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Lex Lofthouse

@loftio.co.uk
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✨ lead ux designer at abstrakt 🗣 design & tech speaker 🐍 comic sans evangelist 😈 veteran pokémon tcg collector loftio.co.uk

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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 15/07/2026
It took me almost 2 hours to fix a bug in Figma that was a tucked away single checkbox. If anybody is using a variable font, you're going to want to uncheck this pain in the ass setting for auto optical sizing. Some people love this, it's not fun when working on a shared file with variables.
checkbox under optical size setting for variable fonts that says 'set optical size automatically'.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 02/02/2026
Very delayed, but my slides from @ndcconferences.com are up now! www.figma.com/deck/FgeSzQh...
Think like a user - Practical UX design tips for developers
Lex Lofthouse
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 01/01/2026
No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet.
A black cat called Mavis is sat on a big green blanket on the sofa of my lounge. There is a mantelpiece with Christmas lights behind her. She stares down the camera lens, clearly not loving being photographed.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 27/12/2025
Total play time of 13 hours, 34 mins and 20 seconds
Screen showing the save file and playtime
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 27/12/2025
I finally did it. Conkers Bad Fur Day has always been my favourite game, yet when I first bought it at 11 years old (sorry Mum) I could never complete it all by myself. My friend and I between us managed most levels, but then the end glitched and we never truly finished it. Today is a good day 🧡
Photo of my TV and console setup with an Analogue 3D playing the end cut scene of the game Conkers Bad Fur Day.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 10/12/2025
I had to do it... I didn't even know the Analogue 3D existed until a week or so ago, I even scoffed at why you wouldn't just buy an N64. Then I had to have one. I always wanted a transparent Ice Blue N64, so this is the next best thing. Merry Christmas to me from me.
Promotional image of the Analogue 3D in the limited edition colour 'Ice'
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 05/12/2025
Happy Cloudflare is down once again to all who celebrate
Screenshot of a Cloudflare site that says "500 Internal Server Error – Cloudflare"
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 19/11/2025
A bunch of wonderful folk and I did a Doctor Who themed pub quiz last night and WON 🏆 There was a whole round on music/themes which we aced. Finally my Murray Gold knowledge was useful!
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 29/10/2025
Aw man
4 panel meme. 
"What if you" - man points 
"Wanted to pursue your artistic potential" - sun shines through the clouds
"But capitalism said" - man points
"You have to pay for being alive before seeking personal fulfillment" - mans eyes closed in regretful acceptance.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 21/10/2025
The left one is from the year I spoke... and it got broken in our house move 😭
My ffconf 2022 mug sat on a pink wood coaster on a pastel colour desk, my laptop can be seen in the background, and pink keyboard off to the side.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 09/10/2025
Guess who actually remembered to bring stickers with her? I will have some of these at @webdevconf.com tomorrow 🥰
A holographic sticker in the Comic Sans font that reads "Comic Fans".
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 08/10/2025
Like LOOK at it.
Old Debenhams store in Bristol, which has been rebranded as a skate park, cafe and bar called Shredenhams. The outer signage has the word 'Shred' in bright pink rad lettering blasted over the old Debenhams sign.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 29/09/2025
Birthday 🎉
Pokemon card of birthday Pikachu, but in Italian because the English version is too bloody expensive.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 28/09/2025
Best use of Comic Sans of the weeeeeek.
A pint of beer sat on an outdoor table. You can see a kayak and buoyancy aid behind. The beer glass has the words "Ay up mi duck" printed on it in the font Comic Sans.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 15/09/2025
Well it's been quite the week, speaking at my first conference outside of the UK – @ndcconferences.com Developers Festival in Copenhagen 🎉 Speaking about design at a developer based conference is always a pleasure of mine, and I'm glad that conferences like this are open to it.
Me on stage at NDC Conference CopenhagenMy speaker badge from NDC Conference CopenhagenMe taking a selfie outside Mikkeller Baghaven in CopenhagenMe taking a selfie at the entrance of NDC Conference Copenhagen
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 13/09/2025
This card shop in Copenhagen was my happy place. I went 3 times 😍
Cabinet full of vintage pokemon cards
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 03/09/2025
Oh yay Frankenstein is on Spotify audiobooks Oh... oh no nevermind.
Spotify page for the audiobook of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

The introduction reads 'Narrated by David Dobrik'
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 14/08/2025
This might be why American Idiot on Spotify has 4 'double' tracks where they all have smooth transitions
Tracklisting of Green Day's American Idiot on Spotify listing 4 tracks made up of 2 songs in each:

Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Are We the Waiting / St. Jimmy
Give Me Novacaine / She's a Rebel
Extraordinary Girl / Letterbomb
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 01/08/2025
Actually really nice to see the ticket prices displayed BEFORE queuing up for tickets! I'm very surprised here. I still hate Ticketmaster.
Screenshot of a queueing page on Ticketmaster for tickets to President. The message below the queue time reads
"Tickets have been priced in advance by the tour and are £22.00 (including fees) with a per order handling fee of £1.50. Please note that this does not include VIP package prices, and tickets are subject to availability."
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 18/07/2025
Also obligatory meme
Meme format from Community. Top panel with lady saying "I can excuse cheating but I draw the line at liking coldplay". Bottom panel is a lady saying "you can excuse cheating?"
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 19/06/2025
She is, of course, the blueprint.
A black cat, Mavis, lazing on a bed on a sunny day
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 18/06/2025
Last day of printmaking today. I've officially just turned into a black cat artist now.
A lino print of a black cat chilling in the sunshine with a pint. It's wearing sunglasses.A linoprint of a chubby little black cat with a quietly curious face.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 09/06/2025
A lovely session tonight with the @batchbunch.dev crew! I had some great feedback on a brand, website and packaging design I'm working on. It was great hearing about other folks' more crafty projects too 😄 Plus... cupcakes!
Two cupcakes with the Batch Bunch logo printed on top
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 23/05/2025
Ah, I see this was maybe a phased approach. Airbnb seem to have introduced some new shit...
Airbnb's top navigation, showing links to browse 'Homes', 'Experiences' and 'Services'. Each item is accompanied by a realistic 3D icon and a speech bubble that says 'New'. A new evolution of visual style for Airbnb, who previously had embraced a flat UI style. Skeumorphism is back baby?
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 21/05/2025
More lino print fun!
Lino print of a black cat in a curled position with sparkles around it. Printed black on white paper.Lino print of "Comic fans" set in comic sans. Printed black on pink paper.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 17/05/2025
Name your favourite PlayStation one game
The PlayStation game cover of Abe's oddysee.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 16/05/2025
A paddle to the pub in 3 parts
A first person view of me in my kayak on the canal Me and my partner Jeff having a pint at the pub. It's delightfully sunny.Me taking a selfie with a proper life size red dalek in the pub. The photo may not do justice to the size of it.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 14/05/2025
💋 I did it
A lino block with "comic fans" carved into it, semi complete.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 14/05/2025
I got to tell everybody how great Jeff is today. Nah just kidding, but he is the best ❤️ I spoke about accessibility and why it's so important at @notts.techfa.st as part of The Nottingham Tech for Good festival. Slides here if anybody wants :) www.figma.com/deck/30hMTpB...
Lex delivering a talk. The slide says 'This is Jeff' with a big picture of him on screen.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 08/05/2025
I'm doing some evening classes in Lino Printing at the moment and I'm kinda obsessed with this one I did last night. Moving digital into lino was fun, cutting it was challenging, and the final print is cool. However I didn't ink it enough, it'll get a reprint next week.
A lino block with a design cut into it if three mouse cursors in a trailA print of the previous lino cutting on pink paper. The print is lightly inked and could be clearer. It's sat in a drying rack.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 07/05/2025
I got a lot of respect for dafont.com for never switching up in over two decades.
A screenshot of the dafont.com homepage. It looks almost the same as it did 25 years ago.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 06/05/2025
While browsing Airbnb, I was kinda surprised at this neumorphic dial that appears as if out of nowhere when opting for a month range. An odd, but quite fun thing to see in this product that has such a flat, minimalist approach everywhere else.
On the airbnb website, when selecting a check-in range of months, it displays a very neumorphic dial, where it looks set into the background, with a glowing red active area.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 22/04/2025
Isn't this just the best thing to come back to after a jam packed week off? 🙌 I am in the office with one other person. No slack messages, no emails, a project I can crack on with that's all planned out ... it's quite a blissful day. So what's gonna come and ruin it?
My google calendar with only one meeting in at 9:15 titled 'Stand Up'.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 03/04/2025
Thanks :) Basically what's in this pic below. Red spots, never come to a head or anything, all over my face.
Alex's face in the context of showing her skin problems
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 01/04/2025
mood:
portion of a google slide with the word 'help' written on it
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 14/03/2025
Berlin was a blast! Lots of history, walking and of course great beer!
Me and my boyfriend Jeff sat in the window of Mikkeller - a great craft beer place in Berlin.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 25/02/2025
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 23/02/2025
Fun fact, I have a small remaining collection of screen accurate clothing from Rose Tyler in #DoctorWho This is huge news and I have nobody to talk to about it! I am not gonna buy, but for those looking for screen accurate pieces then Punkyfish are reproducing Boom Town and Long Game hoodies!
Advert on Facebook from Punkyfish advertising their Rose Tyler Drop of hoodies
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 30/01/2025
Not long to go! I'll be speaking at #NDCLondon at 3pm today in Room 2. Hopefully see you there 🫰
Me stood outside the QEII centre posing with a peace sign. There are signs up for NDC conference.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 24/01/2025
Well... it's over Twitter. I can't stand to support a platform run by one of the worst men on the planet. What once was a great community where I found a lot of great people in the industry, has now become a cesspool. I was going to keep the account open just to exist, but even that feels wrong.
My deactivated Twitter/X account
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 30/12/2024
Ok I bought an iPad because I wanted to have some fun drawing again. I need to practice doing cats because why is this so funny 😂
A mid drawing of a black cat
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 05/12/2024
I have this bag right now and my two pet peeves are the opening and the drink pockets I do like the front pocket. It does have an anti theft pocket too but I never use it.
Black backpack with clamshell opening, non expanding side pockets and a zip front pocket.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 04/12/2024
Obligatory Wrapped post! I feel this is relatively varied this year.
Top artists
1. Bring me the horizon
2. Enter Shikari
3. Jimmy Eat World
4. Taylor Swift
5. Megan Thee Stallion

Top songs
1. Sweetness 
2. LosT
3. Kool-Aid
4. DArkSide
5. HISS
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 25/11/2024
I've been having some fun in Rive today. Just scratching the surface of what it can do from an animation POV, including click and hover triggers Has anybody had experience of integrating Rive animations into a website?
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 25/11/2024
This weekend I dressed up as Ten for a fancy dress party #doctorwho
Lex dressed in a costume of the Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who, brandishing a sonic screwdriver.
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 21/11/2024
Ooh, I'm right there with you. Why does it take a month though? 😅
Modal titled 'Scheduled for deletion'

It reads "Your Threads profile will be deleted on 21 Dec 2024. You won't be visible on Threads between now and then. You can cancel deletion before this date by logging in to Threads."
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Lex Lofthouse @loftio.co.uk · 20/11/2024
Post a picture of yourself from a different era of your life. My red hair era.
Lex with red hair, smiling at the camera
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