About Andrew
Building for the Web Since 1996
Andrew Branning has been designing and building for the web for 30 years, and spent a decade as a fine-art photographer and publisher. Today he leads Branning Studio, a US-based team that designs, builds, and supports full-stack apps.
Beaufort, South Carolina US-Based Team
- On the web since 1996
- 30 Years
- Fine-art publishing
- 10 Years
- Leading an AI-native team
- Full Stack
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Built With
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Supabase
- Postgres
- Vercel
- Expo
- Stripe
- Figma
- Claude
- Codex
- Cursor
Why Design Matters
AI Writes the Code. Judgment Decides What It Builds.
Anyone can prompt AI to write code. Knowing what’s worth building is the hard part. Andrew spent years behind a camera and a layout table learning what to keep, what to cut, and what makes people care. That eye now directs the AI, so every build lands on the right answer, not just the fastest one.
Judgment
Knowing which problem is worth solving and which AI output to throw away. Speed only helps when it’s pointed in the right direction.
Taste
A photographer’s and publisher’s eye for composition, hierarchy, and detail, so what ships feels considered, not generated.
Strategy
Every build starts from how the business makes money. The AI does the heavy lifting; the team decides where it goes.
Why Design Matters More in the AI EraHow to Scale Intent, Quality, and Artistry With AIKatie Dill (Stripe) on Lenny’s PodcastWatch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)Andrew’s Path
From Publishing to Software
1996
First Website
Built on Tripod as a teenager, then WordPress.
2007
Catawba College
Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Information Systems.
2008
Fine-Art Publishing
A decade designing, photographing, and producing fine-art books.
2017
SCG Magazine
Publisher and photographer, sold at Publix, Kroger, and Barnes & Noble.
2020
Figma & Low-Code
Designed products in Figma and shipped them on low-code platforms.
2026
Branning Studio
Leads a US-based team building full-stack apps with AI.
Fine Art
Black and White Photography
Black and white photography is where Andrew’s design eye comes from.
Branning Fine Art
Custom Prints and Gallery Days
At Branning Fine Art, his own gallery, Andrew produced custom black and white prints in-house, controlling every tone from capture to the final print, and showed his work across the Southeast. The gallery closed after the COVID-19 pandemic, but that discipline of composition, contrast, and restraint still shapes how the team designs software.
The Work
