Hi there! I'm Brandon Templar (he/him) and much like , I fell in love with the wide web when I first met it. I live outside Washington, D.C. and enjoy design, coding, technology, gaming, and cuddling my two .

Ever since publishing my first website in the 90s during grade school, I've been captivated by the internet. The idea that I could design a simple webpage and make it accessible to anyone in the world was profound. It felt like magic! What started as tinkering with basic HTML quickly became an obsession. Throughout middle and high school, I taught myself HTML and CSS, spending countless hours experimenting with layouts, tweaking pixels, and learning how browsers rendered my code. This is where I discovered my passion for designing and building for the web, and I've never looked back.

As a designer/developer hybrid with 15 years of experience, I specialize in design systems. I find deep satisfaction in the unique challenges they present: balancing consistency with flexibility, building components that scale, and creating documentation that actually gets used. These systems sit at the intersection of design and engineering, allowing me to collaborate with product teams, engineers, brand designers, and accessibility specialists alike. I've had the privilege of assisting notable organizations like Twilio, Smartsheet, and The Washington Post in solving complex system challenges, shipping brand-new design systems from the ground up, and maintaining and evolving existing ones to meet changing needs.

Outside of work, my passions include mentoring designers who are early in their careers, playing video games (with a soft spot for retro gaming), drawing and painting, and watching far too much reality TV.