Kyle Wayne Benson
@kylewaynebenson.com
e.g. Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader
verycoolstudio.com
verycoolstudio.com
Truly wild how many designers are now full time posting images of horses in fields and saying stuff like "what a time to be alive"
June 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Truly wild how many designers are now full time posting images of horses in fields and saying stuff like "what a time to be alive"
Accept disgrace willingly.
Accept misfortune as the human condition.
Accept misfortune as the human condition.
May 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Accept disgrace willingly.
Accept misfortune as the human condition.
Accept misfortune as the human condition.
Youtube has autoplayed the MJ Lenderman tiny desk after every video for three months and I have watched it every single time
May 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Youtube has autoplayed the MJ Lenderman tiny desk after every video for three months and I have watched it every single time
Baited breath for the first coffee shop tip screen at the end of an ai interaction
May 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Baited breath for the first coffee shop tip screen at the end of an ai interaction
As the son of a pilot, The Rehearsal S2 is blowing my mind. I’m laughin, I’m cryin. Bless you, Nathan Fielder.
May 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
As the son of a pilot, The Rehearsal S2 is blowing my mind. I’m laughin, I’m cryin. Bless you, Nathan Fielder.
new default response to design feedback
May 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
new default response to design feedback
Did everyone enjoy their confudge
May 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Did everyone enjoy their confudge
having a bit of cheese
May 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
having a bit of cheese
Lots of people talking about how the body keeps the score, not enough people talking about how to score keeps the body
April 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Lots of people talking about how the body keeps the score, not enough people talking about how to score keeps the body
what up I'll be at config this year say hi if you want!
March 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
what up I'll be at config this year say hi if you want!
“make some things more the same and some things more different”
My new Figma comment
My new Figma comment
March 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
“make some things more the same and some things more different”
My new Figma comment
My new Figma comment
I’m so happy Sean Baker is getting the love he has long deserved. Anora is so good.
AND
See Nickel Boys if you haven’t. For me, it was the most moving and affecting movie of the last season.
AND
See Nickel Boys if you haven’t. For me, it was the most moving and affecting movie of the last season.
March 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I’m so happy Sean Baker is getting the love he has long deserved. Anora is so good.
AND
See Nickel Boys if you haven’t. For me, it was the most moving and affecting movie of the last season.
AND
See Nickel Boys if you haven’t. For me, it was the most moving and affecting movie of the last season.
Do I have a headache
or
is it monday
or
is it monday
February 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Do I have a headache
or
is it monday
or
is it monday
Forgive me, a brief indiscretion on the timeline
I'm so grateful to not be on Shopify anymore
I'm so grateful to not be on Shopify anymore
February 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Forgive me, a brief indiscretion on the timeline
I'm so grateful to not be on Shopify anymore
I'm so grateful to not be on Shopify anymore
Reposted by Kyle Wayne Benson
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?” — Judith Butler, english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
english.elpais.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?” — Judith Butler, english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
Okay so sports, like gender, are constructed.
And the underlying assumption that makes sports interesting and competitive is that physical characteristics vary largely from person to person.
And the underlying assumption that makes sports interesting and competitive is that physical characteristics vary largely from person to person.
February 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Okay so sports, like gender, are constructed.
And the underlying assumption that makes sports interesting and competitive is that physical characteristics vary largely from person to person.
And the underlying assumption that makes sports interesting and competitive is that physical characteristics vary largely from person to person.
Is there like a discord for brand systems or design systems?
Anyone?
Hello.
Anyone?
Hello.
January 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Is there like a discord for brand systems or design systems?
Anyone?
Hello.
Anyone?
Hello.
Reposted by Kyle Wayne Benson
Big wave of feelings and endorphins as we release our new site for @designbizco.bsky.social We’ve been at this for two years and been more fun and more tough than I could ever imagine. We have a big stack of fresh work that we are thrilled to share.
Dbco.online
Dbco.online
January 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Big wave of feelings and endorphins as we release our new site for @designbizco.bsky.social We’ve been at this for two years and been more fun and more tough than I could ever imagine. We have a big stack of fresh work that we are thrilled to share.
Dbco.online
Dbco.online
Oakland lost so many great cafes last year, now Firebrand. Beyond bummed.
oaklandside.org/2024/12/17/f...
oaklandside.org/2024/12/17/f...
Firebrand cafe and bakery in uptown Oakland to close
Owner Matt Kreutz will shutter the company's first retail location to focus on the year-old Alameda cafe and bakery.
oaklandside.org
January 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Oakland lost so many great cafes last year, now Firebrand. Beyond bummed.
oaklandside.org/2024/12/17/f...
oaklandside.org/2024/12/17/f...
TFW you're working on the outlines of a font you started 10 years ago.
January 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
TFW you're working on the outlines of a font you started 10 years ago.
The big break at the end of a year of work amounts to a few donuts and nightmares in a guest bed.
December 30, 2024 at 10:37 PM
The big break at the end of a year of work amounts to a few donuts and nightmares in a guest bed.
Reposted by Kyle Wayne Benson
in order to best position ourselves for positionality we strive to activate audiences through organic interactive experiences and authentic brand moments that tap into core tentpoles and build runways for brand activations through leveraged influencers and talent to deliver for distribution partners
The $82.5 million sale of "Hot Ones" studio First We Feast is part of a broader strategy at BuzzFeed to shift away from human editors, writers and content producers in favor of artificial intelligence, which result in "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
BuzzFeed sells "Hot Ones" studio for $82.5 million as it pursues more AI-driven content
The company said the sale will allow it to depend less on human-created content in favor of "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
thedesk.net
December 13, 2024 at 6:22 PM
in order to best position ourselves for positionality we strive to activate audiences through organic interactive experiences and authentic brand moments that tap into core tentpoles and build runways for brand activations through leveraged influencers and talent to deliver for distribution partners
At this rate I’ve got about 100 more nearly sliced my finger off while cutting sourdough before I die
December 7, 2024 at 11:54 PM
At this rate I’ve got about 100 more nearly sliced my finger off while cutting sourdough before I die
I’m joining the GitHub brand team! Thrilled to work at a company I’ve loved for so so long and thrilled to be working with some of my all time creative mentors again, @brookschambers.bsky.social and Kelly Carpenter.
December 6, 2024 at 11:37 PM
I’m joining the GitHub brand team! Thrilled to work at a company I’ve loved for so so long and thrilled to be working with some of my all time creative mentors again, @brookschambers.bsky.social and Kelly Carpenter.