André Givenchy
@andregivenchy.com
Designer • Strategist • Founder
Product design & strategy. I build Minimum Lovable Products. Advise early teams. Writing Ritual.
Product design & strategy. I build Minimum Lovable Products. Advise early teams. Writing Ritual.
Great design goes beyond aesthetics. It reflects underlying human truths.
When we understand our audience's needs, we can create experiences that resonate deeply. To do so is asking “what motivates our users today?”, and “how does that fact inform our design?”
When we understand our audience's needs, we can create experiences that resonate deeply. To do so is asking “what motivates our users today?”, and “how does that fact inform our design?”
September 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Great design goes beyond aesthetics. It reflects underlying human truths.
When we understand our audience's needs, we can create experiences that resonate deeply. To do so is asking “what motivates our users today?”, and “how does that fact inform our design?”
When we understand our audience's needs, we can create experiences that resonate deeply. To do so is asking “what motivates our users today?”, and “how does that fact inform our design?”
In today’s market, possibly more than ever, true innovation lies in simplicity. The challenge is not merely creating new features but refining experiences down to their essence.
Ask yourself, “what complexity can we strip away to reveal our product's core value?”
Ask yourself, “what complexity can we strip away to reveal our product's core value?”
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In today’s market, possibly more than ever, true innovation lies in simplicity. The challenge is not merely creating new features but refining experiences down to their essence.
Ask yourself, “what complexity can we strip away to reveal our product's core value?”
Ask yourself, “what complexity can we strip away to reveal our product's core value?”
Craftsmanship leads to clarity.
September 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Craftsmanship leads to clarity.
Embrace failure as a stepping stone to success.
September 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Embrace failure as a stepping stone to success.
To build a compelling brand story, ask yourself, “What outcome do I desire”? Define your aspirations and work backwards. This method grounds your actions in clarity, paving the way for aligned content.
Re-evaluate your brand trajectory regularly.
Re-evaluate your brand trajectory regularly.
September 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
To build a compelling brand story, ask yourself, “What outcome do I desire”? Define your aspirations and work backwards. This method grounds your actions in clarity, paving the way for aligned content.
Re-evaluate your brand trajectory regularly.
Re-evaluate your brand trajectory regularly.
Many people fail due to the weight of improper expectations. Understand that success takes time, often measured in years rather than months. What if you viewed every creation, project, or piece of content as a step in your long-term journey rather than an immediate success?
September 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Many people fail due to the weight of improper expectations. Understand that success takes time, often measured in years rather than months. What if you viewed every creation, project, or piece of content as a step in your long-term journey rather than an immediate success?
Innovate by subtracting.
September 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Innovate by subtracting.
Your phone is a silent metronome. Scroll, tap, swipe—hours disappear in a perfectly repeating rhythm.
Attention isn't stolen. It's volunteered. Change the rhythm, reclaim the focus, and future.
Attention isn't stolen. It's volunteered. Change the rhythm, reclaim the focus, and future.
September 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Your phone is a silent metronome. Scroll, tap, swipe—hours disappear in a perfectly repeating rhythm.
Attention isn't stolen. It's volunteered. Change the rhythm, reclaim the focus, and future.
Attention isn't stolen. It's volunteered. Change the rhythm, reclaim the focus, and future.
Data will only ever be clues. Curiosity will always be your compass.
September 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Data will only ever be clues. Curiosity will always be your compass.
Schedule a five-minute “reality audit” after every sprint.
Ask, "Does this still make sense?" If not, pivot while the cost is small.
Tiny course corrections beat grand, stubborn plans.
Ask, "Does this still make sense?" If not, pivot while the cost is small.
Tiny course corrections beat grand, stubborn plans.
September 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Schedule a five-minute “reality audit” after every sprint.
Ask, "Does this still make sense?" If not, pivot while the cost is small.
Tiny course corrections beat grand, stubborn plans.
Ask, "Does this still make sense?" If not, pivot while the cost is small.
Tiny course corrections beat grand, stubborn plans.
A leader who never pivots isn't decisive; just resigned to irrelevance.
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A leader who never pivots isn't decisive; just resigned to irrelevance.
When was the last time you changed your mind before life forced the lesson?
September 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When was the last time you changed your mind before life forced the lesson?
Innovation rewards the honest mind.
September 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Innovation rewards the honest mind.
Building is a conversation. Someone speak, a problem exists in answers, and together the design emerges—no script, just attentive listening.
August 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Building is a conversation. Someone speak, a problem exists in answers, and together the design emerges—no script, just attentive listening.
What if your product’s strongest feature is everything you refused to build?
August 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
What if your product’s strongest feature is everything you refused to build?
Wasted capability is the real cost you can’t afford.
August 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Wasted capability is the real cost you can’t afford.
Powerlifters add muscle by slowing the reps. Builders grow insight the same way. Let AI lift the weight, but keep your mind under tension long enough to perfect the form.
August 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Powerlifters add muscle by slowing the reps. Builders grow insight the same way. Let AI lift the weight, but keep your mind under tension long enough to perfect the form.
I believe the next decade belongs to founders who treat AI as a co-founder, not a cost-saver. Let it handle routine tasks. Spend your focus on the impossible.
Tools change tactics; vision always wins.
Tools change tactics; vision always wins.
August 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I believe the next decade belongs to founders who treat AI as a co-founder, not a cost-saver. Let it handle routine tasks. Spend your focus on the impossible.
Tools change tactics; vision always wins.
Tools change tactics; vision always wins.
When compute feels as common as oxygen, what will scarcity mean?
August 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When compute feels as common as oxygen, what will scarcity mean?
Simplicity multiplies leverage.
August 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Simplicity multiplies leverage.
Evolution didn’t work overtime. It iterated, trimming what failed until thumbs, wings, or gills appeared. Products grow the same way.
August 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Evolution didn’t work overtime. It iterated, trimming what failed until thumbs, wings, or gills appeared. Products grow the same way.
After every release, stop for five minutes.
Inspect, learn, adjust.
Short loops build long careers.
Inspect, learn, adjust.
Short loops build long careers.
August 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
After every release, stop for five minutes.
Inspect, learn, adjust.
Short loops build long careers.
Inspect, learn, adjust.
Short loops build long careers.
Mastery isn’t a marathon of hours. It's a rapid cycle of experiments. The highest performers aren’t the busiest—they’re disciplined scientists, pruning every attempt until only the highest signal elements remain.
August 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mastery isn’t a marathon of hours. It's a rapid cycle of experiments. The highest performers aren’t the busiest—they’re disciplined scientists, pruning every attempt until only the highest signal elements remain.
What if your next breakthrough isn’t 10,000 hours away, but one honest reflection away?
August 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
What if your next breakthrough isn’t 10,000 hours away, but one honest reflection away?
Low ego. High throughput.
August 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Low ego. High throughput.