel like Draplin Design Co. and MATTY MATHESON are the same archetype of dude—down-to-earth, irreverent and cavalier in a kind of larger-than-life way, but *deep* masters of their craft with a profound respect for the history and practice. I find myself *super* drawn to this archetype

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Feels so obvious in retrospect, but the UI patterns for the Slack mobile app’s “Catch Up” flow is *tailor made* for email. This is dope.

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It's been such a whirlwind since joining 2 weeks ago, I've completely forgotten to mention that I joined Wiley Jones @ DOSS.com to help build the next generation of ERP at Doss! After spending the last 4 years at Divvy and BILL working exclusively on the product, I'm stoked to stretch

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> Week 3 at Doss > Never designed a billboard before > Reindustrialize conference is next week in Detroit > We have 8 billboards around the city > Oh, shit Trying to create a visual language that blends elements of WW2 posters and the techno-optimist side of mid-century

&gt; Week 3 at <a href="/doss_hq/">Doss</a> 
&gt; Never designed a billboard before
&gt; Reindustrialize conference is next week in Detroit 
&gt; We have 8 billboards around the city 
&gt; Oh, shit 

Trying to create a visual language that blends elements of WW2 posters and the techno-optimist side of mid-century
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Reflecting on the past few weeks, I don’t think I’ve ever done anything that has forced prioritization and trade-offs to the degree that working at an early-stage startup has. I constantly have to check in w myself and ask “Is this the absolute highest-leverage thing I can be

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Places I did NOT expect to see my design work in 2025: On a big-ass wrap-around billboard in downtown Detroit for REINDUSTRIALIZE SUMMIT This one was a gnarly challenge. I've never designed anything like this before, but I'm stoked to see the results. S/O to zach for doing the

Places I did NOT expect to see my design work in 2025:
On a big-ass wrap-around billboard in downtown Detroit for <a href="/reindsummit/">REINDUSTRIALIZE SUMMIT</a> 

This one was a gnarly challenge. I've never designed anything like this before, but I'm stoked to see the results.

S/O to <a href="/zachglabman/">zach</a> for doing the
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I've never spent any real time designing icons, so I'd love some feedback! Do any of these icons feel like they capture the idea of "scaling fast"? Any other ideas for visual motifs or suggestions for these, given the context of the content they'll be attached to?

I've never spent any real time designing icons, so I'd love some feedback!

Do any of these icons feel like they capture the idea of "scaling fast"? 

Any other ideas for visual motifs or suggestions for these, given the context of the content they'll be attached to?