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Brad Frost

@bradfrost.com

I make things and help people. Web designer & developer, teacher, consultant, speaker, writer, musician, & artist. Host of Wake Up Excited! Author of Atomic Design. Enthusiasm enthusiast.

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A Designer's Thoughts About This Moment in AI I was walking my dog in the woods and decided to share my thoughts about the state of AI and the tension between the trajectory of AI companies and the designers/creators/makers of the world who are u...

I urge you to point your creative energy at the pursuit of the betterment of humankind and all life on this planet. Let's design a better world. bradfrost.com/blog/post/a-...

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- YouTube Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

🟠 A Designer’s Thoughts About This Moment in AI: youtube.com/watch?v=47gRTjCtQXE&feature=youtu.be

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A Designer's Thoughts About This Moment in AI I was walking my dog in the woods and decided to share my thoughts about the state of AI and the tension between the trajectory of AI companies and the designers/creators/makers of the world who are u...

I urge you to point your creative energy at the pursuit of the betterment of humankind and all life on this planet. Let's design a better world. bradfrost.com/blog/post/a-...

09.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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- YouTube Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

🟠 A Designer’s Thoughts About This Moment in AI: youtube.com/watch?v=47gRTjCtQXE&feature=youtu.be

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MIDI and Design Tokens and Visualizations Oh My.
MIDI and Design Tokens and Visualizations Oh My. Exploring the possibilities of where design systems can go and what they can do.

Check this shit out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=So1t...

06.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The ability to answer the question "Is it good?" I think is one of the most important and pressing questions of this age.

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We’re Pressing Pause on our Kickstarter News and information from Font Awesome – the internet’s favorite icon set; mixed with musings and nerdery from the team behind it.

Whew. What a week. We have some hard but important news to share about the Kickstarter: blog.fontawesome.com/pausing-kick...

We’ll be back soon!

06.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

I made it in Claude Code and pointed to my design system!

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MIDI + Design Tokens = new possibilities! If you want to learn about how to use AI and design systems together to help make better β€” and even wildly new! β€” digital things, you can sign up for our AI and Design Systems course here: aianddesign.systems

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MIDI and Design Tokens and Visualizations Oh My.
MIDI and Design Tokens and Visualizations Oh My. Exploring the possibilities of where design systems can go and what they can do.

Check this shit out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=So1t...

06.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I was walking Bootsy in the park, and stumbled onto a guy who was filling a jug with spring water. We went from "hello" to nature, beauty, world religions, aliens, psychedelics, taoism, human rights, and more in like 2 minutes. It was very strange but also a really fun Friday surprise.

06.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAnthropic has much more in common with the Department of War than we have differences” is a genuinely stunning statement given current events both at home and abroad

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Where things stand with the Department of War A statement from Dario Amodei

I think one of the most staggering industry shifts in my 16 years as a tech reporter is that it’s not become a question of β€œshould our product help the government kill and/or surveil people?” but β€œto what extent?”

www.anthropic.com/news/where-s...

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Drum Workout to Other Peoples' Workout Playlists - Episode #2
Drum Workout to Other Peoples' Workout Playlists - Episode #2 YouTube video by Brad Frost

This was a lot of fun! I had an idea to drum to other peoples' workout playlists: youtu.be/FtZOC7rpdr0

05.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Overheard on the street: β€œRick is the biggest generator of AI slop at the company. It’s so obvious too.”

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Overheard on the street: β€œRick is the biggest generator of AI slop at the company. It’s so obvious too.”

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Brad Frost's Newsletter Connection, creativity, and positivity. Subscribe for deep thinking, interesting links, updates on our courses & projects, upcoming events, music, art, and some random fun along the way

I'm about to send out my first newsletter in a while, so it's packed full of all sorts of stuff! I'd love it if you subscribed! bradfrost.com/newsletter/

04.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OOOOOOOOH MAN

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Share a link to your workout playlist.

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Old Music Friday I love this so much. We take so much for granted, so I freaking love to be reminded of the time-traveling magic of recorded music.

I love this so much: bradfrost.com/blog/link/ol...

We take so much for granted, so I freaking love to be reminded of the magic of recorded music.

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So difficult

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Button, button who's got the button
Button, button who's got the button YouTube video by Matt & Laura Grundler

What's your favorite button of all time? Could be a physical button, UI button, doesn't matter. Favorite button of all time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeLT...

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This. Building real-time shared understanding is huge.

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Mata Zyklek by Angine de Poitrine - Cold Drum & Bass Cover
Mata Zyklek by Angine de Poitrine - Cold Drum & Bass Cover Ian and I take a pass at this bonkers song totally cold: no learning, real warm-up, or anything. Just let 'er rip! Why? Because it's fun. It was extremely hard to follow but feel like we ended up…

So @ian-frost.bsky.social and I decided to do something crazy and attempt to play this Angine de Poitrine song totally cold: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg1P...

No learning, warm-up, anything. Just let 'er rip! It's so hard to follow, but feel like we ended up in the ballpark.

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This is something I’ve been in some state of either doing or trying to convince orgs to try for a decade now. When we do it, it’s glorious, every single time, but it’s way outside the realm of what some orgs are willing to entertain. I’ll also say it becomes super easy with a good design system.

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We're about to try a similar approach in a usability test setting! 🫣

We'll be using a baseline prototype for all sessions and then comparing the different unique outputs at the end of each session after iterating with research participants.

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Real-Time UI β€œIf a picture is worth a thousand words, then a prototype is worth a thousand meetings.”- Tom & David Kelley But what if the meeting is the prototype? That's the spirit of an idea I'm calling…

"A prototype is worth 1000 meetings." But what if the meeting _is_ the prototype?

That’s the spirit of an idea I’m calling β€œReal-time UI”. The tools now exist to generate UI in realtime, making it possible to convert a conversation into a working digital thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDR7...

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AI and Design Systems Course with Brad Frost, TJ Pitre, and Ian Frost An in-depth course on AI and design systems: core concepts, technologies and tools, environments and setup, implementation, and maintenance.

If you're interested in learning how to wield AI & Design Systems together to make amazing digital things, consider joining our community by preordering our AI & Design Systems course: aianddesign.systems

02.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As I see it, real-time UI can help:

β—‰ Visualize UI components in real-time
β—‰ Visualize product design in real-time.
β—‰ Wield your design system’s infrastructure to make realistic things.
β—‰ Minimize the friction involved in making prototypes
β—‰ Open the door to a more participatory design process.

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