Designing brands that inspire and endure.

Designing brands that inspire and endure.

My name is Stijn van der Gragt. I'm a strategist, designer and builder based in the Netherlands. I think strategically but I can't stop myself from building things. That's just how my brain works. I'll go from a positioning workshop to a Framer prototype in the same afternoon.

This site is where I write about brand, design, AI and whatever else I'm figuring out. It's also home to my lab, where I experiment and build in public. Currently building Cooked and BeatStep on the side. Always open to interesting conversations.

VALUES

My core values

Build to learn

I don't study things from a distance. I build them to understand them. Fastest way to know something is to make something with it.

See the system

Every problem sits inside something bigger. I look for the patterns and leverage points that others walk past.

Ship before perfect

Done beats perfect. Putting something out there teaches you more than another round of refining ever will.

Question the default

"That's how it's done" is never a good enough reason. If something can be better, I'd rather challenge it than accept it.

Stay curious

I follow what interests me, across disciplines, industries, rabbit holes. The best ideas tend to come from places you weren't looking.

Make it matter

I don't build for the sake of building. Everything I put effort into should mean something. To me, to the people using it, or to the world around it.

I believe the best ideas come from connecting things that aren't supposed to connect.

Currently teaching myself math and physics.

I believe the best ideas come from connecting things that aren't supposed to connect.

Currently teaching myself math and physics.

TOOLS

Several tools I've worked with

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© 2026 Gragt Design. All rights reserved.

Amsterdam ->

17:16:58

Gragt

© 2026 Gragt Design. All rights reserved.

Amsterdam ->

17:16:58

Gragt