About my journey
Starting point, focus, and personal life
I’m a designer and maker with a focus on developer experience. Currently working at Linear.
Originally from Brittany, I grew up with my first computer running Windows 98. Early in my teenage years, I explored interactive design and programming, and in 2010, at age 14, I created my first themes and tweaks on Cydia for my jailbroken 4th-gen iPod touch. It marks my debut as a designer, engineer, and maker.
I live now in Paris, France — where I continue to explore software and create stuff, sometimes solo and with my friends and peers. I find the most joy in my work when I’m hands-on with engineers, building features, and polishing details. In 2018, I focused most of my work on the topic of developer experience by first working on the topics of design systems, tokens, formats, and APIs.
When not in front of a keyboard, I like building LEGO sets, experimenting with new espresso recipes, and listening to Hip-Hop vinyl records. These three activities help me a lot in disconnecting my brain from work, as they require me to focus on my other senses: the rigidity of colorful plastic bricks, the smell of a freshly brewed café cubano, and the sound of the diamond tip that follows the record wiggles as it turns.
On platforms
DMs are open — feel free to reach out.
I love making stuff
Alongside my day job, I like to spend part of my free time into various projects, adding features to my personal website, exploring APIs possibilities, creating tools for designers, engineers and makers, and of course having fun.
Stuff
Some facts
Here are some anecdotes and quick facts about my debuts as a designer, hobbies, past work, and my current life.
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Started practicing interactive design with themes for jailbroken iPhones at 14
And it was a real mess at first, as I didn’t know anything about icons or interface design. But with time and practice, I fell in love with all the possibilities Cydia (more or less an AppStore for jailbroken iPhones) offers for designers and developers like me.
I started my journey with Photofiltre Studio X, then downloaded a hacked version of Photoshop CS5 to be able to follow the community tutorials on masking, shadows, and other effects... As I was too young to have a PayPal account, I had to ask my mother to create one to publish my first paid theme on this hidden marketplace.
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Never stopped playing with LEGO bricks and sets
In fact, I continued to play while in high school, in university, and then college, from City, Star Wars, or Mars series to my current Architecture and Vehicles collection, these little bricks help me to stay away from the screen every once in a while.
I’m not a huge collector anymore, but I’m still obsessed with certain pieces, and I’m always trying to find good excuses to buy some kits.
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Hip-Hop listener
My favorite French rappers are Alpha Wann, Népal, Nekfeu, Fixpen Sill, Josman, and Triplego. And for the U.S., I enjoy listening to Kid Cudi, ScHoolboy-Q, Kendrick Lamar, Mobb Deep, and Joey Bada$$ songs.
I would love to know what's your favorite ones and discover new bangers or artists, let me know on Twitter!
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Rachet & Clank saga big fan
I started playing this awesome game on my PlayStation 2 with the first opus. I kept following this saga over the years and console generations.
I loved playing the Rift Apart opus on PS5 + the new features using adaptive triggers and haptic feedback. Beating again Dr. Nefarious is still fun — even after more than 20 years since the first opus.
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Big fan of David Fincher's work
I watch and rewatch again and again a lot of his movies, especially Fight Club (one of my favorites), The Social Network, and House of Cards. Among all the commonalities of his works, what I particularly appreciate is his talent for telling a story, very often tinged with drama and crime.
From a more cinematographic point of view, I appreciate his control of his scenes, his deep sense of detail, and his compositional choices in every movie.
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Wrote an essay on design systems in 2018 during my 4th year of study
During 6 months, I had the chance to interview Brad Frost and Koen Bok and dig into design systems and their impacts, on product teams and end-users.
Since then, I developed a strong interest in design operations, systems, and APIs, inspired by the work of Benjamin Wilkins, Diana Mounter, Dan Eden, Matthew Ström, Jina Anne, Nathan Curtis, Tatiana Mac, Yesenia Perez-Cruz, and Josh Mateo.
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