Brett Jones
- @brettj
- Staff Design Engineer
- Perth, Australia
Portfolio
New portfolio Shipped my portfolio, using Next.js, Figma, and a touch of Blender and three.js. → brettjones.design
makin’ it live I began live-streaming the process of designing a dynamic stream layout, using Next.js. → makinit.live → twitch → github
Wrote a blog post Page composition with Yaml and Middleman, describing an approach I took to producing travel photoessays on my personal website. → Blog post
Mixin The absolute highlight of my career so far is the privilege of helping to organise Mixin conference alongside some very talented and humble Perth web folk—Kylie Timpani, Mandy Michael, Patima...
Things I’ve built
I launched CSS Grid a Day, where I challenged myself to learn CSS grid by creating a design each day in May using CSS grid. Built with Gatsby JS, Theme UI, and MDX. → cssgridaday.com
ThirdPlaces A photographer friend Josh Wells and I launched ThirdPlaces—our living guide to our favourite places in Perth to gather with friends. I designed the branding and website, and built the ...
Speaking engagements
I gave a talk at Port80 Perth, “Mixin’ Up Design and Development”, which covered how I built the Mixin conference website using the static site generator, Middleman.
I spoke at the Localhost Deployment tour, a set of meetups hosted across Australia in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane from June 6–June 9. Beginning in my hometown, I was joined by Glen Madde...