I’m Xander Taylor, a young founder and creative from the UK. I’m building products, brands, and ventures across tech, design, and culture, and I wanted a site that feels less like a resume and more like a working environment.
So I built xandertaylor.org as a living studio.
Why I Built It This Way
Most personal sites flatten people into a timeline and a bio paragraph.
I wanted mine to feel more like how I actually work:
- messy but intentional
- creative but functional
- personal but useful
The goal is simple: if someone lands on the site, they should understand my taste, my direction, and what I’m building right now.
What’s On The Site
Home
The front page is a signal board: what I’m focused on now, where the energy is, and what’s actively being shaped.
Story
A focused page on who I am and how TIZZLE started: not a polished corporate origin story, more the real momentum behind the work.
Journal
My writing stream from Dev.to, integrated directly into the site. It’s where ideas, process, and build notes go.
Me
A more personal corner for moodboards, references, and fragments that don’t fit a standard “professional” layout.
Room
A public handwritten-style message wall where people can leave quick notes. Lightweight, social, and intentionally low-friction.
Chat
An on-site assistant users can ask about me, TIZZLE, and site content.
World
An interactive globe view to make the site feel less static and more like a space.
Shop (in progress)
A product shelf direction: templates, UI packs, quick audits, and beginner-friendly digital systems.
Design Direction
I’m trying to avoid “template energy.”
The design language leans toward:
- expressive typography
- tactile layouts
- editorial + handwritten cues
- pages that feel like artifacts, not stock blocks
I care about speed and function, but I care just as much about texture.
What This Site Represents
This is less about having a “personal brand website” and more about building a public operating system for my work.
A place where:
- people can understand what I’m building now
- collaborators can quickly find context
- ideas can move from rough to real in public
If you’re building your own corner of the internet, I’d love to see it.
And if you want to follow my process, I’ll keep posting in the journal.
— Xander
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