About
Product designer and creative technologist. I design digital products, then build them.
01
Now
- Currently
- Front-end developer, Hutchison Ports UK · Contractor
- Also
- Founder, Yande Studio · Creative Studio
- Based
- Essex, working with London teams
02
How I work
03 entries
Palm Dashboard
I design against what's buildable
Palm Dashboard — designed in Figma, shipped in Laravel. Trade-offs settled while still cheap to change.
Recruiteware
I start with the mess, not the screen
Recruiteware — mapped legacy branch workflows before drawing anything.
Palm Dashboard
I stay in it after handover
Fourteen months on Palm, iterating with the people using it daily.
03
Who I Am
Born in Austria, raised in the UK, and rooted in Ghana — I’ve always had an eye for detail and a love for rhythm, both in sound and in design. I’ve naturally gravitated toward the intersection of art, curation, and storytelling.
From being introduced to Cartoon Network, Jetix and 106 & Park, to picking up my first skateboard magazine at Attitude Inc., discovering Westside Gunn, Kendrick, and Pusha T, and sneaking my big brother’s Jordan 4s to school — I’ve always been surrounded by timeless taste.
That curiosity, intention, and obsession with feel and form eventually found its home in the digital space — where I now design and build experiences that move people.
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What Drives Me
I’m driven by the idea of elevating how people experience life — through design that feels honest, intentional, and quietly powerful. I see the web as a canvas, and my goal is to create work that leaves a mark — now and years from now.
But great design isn’t just vision — it’s showing up with consistency, collaboration, and care. Design is second nature to me, but so is being reliable, practical, and focused on impact. I want to be one of the designers who helped shift the culture — not just through creativity, but through execution.
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The standard
Everything I do is for the 17-year-old version of myself.
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Experience
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Richard Nyande
Product designer · Creative technologist
Essex, UK · Open to contract
SubjectEmployment & capability record
Date08 / 2026
Doc. no.RN-2026-08-007
LocationEssex, UK
StatusOpen to contract
Rev004
Employment
08 entries
- EMP-001Hutchison Ports UK2025 —
Front-end developer, contract · React, TypeScript
Founder · Creative studio
Product designer + full-stack · Figma, Laravel
Full-stack + UX · Recruiteware
- EMP-005RSM2022–24
Software engineer
- EMP-006Context World2020–21
Junior data analyst
Product designer + full-stack · Laravel, final-year project
- EMP-008Universal Web Design2019
Web developer
Capability schedule
05 entries
KeyDiscipline = practised as primary workFluency = built with, not sold as
- SKL-01Product designdiscipline
Product design · UX and IA · Stakeholder discovery · Workflow mapping · Prototyping
- SKL-02Interface & design systemsdiscipline
Design systems · Figma
- SKL-03Front-end engineeringfluency
React · TypeScript · Next.js · Tailwind
- SKL-04Backend & datafluency
Laravel · REST APIs
- SKL-05Creative technologyfluency
Three.js · Spline
AlsoGit · CI/CD · Docker · Vercel · Sanity · Cursor
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Off the clock
Sports, travel, and whatever I'm making.
FR-01 Sweden I travel when I can. Sweden is still a favourite — the construction, the atmosphere, the creative pull.
FR-02 Basketball On the court I live the hoop dreams. Basketball is how I test myself in the moment.
FR-03 Gym The gym is the other half. Court and weight room work together — better performance, same standard.
FR-04 Studio I enjoy curating and designing. Most of the time I'm trying to create something that looks.
FR-05 Gallery I often go to Galleries and exhibitions to discover different art forms.