Jonas Downey
@jonas.do
Design Manager @ Figma // Co-creator of Hello Weather. Ex-Twitter and some other stuff. he/him
🌐 https://jonas.do
🌞 @helloweather.com
🌐 https://jonas.do
🌞 @helloweather.com
Hello Weather is the app of the day all over the world today! Amazing to see this rolling out globally 🥹
apps.apple.com/us/story/id1...
apps.apple.com/us/story/id1...
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hello Weather is the app of the day all over the world today! Amazing to see this rolling out globally 🥹
apps.apple.com/us/story/id1...
apps.apple.com/us/story/id1...
just started thinking about the film Metropolis for totally no reason at all
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
just started thinking about the film Metropolis for totally no reason at all
This new option (in iOS 26.1 beta 4) is dramatically better for everything and should be the default.
October 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This new option (in iOS 26.1 beta 4) is dramatically better for everything and should be the default.
First summer garden sunflower 🌻
July 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
First summer garden sunflower 🌻
we put a small homage to Mac OS 8 into the new Hello Weather, and I really hope Apple is cool with it, because I love it so much
June 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
we put a small homage to Mac OS 8 into the new Hello Weather, and I really hope Apple is cool with it, because I love it so much
trying out a new approach for visualizing all the little stuff I do as a manager
June 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
trying out a new approach for visualizing all the little stuff I do as a manager
These ultra-translucent interfaces rarely work well as a system, because the transparency introduces way more problems than it solves. It’s form over function.
I’d bet that a lot of this liquid glass stuff will end up more like semi-opaque-frosted-glass in the end. But it looks cool as a demo!
I’d bet that a lot of this liquid glass stuff will end up more like semi-opaque-frosted-glass in the end. But it looks cool as a demo!
June 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
These ultra-translucent interfaces rarely work well as a system, because the transparency introduces way more problems than it solves. It’s form over function.
I’d bet that a lot of this liquid glass stuff will end up more like semi-opaque-frosted-glass in the end. But it looks cool as a demo!
I’d bet that a lot of this liquid glass stuff will end up more like semi-opaque-frosted-glass in the end. But it looks cool as a demo!
ohh I love this! Not to mention some particularly great people who created it
May 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
ohh I love this! Not to mention some particularly great people who created it
one of the many things I love about Chicago is that it's the funniest city
May 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
one of the many things I love about Chicago is that it's the funniest city
Fare thee well, lil cakes
April 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fare thee well, lil cakes
regular people: you should have onboarding in your app
my nonsense brain:
my nonsense brain:
April 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
regular people: you should have onboarding in your app
my nonsense brain:
my nonsense brain:
well, I guess we’re in phase 2 of a definitely smart economic plan
April 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
well, I guess we’re in phase 2 of a definitely smart economic plan
sometimes I wonder what digital interfaces would look like if they degraded from usage, like physical interfaces do.
for example: imagine how many millions of times the Home button in this app is tapped every single day. It would look like this:
for example: imagine how many millions of times the Home button in this app is tapped every single day. It would look like this:
March 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
sometimes I wonder what digital interfaces would look like if they degraded from usage, like physical interfaces do.
for example: imagine how many millions of times the Home button in this app is tapped every single day. It would look like this:
for example: imagine how many millions of times the Home button in this app is tapped every single day. It would look like this:
Nabbed a couple of excellent finds at the record store today
March 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Nabbed a couple of excellent finds at the record store today
absolutely draconian password requirements
March 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
absolutely draconian password requirements
It’s been “weather app QA testing season” in Chicago lately
February 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s been “weather app QA testing season” in Chicago lately
I hope you explained it to them via fax
January 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I hope you explained it to them via fax
We’re close to releasing a big @helloweather.com beta update, and I’m especially proud of the extra care we gave to all the supporting screens that are usually dull in apps (like app news, or terms of service.)
We tried to make them into their own special little universes:
We tried to make them into their own special little universes:
January 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We’re close to releasing a big @helloweather.com beta update, and I’m especially proud of the extra care we gave to all the supporting screens that are usually dull in apps (like app news, or terms of service.)
We tried to make them into their own special little universes:
We tried to make them into their own special little universes:
LinkedIn is out here reminding me of the short, fleeting, existential preciousness of life, and how we devote so much of our tragically limited time on Earth to our professions—
—as an upsell to Premium
—as an upsell to Premium
January 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
LinkedIn is out here reminding me of the short, fleeting, existential preciousness of life, and how we devote so much of our tragically limited time on Earth to our professions—
—as an upsell to Premium
—as an upsell to Premium
I think this blurb from 404 media sums it up. If you equate user satisfaction with engagement, then you just chase after anything with a positive metric
January 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I think this blurb from 404 media sums it up. If you equate user satisfaction with engagement, then you just chase after anything with a positive metric