Flo Guo People I Admire
Flo Guo's 2026-05-14 list of designers, engineers, and design engineers, preserved as a people graph for Kevin's design-engineering references.
Design Position
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Design family | Reference and inspiration ledgers |
| Use when | Use when mining Flo Guo People I Admire for references to translate into design constraints. |
| System map | Design System Map |
| Proof path | Translate references into named patterns, tokens, or constraints; do not copy the source wholesale. |
Flo Guo published "People I Admire" as a compact list of 59 designers, engineers, and design engineers with personal sites or X profiles. Kevin asked to store the whole list after seeing Flo present at Designer and Machine. Source: Flo Guo, https://www.floguo.com/notes/people-i-admire, accessed 2026-06-24; User request, 2026-06-24
People
| Person | Site |
|---|---|
| Adam Noffsinger | Adam Noffsinger |
| Aileen Luo | Aileen Luo |
| Amelia Wattenberger | Amelia Wattenberger |
| Andy Matuschak | Andy Matuschak |
| Andy Zhang | Andy Zhang |
| Arsen Kolyba | Arsen Kolyba |
| Ben Issen | Ben Issen |
| Benji Taylor | Benji Taylor |
| Bradley Ziffer | Bradley Ziffer |
| Brian Lovin | Brian Lovin |
| Bt Norris | BT Norris |
| Chloe Yan | Chloe Yan |
| Chris Pramana | Chris Pramana |
| Dan Hollick | Dan Hollick |
| Daniel Petho | Daniel Petho |
| Elissa Martial | Elissa Martial |
| Elizabeth Lin | Elizabeth Lin |
| Emily Campbell | Emily Campbell |
| Emmi Wu | Emmi Wu |
| Eve Bouffard | Eve Bouffard |
| Haolun Yang | Haolun Yang |
| Iris Leung | Iris Leung |
| Ishaan Dey | Ishaan Dey |
| Jace | Jace |
| Jade Franson | Jade Franson |
| Jakub Krehel | Jakub Krehel |
| Jakub Zegzulka | Jakub Zegzulka |
| Joe Bell | Joe Bell |
| Jordan Singer | Jordan Singer |
| Josephine Onggowarsito | Josephine Onggowarsito |
| Josh Puckett | Josh Puckett |
| Josh Wolk | Josh Wolk |
| Lele Zhang | Lele Zhang |
| Liam Matteson | Liam Matteson |
| Lochie Axon | Lochie Axon |
| Maxime Heckel | Maxime Heckel |
| Mery Kaftar | Mery Kaftar |
| Michelle Liu | Michelle Liu |
| Mitul Shah | Mitul Shah |
| Paco Coursey | Paco Coursey |
| Pauline Wee | Pauline Wee |
| Preston Booth | Preston Booth |
| Rachel Chen | Rachel Chen |
| Raghav Agarwal | Raghav Agarwal |
| Raphael Schaad | Raphael Schaad |
| Rauno Freiberg | Rauno Freiberg |
| Ricky Zhang | Ricky Zhang |
| Robert Pavlinic | Robert Pavlinić |
| Sj Zhang | SJ Zhang |
| Smintfy | Smintfy |
| Soren | Soren |
| Spoony Vu | Spoony Vu |
| Szymon Kaliski | Szymon Kaliski |
| Taha Hossain | Taha Hossain |
| Thariq Shihipar | Thariq Shihipar |
| Tikhon Belousko | Tikhon Belousko |
| Vladimir Agafonkin | Vladimir Agafonkin |
| Wilson Hou | Wilson Hou |
| Zenith | Zenith |
Graph Use
This page is a discovery layer, not a biography source. Each person page created from it is tier 3 until another source adds richer evidence. Promote a person when Kevin references their work again, when their site becomes a concrete design reference, or when their tool/artifact enters the active stack.
People captured: Adam Noffsinger, Aileen Luo, Amelia Wattenberger, Andy Matuschak, Andy Zhang, Arsen Kolyba, Ben Issen, Benji Taylor, Bradley Ziffer, Brian Lovin, BT Norris, Chloe Yan, Chris Pramana, Dan Hollick, Daniel Petho, Elissa Martial, Elizabeth Lin, Emily Campbell, Emmi Wu, Eve Bouffard, Haolun Yang, Iris Leung, Ishaan Dey, Jace, Jade Franson, Jakub Krehel, Jakub Zegzulka, Joe Bell, Jordan Singer, Josephine Onggowarsito, Josh Puckett, Josh Wolk, Lele Zhang, Liam Matteson, Lochie Axon, Maxime Heckel, Mery Kaftar, Michelle Liu, Mitul Shah, Paco Coursey, Pauline Wee, Preston Booth, Rachel Chen, Raghav Agarwal, Raphael Schaad, Rauno Freiberg, Ricky Zhang, Robert Pavlinić, SJ Zhang, Smintfy, Soren, Spoony Vu, Szymon Kaliski, Taha Hossain, Thariq Shihipar, Tikhon Belousko, Vladimir Agafonkin, Wilson Hou, Zenith.
Timeline
- 2026-07-01 | Design category refresh added this page to the Reference and inspiration ledgers family, linked it to Design System Map, and kept it standalone because Flo Guo People I Admire owns a distinct design decision surface in this family. Source: User request, 2026-07-01
- 2026-05-14 | Flo Guo published "People I Admire." Source: Flo Guo, https://www.floguo.com/notes/people-i-admire, accessed 2026-06-24
- 2026-06-24 | Kevin asked to store the full people list after flagging Flo Guo's personal website. Source: User request, 2026-06-24