About
I’m Rhea. I design it, then I build it.
2016–2019
The design half
Three years at two product agencies, designing apps for banks, clinics and retailers. I learned to make the hard call early, and watched good designs lose their best ideas in the handoff.
2019 onwards
The build half
So I learned React. Now the person who decides how it should feel makes it work in the browser, and your engineers keep the code after I’m gone.
How a project runs
Weeks 1–3: decide
Week 1
Discovery
Interviews, your data and your support queue. You get a one-page brief.
Week 2
Decisions
Flows and sketches, reviewed together twice.
Week 3
Prototype
A working prototype, tested with five of your users.
Weeks 4–12: build and ship
Build
Production code in your repo, with a review every week.
Handoff
Storybook, docs and a recorded walk-through.
Launch
Two weeks of fixes on call, and a results note at 30 days.
A good fit
A product or site with a launch date
A decision-maker in the room
An engineering team that will own the code
React, Vue, Angular or Shopify
A problem you can measure
Not a fit
Native iOS or Android apps
A logo or brand identity on its own
A redesign with no problem to solve
Fixed bids without a discovery week
Work that has to start this month
Who I work with
A small bench for bigger projects.
For bigger projects I bring people I’ve worked with for years. You meet them before they start.
Jonah Feld
Writer
UX writing and launch copy. On four of my last ten projects.
Mei Tanaka
Motion designer
Product motion and launch films, when a project needs more than transitions.
Recognition
Featured
The Interface Annual, 2025
Honorable mention
Type & Screen Awards, 2024
Speaker
Northwest Front-End Summit, 2025
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