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Read/Design is a personal project that started as a way to keep my curiosity about design alive. Think of it as a digital library built from the books I've collected over the years. The idea is to share, every month in an Instagram post, the insights that stuck with me the most, with the goal of spreading knowledge and encouraging the reading of physical books.
Since sharing your process is the thing now, here's how this came together: I designed the graphics and website myself in the old-fashioned way, but the site itself was built in Claude Code with a Notion database behind it. Huge respect for developers. This build cost me two migraines and way too many tokens.
Bookmarking this!
Thank you! 😊
Thank you! 😊
Wow, this is great! Can you explain the tools used for this project? I'm genuinely curious.
Thank you! 😊 Of course! The main website design was created in Figma, along with the supporting graphics (the gradient backgrounds), which were made using Figma's new shader effects.
Once I was happy with the design, I used Figma Make to validate the interactions and overall...
Two migraines and way too many tokens is the most honest build log I've read all week. Was Claude Code handling the actual layout logic, or mostly stitching together what the Notion database was feeding it?
Thank you!! I designed the site with the idea of feeding it from a database in Notion. Once I had the design in Figma with help from Claude, I built the database in Notion, and then it was a matter of making the connections and putting the code together with Claude Code 😊
Backing it with a Notion database is the quiet win here, since each monthly drop stays a two-minute content update instead of a redesign, so the project keeps compounding on its own. A personal library like this also doubles as proof of taste, which convinces clients more than any services page.
Thank you! Yes, definitely 😊 Making it easy to update was a priority from the very beginning.
Love this idea. Sharing what you learn from books is such a great way to keep the knowledge alive.
Thank you! Definitely 🙌 I think it's one of the ways we, as designers, can help our profession continue to grow and improve
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