About

About

About

Hi, I'm Eric Fillingame 👋🏼

Hi, I'm Eric Fillingame 👋🏼

Writing this section was easily the hardest part of building this site.

I’ve always had a natural lean toward deep pattern recognition and an unfiltered empathy for the people who use what I build. Having architected products used by millions of people, I’ve learned that scale is a massive responsibility. When you’re designing for an audience that size, every systemic logic gate has a real human impact. For me, design isn't just about making things "pretty"; it’s an architectural responsibility to solve complex problems with both precision and heart.

I know that leading with "systems" can sometimes sound a bit rigid, but I promise I’m human. While I thrive on constraints and time-boxes, I am highly in tune with visual design—not as an afterthought, but as a core pillar of the experience. I believe that high-fidelity finesse is a form of respect for the user; if the visual craft isn't world-class, the system hasn't finished its job.

I utilize AI as a high-stakes sparring partner to challenge my own biases and accelerate my velocity, but I remain my own toughest critic. I’m here to build the systems that scale, the products that perform, and the experiences that actually make a user’s life feel a little more human. I value the "why" behind every decision, I’m obsessed with technical parity, and I just happen to have a much more organized Figma file than most.

I love…

My Family & Friends

My Work Peeps

Japan

Copenhagen

Decaf Coffee

Dark Chocolate

EV's

Golf

Surfing

Legos

Gaming

Cooking

I'm Thankful For…

My Health

Peace

Japan

Copenhagen

Decaf Coffee

Dark Chocolate

Golf

Surfing

Legos

Gaming

Cooking

My Toolset…

Figma

Play

Framer

Rive

Jitter

Higgsfield

Swift/SwiftUI

VSCode

GitHub

HTML/CSS

And more…

Claude

Midjourney

Google AI Studio

Recraft

TokenStudio

ZeroHeight

Apple HIG

Material Design

Gemini

Random

Random

Random

Stash

Stash

Stash

Stash

Stash

Bits and ideas throughout the years.

Bits and ideas throughout the years.