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What's up! I'm Rio 👋
Founding designer at Tatum. Five years in product design, currently building a developer infrastructure platform end-to-end.
Recently my and I spent eighteen months moving slowly through Southeast Asia, Europe, and Africa. The changed how I work.
These days I'm in , training , watching too much , and building this site with AI agents on the side.
Travels
/philosophy
Good design is the layer that makes complexity feel obvious. I work on products where the wrong default costs someone money, trust, or time.
AI is a new material, not a feature. It's moving me from product designer toward design engineer. The designers I learn from run things end-to-end and care about the wiring as much as the surface.
/stack
Figma
Framer
Codex
Claude
Tailwind CSS
Next.js
TypeScript
Framer Motion
Storybook
/on repeat
/favourites
Typical things for a designer
- Font
- Inter Variable
- Book
- Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- App
- Obsidian
- Designer
- Emil Kowalski
- Browser
- Arc
/everyday
Things I use everyday
- Machine
- Apple MacBook Pro M4 16”
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3
- Watch
- Apple Watch Ultra 2
- Earphones
- Apple Airpods Pro 2
- Chair
- Herman Miller Sayl