Grain & Co

Clean, minimal design templates for creators and entrepreneurs. New drops weekly.
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YuhannProfile picture@yuhann09·Apr 28

Why most design templates are overengineered (and what I'm doing differently)

Every time I download a template pack, it's the same problem — 47 layers, nested groups named "Group 12 copy 3", and fonts I don't have installed.


You spend more time cleaning up the file than actually using it.


So I started building my own. The rules are simple:


  1. Flat layers. If I can't understand the file in 30 seconds, it's too complex.

  2. System fonts first. Inter, SF Pro, or nothing. No hunting for obscure typefaces.

  3. One purpose per template. A social post template is a social post template. Not a social-post-slash-story-slash-banner-slash-presentation.


I'm sharing these inside Grain & Co — free to join, new drops every week.


If you've ever rage-quit a Figma file, this is for you.