Brett Williams

Brett Williams

THE ONE-MAN BAND

@BrettFromDJ · Designjoy

Drafted Jul 30, 2026

Product Designer

Built a one-man design studio past seven figures by charging a flat monthly fee and never hiring anyone. Started Designjoy in 2017 for the $29 a website template cost, and still runs the entire thing alone from Phoenix.

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  Flora Guo@floguo
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  Pablo Stanley@pablostanley
  Product Designer

  Drew Humaaans and Open Peeps, the modular illustration libraries that ended up in half the startup landing pages on the internet.

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  Aakanksha Mirdha@mirdhaaakanksha
  Product Designer

  Designed for Uber and Cruise before Playground AI, and now works independently as design lead for early-stage startups.

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