Good day, I'm Riaan.
Senior product designer & design systems lead
10+ years building regulated fintech and edtech products, design systems, and operations for APAC startups. Currently leading product design at MoreHarvest across five Asian markets. Open to consulting and contract work.
What I do
Build products, research practices, and design systems that ship.
Build products, research practices, and design systems that ship.
Regulated environments: compliance, multi-language, cross-platform consistency.
Regulated environments: compliance, multi-language, cross-platform consistency.
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How I work
- Step1/5
Define success metrics before touching pixels.
- Step2/5
Match fidelity to what we need to learn.
- Step3/5
Measure results and let data inform direction.
- Step4/5
Tokens, components, patterns that scale.
- Step5/5
Documentation, handoff, tracked outcomes.
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Define success metrics before touching pixels.
Match fidelity to what we need to learn.
Measure results and let data inform direction.
Tokens, components, patterns that scale.
Documentation, handoff, tracked outcomes.
Expertise
I can help with
End-to-end regulated product design for compliance-heavy platforms.
End-to-end regulated product design for compliance-heavy platforms.
Design systems: tokens, components, governance, and adoption.
Design systems: tokens, components, governance, and adoption.
Zero-to-one design operations: research practice, tooling, handoff.
Zero-to-one design operations: research practice, tooling, handoff.
Technical depth
Component architecture and UI engineering awareness. UX writing, research synthesis, and front-end collaboration. Multi-platform delivery across iOS, Android, and web.
Industries
Experience
Product design
Nexara Capital
Investment platform design.Consulting on investment platform product design.
2024 – present
MoreHarvest International
Founding designer, regulated fintech, 5 markets.Founding designer leading regulated fintech across 5 APAC markets.
2023 – present
Oakwater Capital
Financial platform design.Consulting on financial platform product design.
2023 – 2024
Chateau Life Japan
Luxury lifestyle platform design.Consulting on luxury lifestyle platform design.
2023 – present
WaveAffects
Audio technology product design.Consulting on audio technology product design.
2019 – 2020
Studio Minofmeer
Design studio, furniture, brand identity.Founded and led a design studio for furniture, brand identity, and client work.
2014 – 2023
Brand and identity
Vivawang International
Brand identity and packaging.Led brand identity and packaging for a luxury candle company.
2020 – 2021
Yida CNC (Phoenix)
Manufacturing rebrand.Led a manufacturing rebrand and identity system.
2019 – 2020
Education
Ritz Kornell
Bilingual design curriculum.Taught bilingual design curriculum for elementary students.
2021 – 2022
Companies and clients I've worked with
Get in touch
I take on two to three consulting engagements per quarter.