Bonjour 👋

Hi, I’m Laurent.

I try to build things that are useful, ethical, and beautiful.

An open deck box with the old cards spilling out.

Facilitator Cards

I partnered with educator, course creator, and facilitator Meg Bolger to iterate on the design of Facilitator Cards — a set of 56 cards designed to improve any meeting, brainstorm, or workshop.
A VR headset with floating HUDs around: an inspector, a performance HUD, and a console.

Volu.dev

I’ve always been fascinated by the potential of virtual (and mixed) reality. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, the sci-fi of the era served us with tales of wonder and limitless possibilities.
A 3-points polygon (a play button) in a circle, with box-based centering and circle-based centering.

Practical Design Tips

I shared with Smashing Magazine’s readers a few simple guidelines and practical tips to easily improve designs.
The With logo, an abstract, mid-century modern inspired set of shapes, on a vibrant red background.

With Labs

With was founded in 2020 by Chris Bourdon and me to help people connect, play and learn, from across the world.

I became the CEO in 2022, and lead the company to its exit in 2023.
In the middle, the AirDrop icon, on the left cropped, the iMessage icons, and on the right, the Maps icon.

Apple stories

Some icons and stories behind the products I designed while working on macOS (OS X at the time).
A composite of the Bowtie logo and multiple bowtie windows, showing various themes and preferences.

{13bold}

In 2010, Matt and I founded the {13bold} collaborative with one simple mission: to create great software for the Macintosh platform.
A screenshot of Fontcase, a grid of tiles representing fonts, and the logo, a suitcase lined with red felt, and silver letters inside

Fontcase, a font manager

I always dreamed of an iPhoto-like experience for my typeface collection.
The Architect icon, a blueprint in a metal frame with a plastic protractor laying on top of it.

Architect & Façade

Architect and Façade were two apps working in tandem to bring back customization to the Mac.
The DrawIt icon, a drop of glowing orange ink.

The beginnings of Sketch

After being really fed up with using Photoshop as an interface design tool for years, I decided to look for alternatives.
A blue folder icon. In front, an Erlenmeyer flask full of a bubbling green liquid.

My old icons

I used to design free icon sets. This is an archive of pretty much all the icon sets I’ve ever released, with some thoughts behind them.