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Started with a Framer template. Ended up dismantling the whole thing.
I recently designed and developed tukdin.com for a Malaysian restaurant in Paddington, London. Being new to Framer, I grabbed a template to understand the component structure and pulled animations from the Framer marketplace. But instead of just dropping them in, I reverse-engineered each interaction, studied the keyframes and easing curves, then rebuilt them around the restaurant's brand language and how Malay dishes are actually built; gentle yet precise.
Claude handled custom component logic where Framer's native tools hit their limits. Figma was strictly for vector manipulation and asset prep. The rest was prototyping, iterating, and learning by breaking things.
The biggest takeaway: deconstructing existing components is one of the fastest ways to understand a framework. Once I stopped treating the template as a finished layout and started treating it as raw material to rework, the design system clicked.
Phase 2 (restaurant reservation system with integrated booking flows for both staff and customer) is in progress now.
More to come. 🚀
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Update on Building in Public • 6-month challenge 🚀
Decided to go with this direction for the hero section of my first Framer template.
Lots of iterations ahead, but I'm excited to see where this goes.
More updates coming soon. 👨💻
This is living rent-free in my head.
Final Build Log — Almost There.
What started as a simple idea has become something much more personal.
Over the past days I've been transforming years of memories from Temple Lane Studios and the Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum Experience into an interactive digital story.
This isn't a generic museum website.
It's an experience built around atmosphere, memory, sound, and discovery.
Every room has a purpose.
Every transition tells part of the story.
Every detail was designed to make visitors feel like they're uncovering something that has always been there, waiting to be found.
The latest milestone introduces the final narrative arc—bringing together recovered memories, rehearsal rooms, archival photography, and the emotional ending I've been building toward since the first wireframe.
What makes this project different is that it isn't based on research alone.
I've rehearsed in Temple Lane.
I've spent countless hours in those rooms.
I've met incredible musicians there.
Those experiences became the creative foundation for every design decision.
Building this in Base44 has been an incredible experience. Watching an idea evolve from rough sketches into a polished interactive experience in such a short time has been genuinely impressive.
There are still a few finishing touches left before I hit Submit.
The next update will be the final one.
Wish me luck.
#Base44 #Contra #GiveItAGlow #Hackathon #WebDesign #UX #Storytelling #IrishRockNRollMuseum #TempleLane #CreativeCoding #BuildInPublic
This will be magical! Can't wait to see the final build.
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