Josh Puckett
Designer; co-founder of Iteration and Upperstudy, author of Interface Craft.
- Josh Puckett is a product designer who co-founded Iteration, a design practice that works with early-stage founders.
- He also co-founded Upperstudy, an apprenticeship studio for designers.
- Before that he led design teams at Wealthfront, Dropbox and Groupon.
- He writes Interface Craft, a library about designing interfaces with care.
Why it matters
- For designers and design engineers who care about interface craft: his library and open source tools such as DialKit and Pica are practical references.
- Co-founded
- Iteration, a design practice partnering with select early-stage founders1
- Also co-founded
- Upperstudy, an apprenticeship-based studio that helped over a hundred designers start careers in technology1
- Led teams at
- Wealthfront, Dropbox and Groupon1
- Designer, advisor or investor at
- Companies including Browserbase, Clubhouse, Framer, Modal, Render, Runway and Vanta1
- Experience
- Nearly two decades designing and building products2
- Based in
- California, USA3
Projects
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Interface Craft (opens interfacecraft.dev)2
A working library for designing with uncommon care: more than 40 articles, walkthroughs, interactive videos and tools.
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A floating control panel for tweaking parameters in real time.
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Pica (opens pica.joshpuckett.me)1
Better font management for macOS.
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Design Strategies (opens getdesignstrategies.com)1
A deck of strategies to help you get unblocked.
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Letters of Love (opens joshpuckett.me)1
An archive of love letters, gathered to bring the practice back.
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