Karl Emil James Koch.Equal parts designer & developer
Design Engineer at DuckDuckGo
Today
I’m currently a Design Engineer at DuckDuckGo, focused on our Search and AI products. I’m also building d×e—a platform for design engineers to learn and grow—on the side with my buddy Hugo.
I’m functionalist and minimalist designer, obsessed with learning through practice. You’ll find lots of random experiments on this site, alongside regular bits changing from time to time. This is my main playground.
Featured Projects
Working Sets A simpler way to track your Working Sets
d×e Learn and grow
KK Sans A humanist sans serif
Plugins.run Figma utility plugins
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Recent Thoughts
- 25 Apr 2024
Managing Day Jobs and Side Projects Balancing work and side projects requires trusting your gut, focusing on what matters, and saying no to distractions.
- 12 Apr 2024
How to win arguments when data trumps intuition Quantitative data isn’t always the answer
- 24 Feb 2024
Finding creative space in a constrained place Finding balance without sacrificing evolution
Music
The Pursuit Echoes ✺ 2014 ✺ L.P.
A Year in the Light Echoes ✺ 2016 ✺ Single
Cornerstone Echoes ✺ 2017 ✺ L.P.
Bad Dream Slowdance ✺ 2019 ✺ L.P.
Pyre Echoes ✺ 2022 ✺ Single
2029 Echoes ✺ 2022 ✺ Single
Ever After Echoes ✺ 2022 ✺ E.P.
Principles