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Ryan Magalhaes · Boston, MA

Product designer making complex, technical tools feel simple.

Senior product designer with 10+ years across product, brand and web. I lead 0-to-1 work on complex, technical products.

Selected product work

Playground

Side projects, mostly to learn a new tool by building with it.

  • Three.js · Blender · Claude Code

    Fetch Quest

    A small browser game starring Sage, my one-ear-up island dog, who will chase a tennis ball until the sun goes down.

    Read about Fetch Quest
  • Web Audio · AI

    Browser drum machine

    A working drum machine in the browser, modeled on classic hardware like the 808. I grew up playing drums.

    Read about Browser drum machine
  • Laravel · Supabase

    Chronicle

    A tool for logging design decisions as they happen and sharing them with a link. Since retired, but worth the lessons.

    Read about Chronicle
All Playground projects

About

I'm a senior product designer with more than 10 years of experience, most of it spent making complicated things clear. Today that means 0-to-1 product work on an AI platform at Validity. Before that, I designed developer onboarding at Akoya and led brand and web projects at agencies.

That range is how I work. I can run the research, set up the design system, prototype in code, and design the identity and website that carry a product to market. Alongside full-time work, I still take on brand, web and product projects.

More about me
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Hiring for product, or need a brand or website? Let's talk.

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