INDEPENDENT DESIGNER · BASED IN JAPAN · WORKING WORLDWIDE

I design products
people use.

Product design, UI/UX, landing pages and visual identity for apps and SaaS.

I also build and ship my own products, so I design with implementation, edge cases, onboarding, launch and real users in mind.

SELECTED WORK / 07

Products with a point of view.

01

PRODUCT DESIGN · iOS · BRAND

Boothly

A photo booth anyone can pick up and use.

A joyful, self-explanatory photo booth for weddings and events. The constraint was simple: a guest should understand it without instructions.

DESIGNED ✓SHIPPED ✓
02

PRODUCT DESIGN · iOS · COMPUTER VISION

ShadowCoach

Training without staring at your phone.

A camera-powered boxing trainer that recognises punches and gives live feedback on pace and form.

DESIGNED ✓SHIPPED ✓
03

PRODUCT DESIGN · macOS · PRODUCTIVITY

Drip Send

Cold email without another SaaS subscription.

A native Mac outbound email app built around campaigns, contacts, queues and safe sending.

DESIGNED ✓SHIPPED ✓
04

PRODUCT DESIGN · macOS · DEVELOPER TOOLS

Dispatch

Everything around shipping an app.

A launch and growth toolkit for indie app developers — from release notes to the small jobs that make a product discoverable.

DESIGNED ✓SHIPPED ✓
05

PRODUCT DESIGN · macOS · ANALYTICS

Rank

Search data without the SEO dashboard noise.

A local-first Google Search Console companion surfacing opportunities, regressions and ranking changes.

In development — framing and product direction.

06

PRODUCT DESIGN · macOS · BRAND

Suzume Mail

Email, made lighter.

A modern native email client exploring faster, calmer everyday email — with a sparrow mascot and brand made for a lighter inbox.

Exploration — product and brand direction.

07

PRODUCT DESIGN · WEB · FIELD OPERATIONS

Track Inspections

Inspections that keep moving.

A clearer inspection workflow for teams working in the field — from scheduled checks to a record everyone can trust.

Case study / live product website.

CLIENT REVIEWS / 5.0 AVERAGE

Good work travels.

Basil Polivka
Basil Polivka
★★★★★
17 DAYS AGO
“Michael is great to work with. He has an excellent command of design workflows and is willing to try different approaches to get to the right result.”
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Sam Collier
Sam Collier
★★★★★
ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO
“Great experience working with Michael. The landing page he built for us perfectly matched the brief. Great to work with & went above and beyond after the project finished to ensure everything was running smoothly. Highly recommend & will 100% use again for future landing pages.”
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07

THE WAY I WORK

I don’t just design
the mockup.

Building and shipping my own products changed the way I design.

I think about implementation, edge cases, empty states, onboarding, platform and App Store constraints, post-launch behaviour and the feedback of real customers. The polished screen matters — but so does everything that happens after it.

Good product design has to survive contact with the real product.

SERVICES / SELECTED

Small by design.

01 Product Design
02 UI Design & landing pages
03 Brand & Visual Identity
04 Design → Build for selected projects

LET’S MAKE THE NEXT VERSION

Have a product
that needs work?

Maybe it’s an idea. Maybe it’s already live and the UI isn’t quite right.

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