Mike Smith
@mikesmith187
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Give more than you take. Design → @smith_diction Branding inquiries → [email protected]
Philadelphia, PA
Joined December 2009
10 years in, we finally have our own studio reel. Hopefully it gets you amped to make stuff! Special thanks to Jordan Scott ( https://t.co/KE9SMtu6F8) for his amazing animation work on this & also to @UprightTRex for their funky music, which I absolutely love. SOUND ON!
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The most city thing is when you see a fucked up car driving wildly you mumble to yourself, “well I guess I can see why your car is so fucked up then.”
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I’m hiring a brand designer at @reve – work closely with me to craft culture defining imagery and bring our visual identity to life have a unique eye, the ability to create brilliant static, motion, and video assets, and a love for creating with AI? DM me or email
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Me in 2010: Ew I can't believe anyone would build a brand around a rounded typeface. Me in 2025: What if the entire thing was rounded so much that it was illegible?
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I'm supppppper cheap when it comes to buying new stuff for the studio and I feel like it's my duty to tell you that the Apple Studio Display is $190 off today. https://t.co/UStplOubZX
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Introducing Studio Display. An immersive 27-inch 5K Retina display* with a 12MP camera with Center Stage, studio-quality mics, and six-speaker sound system. Pairs beautifully with any Mac.
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Smith & Diction / Perplexity / Perplexity Labs / Typography / 2023 [ https://t.co/G55uJN5ycB]
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Bro seriously just exploring Smith and Diction figma files has levelled up my entire branding brain Honestly grateful they made these files public @Smith_Diction
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Just bought this book off of vibes and a quick little description tag. Is it good? Should I be hyped?
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I have such a weird view into how folks use these public files. Some random ones: Played Tic-Tac-Toe Promoted their own portfolio in a comment Helped each other find fonts Announce new fonts they worked on Pointed out my typos Being genuinely kind & supportive to each other
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So @figma I know this is a weird request because I'm one of the very few people that share figma files with the whole world but I'd love a "deny all" button in this list. At one point over 300 people were requesting edit access and my finger is tired of hitting deny haha.
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This is the time of year that I start getting reflective & I was feeling very proud that over the past 3 years we've branded 3 unicorn co's. For a little studio that started in my 1 bedroom apt, we've come an incredibly long way. @SuperhumanHQ + @GammaApp + @perplexity_ai
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Yo @googlefonts question: on the Vercel Geist site it says there are italics but I don't see them on Google fonts. Is there a plan for that to roll out in the future? Theeeeeenks.
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We're hiring big time at @GammaApp! Check out all of the roles across engineering, product, and design. For marketing: ➡️ Product Evangelist ➡️ Visual Designer ➡️ Senior Visual Designer ➡️ Senior Lifecycle Marketing Manager ➡️ Marketing Lead, B2B ➡️ Creator Partnerships Lead
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We're all listening to this new Mini Trees album right? It's just unbelievably good. https://t.co/hkdIuGjTu2
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Mini Trees · album · 2025 · 10 songs
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I've been noticing a new trend where people will say really mean things when I say we can't work on their project. What the heck is going on out there? One dude said he was going to make sure that we're sorry for passing on his project. And I was just like...o.k.
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Today, as shared by The New York Times, we’re announcing two things: >Our Series B at a $2.1B valuation led by @sarahdingwang at @a16z. >Reaching $100M ARR, profitably, with a team of just 50 people. That's $2M ARR per employee. PowerPoint was invented before the first website,
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