Our Team

A two-person product studio — relationship first, craft always.

Big ideas over coffee

Big ideas over coffee

Sharing what we know with Hawaiʻi

Sharing what we know with Hawaiʻi

Collaboration, start to finish

Collaboration, start to finish

Talking design through Chinatown

Talking design through Chinatown

Strategy and information architecture

Strategy and information architecture

Great design starts with research

Great design starts with research

Championing local voices in tech

Championing local voices in tech

Embedded in our clients' retros

Embedded in our clients' retros

After hours with our clients

After hours with our clients

In the room with engineering

In the room with engineering

What we believe

We build relationships before we build products. The best work comes from real partnership trust, candor, and showing up for each other so we stay close, move together, and treat every project like it's ours as much as yours.

Us

Two designers born in Hawaiʻi, built on friendship. We call ourselves nerdy designers we nerd out on pixels and craft. And coming from technical roots, we approach design from a systems mindset most designers don't have.

A storefront in Honolulu's Chinatown, city towers rising behind.

01

Carlo

Founder

Carlo — Founder

A product designer of 20 years, Carlo thrives on problem-solving complex systems. Off the clock, he's partial to koalas and surfing.

Born

Hilo, Hawaiʻi

Education

BA, Brown UniversityMS in HCI, UC Berkeley

02

Zelda

Product Designer

Zelda — Product Designer

A product designer with a computer science background, Zelda loves the craft of design and interaction as mediums.

Born

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Education

BA in Architecture, Arizona StateMS in Computer Science, University of Hawaii