Yann-Edern Gillet

Yann-Edern Gillet

Software Designer @ Linear in Paris, France, He/him

About

Software Designer, Linear — Crafting interfaces, products, and systems

Side Projects

Ongoing

A Figma plugin that converts your local styles to variables with modes and bound back to styles, automatically

2024

A Raycast extension to browse your website analytics coming from Fathom.

2022

Toggle your availability status, your camera, your microphone directly from Raycast.

2022

Turn your Product Hunt comments into beautiful images. Toggle between light and dark themes, choose your background, share on your social medias.

Projects

2024

We have redefined the foundational layers of Linear’s application with a full redesign.

2023

Shaping the future of design system documentation

2023

Sync design tokens and assets from Figma to Specify. See all design tokens and assets in your Figma file that are synced to Specify. Find the frames connected to Specify

2022

With the Raycast extension for Specify, you can search and consume design tokens (colors, text styles, etc.) and assets (bitmaps, vectors, etc.) of your brand.

2022

Automatically distribute your design tokens and assets according to your organization’s standards with our ready-to-use configuration templates.

2022

We rebuilt the information architecture from the ground up. The Specify CLI now displays consistent status while pulling and syncing your design tokens, with a fresh new design and improved error management system.

Speaking

2018
Paris, France

How to manage your design system at scale with your team

Writing

2024

We have redefined the foundational layers of Linear’s application with a full redesign.

2023

We may often put a lot of pressure on ourselves in our day jobs, side projects, and lives. But do we spend enough time celebrating victories once we reach the finish line?

2022

Return of experience of designing for this unusual but fun playground when improving the developer experience of Specify.

2018
Essay: Design Systems

How design systems impact product teams and end-users

Awards

2022

"This website is truly exceptional, showcasing what Framer is capable of. It’s a beautiful and well-designed site with many neat interactive features."

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Remote

Linear is a purpose-built tool for planning and building products.

2021 — 2023
2018 — 2021

Education

2016 — 2019
Paris, France

Awarded with honours

2014 — 2016
Université de Lorraine

Awarded with honours

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