Philip LaChance

Principal Designer at @SeamlessAI l G2 #1 Highest Satisfaction Product (‘25) | 3x LinkedIn Top Startup (‘20, ‘22, ‘23) | Forbes Best Startup Employers (‘25)

[Philip LaChance @PhilipLaChance]

@DannPetty Designer + AI Design Tool = SUPERCHARGED Designers… someone’s still got to judge, implement, and make decisions. If you don’t have the eye for it, doesn’t matter. Designers that are living in the right places like Design X will stay ahead.

[Philip LaChance @PhilipLaChance]

@DannPetty As long as our brain doesn’t hurt when we use it… we appreciate your valiant effort 😂

[Brett @BrettFromDJ]

@hunterhammonds Framer what?

[Philip LaChance @PhilipLaChance]

@BrettFromDJ @ransegall @hunterhammonds @designertom @Henrik_wes Absolutely crushed it today!! Humans live to design another day

[DANN© @DannPetty]

Listen designers, some of you might feel stuck in your real growth, and honestly, I think it’s because designers have stopped designing. Don't let this be you.

We’re all about instant gratification these days. Calling things “daily practice” or “fun concepts,” but we’re totally missing the real point of those practices.

If you’re just following trends, you’re not being YOU enough. Be real with yourself—was that last design for growth, or was it for quick likes and followers? Both matter, but one drives real success more.

Copying Linear makes Linear stronger. Using Jordan’s templates makes Jordan stronger. Mimicking Daryl’s design? Yep, it makes Daryl stronger. Same for Brett.

But what about YOU? You’ve got to find your unique voice. If you don’t, you’ll just spend your whole career riding someone else’s wave. Look at the names I mentioned—Linear, Jordan, Daryl, Brett. You probably recognized them instantly. Why? Because they’ve built something so distinct that their names alone stand out. That should be your goal: to make YOUR name strong.

Ask yourself: Why isn’t anyone recognizing you yet? Am I just making others’ names stronger, or am I building a name for myself?

Copying isn’t bad—it’s actually part of learning. But the problem comes with the paste. That’s what’s holding back your growth. Start from scratch and make it unique. Study how it was done, understand why it works, and then make it your own. Open up templates, break them down, and reimagine them in a new way. That’s how real growth happens. And yes, it’s harder—but that’s the whole point.

When I was starting out, I copied work from 2Advanced Studios and surf magazines—not to rip them off or to get a head start, but to figure out how they did what they did. I failed a lot, but every failure taught me something. Especially how hard unique design is.

Practice the right things and be honest with yourself.

Are you actually learning or just sharing work to keep up with trends? Are you honestly designing from scratch each time to grow? Because repetition is key. Posting work everyday is good but what's even better is posting strong work that pushes you each time. Let me rephrase that. Posting work everyday is good but what's even better is posting strong work that HONESTLY pushes you each time.

Also back when I started, everything I made had to be better than the last. I could literally see my growth because I forced it. There was this saying: “You’re only as good as your last design.” It’s kind of dumb, but it can be a great motivator if you use it right. It’s also not true, so don’t say it out loud to anyone.

Instead of complaining about others sharing memes or advice about all of this, take a moment to see if there’s value in what's being said. Sometimes, people are just trying to help you wake up—not tear you down.

I’ve seen a lot of careers rise and fall. I want yours to rise—to the moon, if you let it. But to get there, you’ve got to step out of the crowd. Be the needle everyone can see, not just another piece of hay in the stack.

Or...stay in the haystack if you think I’m just complaining. It’s your future.

[Charles Patterson @CharlesPattson]

Designers after drawing a single rectangle

[Five Reasons Sports 🏀🏈⚾️🏒⚽️ @5ReasonsSports]

“Nothing was given to me”

See what Jimmy Butler takes tonight on @watchplayback

https://t.co/waDmDPSPau

[Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305]

With 5 minutes left in game 4, the Heat trail by 10 as Jimmy Butler has 37 points on the night

5 minutes and 19 points later, Jimmy Butler has 56 points and the Heat have a 3-1 lead on the 1 seed

Quick thread on that run:

[vids that go hard @vidsthatgohard]

Need whatever he’s on 🤣🤣🤣

[Marques Brownlee @MKBHD]

I have some thoughts... the VR headsets are coming.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

FRANCES TIAFOE PULLS OFF THE UPSET OVER RAFAEL NADAL 😱

Nadal suffers his first loss in a major this year‼️

[Mizko @mizko]

I just received and started using my new 16” MacBook Pro M1 64GB yesterday. Apple just announced the M2.

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

Must watch: Shaq’s emotional 4-minute speech on @NBAonTNT

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

When Iron Man came out in 2008, Robert Downey Jr. was *not* a marquee star.

He was rebuilding his career and paid a below market rate of $500k.

But the deal terms set him up for one of the great acting comebacks ever and he's earned $450m+ as Tony Stark.

Here’s the story🧵

[Josh Wardle @powerlanguish]

An update on Wordle

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

21 lessons learned in 2021:

[Gabor Gurbacs @gaborgurbacs]

In 1995, Bill Gates attempting to explain what the Internet is on the Late Night Show. The host of course ridiculed him. Reminds me how some of us are still ridiculed by the media trying to explain things like Bitcoin, augmented reality, etc…

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

.@TheRock gave his own personal truck to this navy veteran for Thanksgiving and his reaction was everything 🙌

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Roger Federer is one of only six athletes to cross $1 billion in career earnings while still active.

The part you didn't know?

He left behind a $10 million annual sponsorship deal with Nike and turned it into a $600 million-plus payday.

Here's the wild story 👇

[Philip LaChance @PhilipLaChance]

@katemarshallll Hey Kate - watching the "No-Code Conference" @webflow replay and ABSOLUTELY want to take you up on getting a copy of your "Copy Doc" template to help our Design Team improve our process!