Patrick Morgan — Software Designer

I've been a strategist, developer, designer, and writer — sometimes all at once.

Right now, I'm designing agentic email security at Sublime, writing my newsletter Unknown Arts, and building Design Studio, an open-source prototyping environment.

I've been a strategist, developer, designer, and writer — sometimes all at once. The through line is my compulsion to turn ideas into useful, well-crafted things.

Right now, I'm designing agentic email security at Sublime, writing my newsletter Unknown Arts, and building Design Studio, an open-source prototyping environment.

Work

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Giving a security agent the right amount of control

Designed an AI agent that writes detection rules, and gives security teams control over its autonomy.

Making a complex query language approachable

Designed a visual query builder that taught a complex query language as customers used it.

Building a design environment for people and agents

Designed and built the environment where Sublime's product team and their agents prototype together, then open-sourced it.

Feedback inbox

New feedback

AllNewPlanned

FeedbackStatus

Export to CSV is missing columnsNew

Let me bulk-assign items to a teammatePlanned

Search should look inside the descriptionNew

I cannot tell which items are mineTriaged

Notification emails link to the wrong pageResolved

Import from a spreadsheet drops line breaksPlanned

Feedback inbox

New feedback

AllNewPlanned

FeedbackStatus

Export to CSV is missing columnsNew

Let me bulk-assign items to a teammatePlanned

Search should look inside the descriptionNew

I cannot tell which items are mineTriaged

Notification emails link to the wrong pageResolved

Import from a spreadsheet drops line breaksPlanned

Feedback Flow

Eng Handoff

Overview

Land on the overview: the key numbers are at the top.

click a number

Open issues

The inbox opens, already filtered.

click a row

Feedback detail

Status and priority save as they change.

Project Context

The problem, working assumptions, and explorations behind the feedback tracker.

The problem

Customer feedback is scattered across email, chat, interviews, surveys, and support tickets.

Who it’s for

Luis, support lead: capture feedback quickly.
Priya, product manager: triage new items and track planned work.
Maya, product designer: find patterns worth exploring.

Working assumptions

Items move through New, Triaged, Planned, and Resolved.

Artifacts

Interactive prototype
Wireframe
Diagram
Canvas
Document

Writing

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Build a Design OS Aug 2026 AI Needs a Plan Jun 2026 Turn Your Portfolio Into a Laboratory May 2026 How I Rebuilt My Portfolio With Claude Code May 2026 Prototype Code Is Not Production Code Mar 2026 Your Instructions Now Run Like Code Feb 2026

Community

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A small creative gathering around a patio table.

A backyard conversation circle at a creative community gathering.

An evening gathering of creative professionals in Los Angeles.

A group selfie from an LA creative picnic.

I've really enjoyed the value and energy @itspatmorgan brings to Design Twitter. I've learned so much! If you're not following him already, I recommend it and subscribe to his newsletter, Unknown Arts.

David Hoang

VP Design @ Atlassian

Practical insights to help you level up your design career!

Grace Ling

Founder @ Design Buddies

You're definitely in my top ~3 writers bucket right now. Genuinely look forward to everything you post and the quality is consistently top-notch.

Michael Riddering

Founder @ Dive Club

Pat is driving the design industry forward. I love his newsletter because he talks with relevancy on growing subjects such as design entrepreneurship and how the industry is evolving. His honest and transparent style makes him one of a kind.

Joshua Newton

Product Design @ Microsoft AI

I love the combination of personal stories and practical resources Patrick shares, something new and interesting every week—highly recommended!

Ben Strak

Design @ Monzo

I appreciate Patrick's fresh perspective on how to view design, both through the craft as well as through mindful principles.

Nate Kadlac

Founder @ Approachable Design