2u4u Studio

Information

About

Benjamin Uribe is a designer, developer, and educator based in Los Angeles. He is the founder of 2u4u.studio and a design engineer at Fuser, where he builds features for the next generation of collaborative creative workspaces and teaches through published tutorials and walkthroughs.

He is currently completing postgraduate work in Interaction Design at ArtCenter College of Design. His long-term ambition is to return to education as a professor — to do for the next generation of designers what his parents did for theirs: give knowledge away generously, and make space for people who weren't expected to be in the room.

Services

Web design & development, Interaction design & prototyping, Art direction, Photography, Design systems

Stack

Next.JS, Figma, React, Tailwind, Sanity

Interests

Artist platform, Technology & software, Architecture & built environment, Cultural organizations, Product startups

Philosophy

Family

The studio exists at the intersection of two inheritances: a family of educators who gave knowledge away freely, and a field that has historically underrepresented the communities it claims to design for.

The goal is to close that gap — not as a mission statement, but as a structural commitment embedded in every project, every client relationship, and every piece of work published under this name.

Principles

01 Every project is a case study.

02 Coherence is a competitive advantage.

03 Ship something real before you call it a prototype.

04 The work should be traceable back to a decision, not a preference.

05 Quality is structural, not cosmetic.

06 Get close to the material — code is clay.

07 Urgency isn't always useful. Pause, think, then act.

08 Knowledge is most meaningful when it's given away.

09 Treat the end product as your own.

10 The community is the client too.

Web, Photo, and Interaction Studio based in Los Angeles, CA

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