The Design Channel

The Design Channel’s from /design on Farcaster is a publication that extends the conversation beyond casts — featuring essays, interviews, and deep dives from the Farcaster design community. It’s a space to document ideas, share process, and explore how design shapes the products we use every day.

Designer Of The Week

Designer Of The Week is hosted by the /design channel and releases each Monday at 3pm GMT+1 / 7am PDT/ 2pm UTC

Designer Of The Week - Nicolaus

Nicolaus was born in California, raised in Atlanta, and now calls Austin home. He focuses on building design capacity within organizations through scalable design systems spanning brand, product, and activation experiences. He currently leads design at Decent and has founded a solo practice called Atmo Studio. What’s your creative superpower — and how does it show up in your process? I’d say it’s a deep curiosity about the world combined with a commitment to make beautiful spaces. I learn best... Read more

Designer Of The Week - Erica

Erica is the cofounder of Unofficial, a discovery engine for onchain content. Unofficial’s flagship product is Uno, a people-first Farcaster client. With a background in UX and web design, she recently transitioned into full-stack development while building Uno over the past year. Outside of work, Erica enjoys making pottery, practicing yoga, going to the gym, cuddling her cat Pear, line dancing with her queer community, raving, hosting dinner parties, and browsing the internet for supplies for... Read more

Designer Of The Week - Zack Labadie

Zack (@labadie.eth) is a product designer at Uniswap, where he’s part of a close-knit design team working on the mobile app, browser extension, and main trading interface. With around 10 years of experience in digital product design, Zack has long embraced a generalist mindset—well before it became a buzzword. He thrives on tackling diverse problems and enjoys contributing across all phases of the design process. He’s currently enjoying his first summer in the Midwest after relocating from... Read more

Designer Of The Week - Derek Brown

Derek Brown (@derek on Farcaster, @derekbrown on Twitter) is the founder of Birthday Labs, a company focused on building digital economies that expand human freedom. He is best known for launching Native ($NATIVE - /nativefun), a digital city inhabited by both human and agentic citizens who co-create entertainment and economic value. Derek has experience building and leading companies of all sizes, from major players like LinkedIn and Addepar to various startups across both on-chain and off-chain ventures... Read more

Designer Of The Week - Charles

Charles is a product designer based in Brooklyn. By day, he works at a blockchain company, and by night and on weekends, he dives into side projects. Lately, he’s been vibecoding and exploring every new AI tool he can get his hands on. 1. What's your creative superpower? I’m pretty fast at visualizing ideas. When someone talks about a brand or product, I usually see how it might look right away — the colors, the vibe, even what the name or logo could be. It just comes naturally, and I often jump right... Read more

Designer Of The Week - Esdotge

Esdotge is the Branding Lead and Co-founder of Floc*, one of the pioneering strategic design studios in Web3. Since 2017, he has been researching and experimenting with the vision of building a new model for brand building in the Web3 space. This ever-evolving methodology is at the core of the /brand3 concept, which he actively promotes. He has worked with brands such as Metamask, Polygon, Bankless, Build, Sushi, and Metacartel. Many in the Farcaster community know him as the creator of De... Read more

Designer Of The Week - Jordanisgreen.eth

Jordanisgreen is a graphic designer, creative director, and self-proclaimed professional lurker. Currently freelancing and working quietly with a few teams, Jordan stays curious and inspired. Most recently, Operating System has captured her love and attention. Read more