April 2026
First Edition
shaped by
design engineering
and velocity
that turn
ideas into impact
Leonardo Romano
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The Launchpad
- LocationPalo Alto, CA
- Experience8+ Years
- FocusProduct & Brand
- Clients40+ Shipped
- StatusAvailable Q3
I design and build digital products that balance aesthetic ambition with functional clarity. Over eight years, I've worked across brand identity, product design, and full-stack development — gravitating toward the space where visual storytelling meets engineering precision.
My practice is rooted in typography, spatial composition, and the conviction that every pixel carries intention. I've helped startups find their visual voice and guided established brands through digital transformation.
When I'm not designing, I'm likely reading about brutalist architecture, experimenting with generative typography, or photographing concrete textures.
The details are not the details. They make the design.
Featured Works
Meridian Commerce
Brand system and e-commerce for a luxury ceramics studio.
- Next.js.
- Shopify.
- Sanity CMS.
- Figma.
Lowercase Journal
Digital publication on typography and design culture.
- Astro.
- MDX.
- Three.js.
- Figma.
Stratum Design System
140 components, dark mode, accessibility-first for 2M+ users.
- React.
- Storybook.
- Radix UI.
- TypeScript.
Canopy Health
Telehealth redesigned for trust. Anxiety scores down 34%.
- React Native.
- Lottie.
- Figma.
- Swift.
Flux Studio
Creative project platform with a polished editorial presentation.
- Vue.
- Tailwind CSS.
- Contentful.
- Figma.
Harbor Collective
Identity and site launch for a boutique hospitality studio.
- HTML.
- CSS.
- GSAP.
- Sanity CMS.
Tide Journal
A digital publication focused on culture, craft, and systems.
- Gatsby.
- GraphQL.
- Contentful.
- Figma.
The Index
- Figma
- Brand Identity
- Design Systems
- Typography
- Interaction
- Research
- Prototyping
- React
- TypeScript
- TailwindCSS
- Framer Motion
- Next.js
- CSS
- HTML
- SCSS
- Three.js
- Node.js
- GraphQL
- Figma Dev Mode
- Lottie / Rive
- Git
- Vercel
- Sanity CMS
- Storybook
- Docker
- Supabase
- Radix UI
- Zod
- Playwright
- Linear
- Raycast
The Mission Log
Lead Designer & Partner
Meridian Studio
Leading brand strategy and product design for a focused roster of studio and technology clients across Europe and Asia.
- Brand Strategy
- Product Design
- Team Lead
Senior Product Designer
Canopy Health
Redesigned the end-to-end telehealth experience around patient trust and emotional safety. Reduced reported anxiety scores by 34%.
- Telehealth
- React Native
- A11y
UI Engineer & Designer
Stratum Finance
Built a 140-component design system adopted across all product lines, serving more than 2M daily active fintech users.
- Components
- Storybook
- Figma API
Freelance Designer
Independent
Delivered brand identity systems and Shopify storefronts for early-stage startups across South and Southeast Asia.
- Brand
- WordPress
- Shopify
Signals From the Field
Let's make
something worth
remembering.
Taking on select projects for Q3 2026. I work best with founders, creative directors, and product teams who care as much about craft as outcome and who want a collaborator, not just a contractor.