Chris Chen

Designing & building for brands that matter.
Founder @monolithsociety | ex-Amazon
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[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

Exploration for our site's upcoming redesign 👀

Thinking of adding a subtle three.js background, where it's a tunnel or flowering shrubs.

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

one of the founders we're working with is actively raising funds for a platform we're building together.

he's a domain expert and has spent pretty much his whole career in sales.

he knows the buyer, the sales process and the gaps in the market better than almost anyone.

our job has been turning that knowledge into a platform other people can actually see.

the product is only in phase one, but the full design has already built interest from investors, reps and coaches.

once the workflows, marketplace and revenue model became visible, the business stopped feeling like an idea living in the founder's head.

people could finally see what they were buying into.

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

one of our clients went from <$5k/mo to $50+k/mo within 3 months of launching their platform.

the biggest shift was how much better everything worked together.

good marketing that brought in the right attention + a platform that gave the team a clear way to convert and manage it.

the buyer journey felt smooth and quick.

concierge knew what to expect every day coming in.

and very few opportunities got lost between interest and purchase.

when good marketing has strong systems behind it, growth becomes a lot easier to sustain.

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

@jakubkrehel has a skill for this

https://t.co/dOiplmH1co

[Marcel @marcelkargul]

the secret for perfectly rounded corners 🔖

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

hi @benjitaylor , as someone who uses bookmarks a lot - i feel like this could be improved! 🙂

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

wrapping up phase 1 of a $90k deal we just closed with a client 👏

software build has been incredibly clean so far because of the new harnesses we’ve put in place around scoping, handoff, and QA.

figma -> development was incredibly smooth, there’s been very little backtracking, and the client is already excited about what they’re seeing.

very excited to keep building.

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

we used to be on cursor for the longest time - switched to zed and it's been great

[Luke @ImLukeF]

I don't know anyone on my feed who pays for Cursor or Perplexity anymore. How are these companies still around?

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

bring back the @MarathonTheGame inspired designs to the timeline

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

@SidHaldar_ no breaks given to small businesses

(also educate me if i'm wrong)

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

switched to https://t.co/YtBVwGRt9I because lucide doesn't have filled ones - so much better

[Bence Redmond @BenceRedmond]

please stop using lucide icons

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

@contraben @contralabs_ai 🙋‍♂️!!!

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

sometimes you just get really good shower thoughts yk?

[Tiago @shipwithtiago]

How did you guys get used to talking to AI instead of typing? I prefer typing 10 out of 10 times if I'm already at a keyboard. What am I missing?

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

@seb__design 100%. but we just gotta keep pushing

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

@xander_mide figma shaders get you a long way

[Dwayne @dwayneferdib]

The new @figma shaders are dope.
I started by experimenting with gradients and warp shader. love it !!

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

it's ok to not use AI sometimes

[Chetaslua @chetaslua]

Kimi k3 vs Fable 5 on PDF making

Prompt- make a pdf for the invoice of 500$ to AGI make it as beautiful as you can use full creativity by chetaslua

which one you guys liked , these type of test is important to see how these models perform in day to day task

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

i actually think these are fire?

[Ben Tossell @bentossell]

merch gifts have gone up a level

ty @OpenAI

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

a re-exploration of our work for GRC, a 130M ARR construction group with a 65-year legacy.

pushing the identity further with a brighter take on brutalism: monumental forms, oversized type, raw concrete, and restrained gold.

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

@JamesJames518 appreciate that james! happy to!

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

wrapping up phase 1 of a $90k deal we just closed with a client 👏

software build has been incredibly clean so far because of the new harnesses we’ve put in place around scoping, handoff, and QA.

figma -> development was incredibly smooth, there’s been very little backtracking, and the client is already excited about what they’re seeing.

very excited to keep building.

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

@seb__design love those 3 hahaha, already planning my next 2 trips - planning to do more rural this time

any recommendations? ��

[Chris Chen @atchrischen]

@DannPetty can't imagine the pain 😵 hope you are feeling better!