Rob Hough

Design Engineer, UK. I work almost exclusively with B2B startups. I also bootstrap my own projects like cushion.so. Other than that, I travel in my campervan, ride motorcycles, and collect records. •••

case-study • April 1, 2025

Designing a new policy inbox for artificial.io

I worked with artificial.io over 24/25. We worked on rebuild their "workbench", an all-in-one platform for insurance underwriters. In lead the rebuild of their 'Policy Inbox' feature.
case-study • March 1, 2025

Building UI primitives for artificial.io

A library of custom-built React components for the web, enabling rapid prototyping with AI and shipping high-quality experiences.
demo • February 24, 2025

Calendar

Date picker with animated pagination and swipe gestures. Built with React, Tailwind, and Motion. Using date-fns for most of the logic.

May 2025

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demo • February 12, 2025

Gallery

Sticking with iOS theme, this gallery component shows images in a masonry and scales them out in a dialog. Use ⬅️ and ➡️ to navigate. Built with React, Tailwind, Motion, and react-masonry-css.
post • February 10, 2025

Removing Abstractions

Why don't more designers write production code? Coding removes abstractions between your idea and the customer. Removing abstractions between you and the final product is the only way to know if it works