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Shaun Bent

@shaunbent.co.uk
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👋 Design System & Accessibility Consultant | Founder @53degrees.studio ⏮️ ex-Spotify & ex-BBC 🐝 Living in Manchester 🐶 I own a pug, he's old

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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 07/10/2026
My design systems writing has moved to a permanent home on the @53degrees.studio site. I had loads of fun designing and building it, and all the old links redirect. Next week: a 6,500-word, three-part story about building a "System of Systems" at Spotify. Grab a brew. ☕️ 🔗 53degrees.studio/posts
Graphic reading "Same writing, new home" and "53degrees.studio/posts". Below, a screenshot of the Studio 53° blog's Posts page on desktop, featuring "Design handoff belongs in the bin", overlapped by a phone screenshot of the article "Why Federated Design Systems Keep Failing".
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 14/09/2026
It's been a little over a year since I left Spotify, after nine years of leading design systems and accessibility engineering. I've been pretty quiet about what I'm up to now. I now run my consultancy @53degrees.studio. 53degrees.studio
The text "Hello World" with a waving-hand emoji sits on a teal background. Below is the Studio 53 Degrees logo.
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 17/04/2026
It’s a good album, enjoying it aswell. They were in Manchester the day of the album launch and signed a few copies at a local record store and I managed to grab one. 😍
Signed copy of Enter Shikari’s album: Lose Your Self on vinyl, sitting on a marble countertop.
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 29/01/2026
Just @lucympowell.bsky.social talking about Labour and the Gorton and Denton by-election but disabling comments and quote reposts. It’s almost like Labour wants to avoid a debate and discussion. 👎 The complete opposite approach to the engagement you get from @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚
A screenshot of Lucy Powell’s Bluesky post about voting Labour in the Gorton & Denton by-election and how a vote for any other party is a vote to let Reform in. She has disabled comments and quote reposts.
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 03/07/2025
After nearly 9 years living in Sweden, this week I moved back to the UK. 🇬🇧 Manchester is one of my favourite cities in the world, the culture, the music, the warmth of the people. Very excited to start the next chapter of my life here. It’s going to take a while to get used to the view.
A view of the Manchester skyline with a cloudy sky through 3 floor to ceiling glass windows.
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 12/04/2025
Early start for Record Store Day. #rsd2025
People queuing in front of a row of shops.
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 08/02/2025
Also made a bunch of buns ready for fried chicken sandwiches tomorrow! 🍗
12 bread rolls on a wire rack.
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 08/02/2025
Made Birria Tacos 🌮
Two white plates on a wooden table, each plate has 3 tacos. In between the places are two bowls containing the birria sauce. There is also a bottle red wine on the table.
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 25/12/2024
Six plates on the kitchen side, each with a traditional English Christmas dinner.
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 01/12/2024
I’ve got a big one. Todd in the hole.
A giant Yorkshire pudding in the oven.
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 14/11/2024
Just bought a ticket for Config London 2025, anyone else I know joining? 🎨 🇬🇧 #Config2025
Screenshot of an email confirm my ticket for Figma Config London 2025. The text reads See you at Config London 2025!
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 11/11/2024
🛑 It's done; my Twitter account has been deactivated. 👋 It was not a large account by any means, but I had a lot of fun, made many connections, and it brought me many opportunities. Thankfully, many of those folks now live here. 😍
A screenshot from Twitter, the text reads: Deactivated. You account is deactivated. Sorry to see you go. #GoodBye
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 23/10/2024
This meme is the perfect visualization of my last 12 months. I have lost count of how often I've used this in decks. Design Systems inside big organizations might look cool, and all buttoned up from the outside, but oh boy, are things different on the inside.
An illustration of two cavemen pulling a heavy cart with square wheels, a third caveman is offering them round wheels. The cavemen pulling the cart reply: "No thanks! We are too busy"
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 23/10/2024
I think it's a case of them being unable to see the benefits of slowing down to allow them to go faster.
An illustration of two cavemen pulling a heavy cart with square wheels, a third caveman is offering them round wheels. The cavemen pulling the cart reply: "No thanks! We are too busy"
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Shaun Bent @shaunbent.co.uk · 25/04/2023
Not seeing enough doggo content, so here’s Ned when his tongue got stuck out the other day. 🐶 😛
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