George Penston

Craft over process. Making things that ship.

Hi, I’m George. I’ve led design at LinkedIn, Pinterest, and my startup Flite. Now I’m back in the work itself. Closer to the craft, closer to the problem.

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Role: Principal Product Designer
Company: LinkedIn
Based: Bay Area, California
Also: Penston Studio (opens in new tab)

Selected work

Games on LinkedIn

Bringing play to the world of work

LinkedIn Dark Mode

Seeing things in a different light

Velocity Video Ad Builder

Evolving video for a vertical world

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About

Turning big ideas into real products, and sweating the details that make them worth using.

Back in the craft as an individual contributor after leading design at LinkedIn, Pinterest, and my own startup. Building with code-based AI tools and thinking about how design practice changes from here.

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