Designed with extreme restraint. Built with full-stack speed.
I'm Daniel R — a product designer and full-stack Framer developer with over 6 years of experience helping ambitious founders and design studios build memorable web products.
Rather than treating design and development as siloed hand-offs, I operate across the full spectrum: from brand identity architecture and editorial typography to React component systems and database integration.
The 4-Phase Creative Process
Every client project follows a disciplined pipeline from research to deployment.
Discovery & Alignment
Deep-dive interviews into market positioning, audience personas, core unit economics, and project milestones.
Strategy & Identity
Crafting the visual identity system, typographic scale, grid layout foundations, and core motion choreography.
Interface & Prototype
Designing high-fidelity UI screens in Figma, followed by interactive motion prototypes to test user flows.
Build & Deploy
Writing clean TypeScript/Next.js code or Framer sites, integrating MongoDB CMS, testing performance, and launching.
Experience & Roles
Independent Design & Development Lead
Daniel R Studio • Remote
Senior Product Designer
Kanso Interactive • Tokyo / Remote
UI Engineer & Motion Graphic Designer
Vanguard Creative Labs • San Francisco, CA
Non-negotiable quality standards on every engagement
Zero-clutter aesthetics
No arbitrary decor or stock placeholders; typography and work carry the product.
Lighthouse 95+ speed
Optimized assets, responsive WebP image transforms, and zero layout shift.
Full IP ownership
Complete transfer of source code, Figma design files, fonts, and assets upon handoff.