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In a world overflowing with quick takes and surface-level content, Design Lobster dives deeper. Whether you’re a design-curious amateur or a pro, Design Lobster will expand your mind and make your next design idea a more creative one 🧠


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I love Design Lobster for its concise format, its oddball sensibility, and its good-natured curiousness about the world around it. Ben works as a designer in his day job, and his essays are the product of a practitioner at work. If you’re interested in design, or are simply looking for a thought-provoking mental health break in your inbox, I can’t recommend it enough.

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About Me

My name is Ben Strak and I work as a product designer. I’m currently based in Brooklyn bringing the UK digital bank Monzo to the USA. Before getting stuck into pixels, I studied and worked in the world of architecture.


In Summary

The deeper you go, the more you discover. 🦞

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Ever-curious designer based in NYC. Think outside the grid 💭