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Issue Nº 01
April 2026
First Edition
Available for Q3
Products
shaped by
design engineering
and velocity
that turn
ideas into impact

Leonardo Romano

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  • + Projects
  • % Return
  • + Clients
  • + Industries
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About

The Editor's Letter

Leonardo Romano
  • Location Palo Alto, CA
  • Experience 8+ Years
  • Focus Product & Brand
  • Clients 40+ Shipped
  • Status Available 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.
Brand Identity Product Design Design Systems Frontend Dev Creative Direction Motion Design UX Design Interaction Design User Research AI Driven Design & Development
Projects

Featured Works

Skills

The Index

Design
  • Figma
  • Brand Identity
  • Design Systems
  • Typography
  • Interaction
  • Research
  • Prototyping
Engineering
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • TailwindCSS
  • Framer Motion
  • Next.js
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • SCSS
  • Three.js
  • Node.js
  • GraphQL
Tools
  • Figma Dev Mode
  • Lottie / Rive
  • Git
  • Vercel
  • Sanity CMS
  • Storybook
  • Docker
  • Supabase
  • Radix UI
  • Zod
  • Playwright
  • Linear
  • Raycast
Design Frontend Backend DevOps Strategy Motion
Career

The Colophon

01
2024 — Present

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
02
2021 — 2024

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
03
2019 — 2021

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
04
2017 — 2019

Freelance Designer

Independent

Delivered brand identity systems and Shopify storefronts for early-stage startups across South and Southeast Asia.

  • Brand
  • WordPress
  • Shopify
Voices

Letters to the Editor

Arjun understood our story before we could articulate it ourselves.
Sarah Chen
Founder, Meridian
Meridian Commerce
The redesign changed how patients feel about our platform.
David Park
CPO, Canopy Health
Canopy Health
His design system became the single source of truth for our team.
Maria Kovacs
VP Eng, Stratum
Stratum System
Collaborating felt like working with someone fluent in both design and code.
Liam Torres
CD, Outline
Lowercase Journal
He turned a vague idea into a brand people recognized in weeks.
Priya Anand
CEO, Trellis
Trellis Identity
Contact

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.

  • Projects 40+
  • Industries 09+
  • Retention 98%
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Or email me at hello@arjunmehta.design