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CJ Buys, a white genderqueer person, looking off into the distance

Hi, I’m CJ Buys [they/them], and I create connection and understanding through beautiful, meticulous, and accessible designs.

I believe in designing for “a vulnerable user, instead of an average user”, to quote Bumble’s Lara Mendonça, and I center this throughout my design process to ensure that every aspect of the design is inherently and seamlessly accessible and welcoming.

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Projects

Mobile phone, laptop, and tablet mockups of a website featuring a succulent, all on a dark green background

CJ Buys

WEB DESIGN

This design pairs one of my favorite images – irises in spring – with my intuitive, crisp, and accessible design style to show off who I am as a designer

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A white mug with a logo - a yellow B with a coffee bean in the B's lower hole - on a dark green background

The Whole Bean

STYLE GUIDE

A small-town coffee shop comes to life in a style guide filled with bright, warm colors, evocative graphics, and accessible updates

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Laptop, desktop computer, mobile phone, and tablet mockups of a website featuring images of chairs, all on a dark green background

Sit Conmigo

WEB DESIGN

Modern design and an ecological theme come together to show off a sustainable, fair trade, and fair labor chair company’s new products

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