Designer, musician, and aspiring human.

Hi, I’m Justin Weiss, a Bay Area–based designer focused on creating things that are considered, useful, and honest. I value simplicity, good judgment, and working on things that matter with people who care. My dog Apollo supervises.

Apollo

About me

The basics:

  • I've been designing for over a decade, started by making stuff for bands I played in
  • Based in the Bay Area, been playing guitar since I was 9
  • Played in/toured with bands for years before shifting focus to design full-time
  • I know all the words to Billy Joel's 1989 smash hit "We Didn't Start the Fire"

Some things I believe:

  • Less is almost always more
  • Consistency compounds over time
  • Clarity is a feature
  • If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough
  • If you decide to do something, try as hard as you can