Marijus Buivydas

web designer who hates boring sites · co-founder @unfazedstudio_
DM if your brand or website needs work

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

Missed out on the first season of the Framer Challenge, so I'm starting Season 2 of the @framer challenge with a goal of $7,777 in revenue in 85 days.

Building in public over the next few months.

Good luck to all participants!

#framer #framerchallenge #webdesign

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

totally agreed man! I believe her core point being is all of these journey maps/user scenarios/personas/and whatnot UX rituals are practically not efficient and useful. build something real, get real data, and pivot from there.

for example, doing user interviews with no MVP to show is kinda useless, cuz users will always say "of course, I'll buy it" before they actually get a preorder button in front of them and they suddenly change their mind 🤣

nevertheless, if you don't know the rules, you can't break them.

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

@jenny_wen ran design at figma, now leads it at anthropic. she gave a talk saying the design process is dead.

she's honestly right.

every project I'm proud of started with building something, not filling out a brief. claude artifacts started as a researcher's rough code. figjam's best features got built because early testers were laughing.

no personas. no journey maps. just people reacting to something real.

great work has no finish line. she says that the figjam team was still fixing snapping years after launch. that's not inefficiency, that's just caring about the product.

stop trusting the process and trust yourself.

link in the comments!

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

@jenny_wen full talk - https://t.co/8CqwTiBaFB

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

@kreativeahmed fair point. honestly the $1m initiative itself is still a great move. not many tools just hand designers money to go build stuff. the campaign is great for the community regardless of how the numbers shake out for everyone

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

dropping out of the framer challenge.

been buried in figma/design projects, doing what I do best.

the hard truth is I couldn't land clients who specifically needed a framer website. that's the gap I couldn't close in time.

no bad feelings toward framer or the community.

I genuinely love both. this one just didn't work out for me 💔

on to the next.

#framerchallenge #framer

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

@rokas_go yessir🫡

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

@byaoril glad to hear you got inspired mate. and all the best with the challenge, you can still finish strong!

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

@uiwithruhan will definitely do when web designs get implemented and go live!

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

@shekhartanmay06 @unfazedstudio_ I appreciate that!

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

we keep improving @unfazedstudio_ website, not just launching and leaving it.

this week we added an animated logo strip on the homepage, a book a call button on the contact page and in the footer, and new micro interactions throughout for a smoother experience.

small things, but they add up.

a good website is never done. you ship it, then you keep making it better.

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

@rokas_go @unfazedstudio_ thanks bro!

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

@uiwithruhan @unfazedstudio_ that means a lot man!

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@aviraldsgn @framer @MaxPalmer666 congrats man. this is a great ranking!

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@sarthakv_ @framer hella clean design. congrats!

[Marijus Buivydas @prifke]

@MariyaCodes designer here 👋

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@alimdesigner_ you really killed it with that orange/gold glow effect. super solid work man!

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@alimdesigner_ Latvia lmao

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@emoesthectics clean. love the navy blue

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@arthur_designss damn Arthur, you've been cooking. love ur web designs!

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@ItsPeterDesign absolute fire

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@xsondesign @framer any progress is good progress man. love the visual btw!