Inside the Workshop of
THOMAS BRANDON
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Product designer and founder. For more than ten years I’ve been designing interfaces, shipping products and growing a small family of companies. Today that means Fieldnote, Kiln, Mapleworks and Parallel.
Products.
fieldnote
kiln
mapleworks
parallel
quiet-ui
lumen-app
See 40+ launches
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Active · 2023
teams
cards planned
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Acquired · 2024
templates
downloads
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Active · 2019
components synced daily
uptime
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Active · 2021
product teams
interviews analysed
Ideas become prototypes. Prototypes become products. Forty launches later, that is still the job.
products launched
companies founded
client projects shipped
people using them daily
I design products, and the teams that build them.
Ten years, four companies, one goal: make useful things that feel good to use.
Good software should feel quiet.
The best interface is the one you stop noticing. I keep cutting until only the useful parts are left.
Share the work early.
Most of what I know came from showing unfinished work. I still post drafts every week.
These days I’m building a design tool.
A calm workspace where product teams plan, sketch and ship together. Private beta soon.
Still chasing
Designer, founder, weekend surfer and a very average guitarist.
Working with teams everywhere from Lisbon, Portugal. It’s 15:23 here right now.
Based in
Lisbon.
Fieldnote
Research tool
Turn interviews into insight
A research workspace that turns customer interviews into clear, shareable findings.
Kiln
Design system studio
Design systems that ship themselves
Tokens, components and docs kept in sync between Figma and code.
Mapleworks
Template store
Website templates for small studios
Calm, well-built website templates for studios, shops and freelancers.
Parallel
Team planning
Plan the week, not the meeting
A calm weekly board for remote teams that replaces the status call.
Client work
06 projects · 2023–2026
Selected work.
Lumen Bank
2026
A calmer money app for two million customers
Redesigning everyday banking for two million customers, from the first sign-up screen to the monthly budget.
Product design · iOS · Android
Oro Coffee
2025
Roasted in Lisbon, sold everywhere
A warm identity, packaging and online shop for a small Lisbon roaster ready to sell beyond its neighbourhood.
Branding · Packaging
Atlas Health
2025
Care in one clear place
A patient portal that puts bookings, results and messages on one calm screen.
Product design · Web app
Tidal Studio
2024
A browser studio where bands record together
Real-time recording in the browser, so a band can finish a song without sending files back and forth.
Product · Prototyping
Verde Mobility
2024
Unlock a bike in under a minute
E-bike sharing for Lisbon: find a bike, unlock it and ride, all in under a minute.
App design · Research
Halcyon Hotels
2023
Slow mornings by the sea
A booking site for a family of seaside hotels that doubled direct bookings in one season.
Web design · Booking
Kind words
from clients and teammates
Kind words.
Thomas makes complex products feel calm. Our app rating went from 3.9 to 4.7 after the redesign.
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Ana Costa
Head of Product, Lumen Bank
He sketched our whole shop on paper in one afternoon. That sketch is basically what we launched.
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Rui Almeida
Founder, Oro Coffee
Clear thinking, fast prototypes and zero ego. The best design partner we have had.
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Priya Nair
CTO, Atlas Health
Thomas asks the questions nobody else asks, then designs the answer.
JW
Jonas Weber
Co-founder, Tidal Studio
Riders now unlock a bike in under a minute. That number used to be three.
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Marta Silva
COO, Verde Mobility
Direct bookings doubled in the first season. The site feels like our hotels do.
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Elena Rossi
Brand Director, Halcyon Hotels
Thomas makes complex products feel calm. Our app rating went from 3.9 to 4.7 after the redesign.
AC
Ana Costa
Head of Product, Lumen Bank
He sketched our whole shop on paper in one afternoon. That sketch is basically what we launched.
RA
Rui Almeida
Founder, Oro Coffee
Clear thinking, fast prototypes and zero ego. The best design partner we have had.
PN
Priya Nair
CTO, Atlas Health
Thomas asks the questions nobody else asks, then designs the answer.
JW
Jonas Weber
Co-founder, Tidal Studio
Riders now unlock a bike in under a minute. That number used to be three.
MS
Marta Silva
COO, Verde Mobility
Direct bookings doubled in the first season. The site feels like our hotels do.
ER
Elena Rossi
Brand Director, Halcyon Hotels
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