Max Balanorcha

Updated Jul 22, 2026

I grew up in Sweden and now live in Stockholm.

I run an independent design practice working with early-stage teams on brand and product. Before that, I led design at a consumer software studio, where we shipped apps like Oncio and Natursia.

These days I spend most of my time designing interfaces, prototyping in Framer, and writing about the craft of building software.

I consider myself a designer at heart and enjoy building highly polished products.

You can find me on X, Instagram, or reach me via email.

Work

2026

On slow interfaces

New

16/02


Designing with agents

21/01


Notes on typography

16/01


Prototypes over decks

13/01

2025

A year of small tools

23/05

2024

Starting the studio

08/07

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GPT OSS 120B
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Type: LLM+2
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Multiverse DS Core — Variable Cascade
Live Pipeline
1 · Primitive
Raw values
2 · Semantic
dark mode
3 · Mapped
Component tokens
white#FFFFFF
black#000000
Gray/25#F9F9FA
Gray/50#F3F3F5
Gray/100#E5E5EA
Gray/200#D1D1D6
Gray/300#B0B0B8
Gray/400#8E8E96
Gray/500#6B6B73
Gray/600#4A4A52
Gray/700#3A3A42
Gray/800#2A2A32
Gray/900#1A1A22
Gray/950#0F0F14
Purple/500#7C3AED
Purple/600#6D28D9
Purple/700#5B21B6
Teal/500#14B8A6
Teal/600#0D9488
text/defaultGray/100
text/secondaryGray/300
text/tertiaryGray/400
text/placeholderGray/500
text/actionPurple/500
text/brandPurple/500
text/on-actionwhite
surface/pageblack
surface/defaultGray/950
surface/secondaryGray/900
surface/tertiaryGray/800
border/defaultGray/700
icon/defaultGray/100
icon/secondaryGray/400
card.titletext/default
card.subtitletext/secondary
card.bgsurface/default
card.borderborder/default
card.iconicon/default
btn.primary.bgtext/action
btn.primary.texttext/on-action
btn.secondary.bgsurface/secondary
btn.secondary.texttext/default
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GPT OSS 120B
Multiverse · Open Weights
120B
128K
Apache
3-Tier Cascade
Primitive → Semantic (mode) → Mapped.
Only the semantic layer changes with theme.
→--white: #FFFFFF

2:22am in Stockholm, Sweden