ABOUT · THE DESIGNER BEHIND THE ARCHIVE
KlausW.
Melbourne-based product designer, from research to production code. Focused on underlying structure and the people it serves.
StatusOpen to work
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In brief
The short versionWho, and how I got here
SPECIMEN — K.W. Cyanotype · 2024 Pressed, Melbourne
I design with care, then build what I create, so it carries from design to code.
I came to product through visual and physical crafts: type, grid, form, material, the structure beneath surfaces, and a habit of looking closely. That training never really left. It is still how I read an interface, and how I keep the person on the other side of the screen in view.
Agency and independent practice taught me to ship under real constraint. I use research to decide what gets built, not only how it looks, and I work in both design and engineering so that care survives the handoff.
— Klaus
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Skills
Curated, not exhaustiveHow the work gets made
Practice
Tools
Off the clock
“I learned to design by learning to look, carefully, and twice. Everything else followed from that.”
On the practice · 2024
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Experience record
The pathNewest first · full CV below
- 2025–2026Finished · <6 mo
Product Designer
Vision Verse · Remote (Sydney) · Contract
Took a quiz game from research to production including illustration, interface, and front-end code working as one. Shipped to a custom domain within two weeks.
- 2026Award
Productathon — First runner-up
Capricorn Tech Connect · Physical AI in Sports
Two weeks to build the physical device for a muscle-sensing climbing wearable, in a team of five. First runner-up among 14 teams, with a $2,000 prize.
- 2025Award
Industry Hackathon — Winner
Swinburne University x Practera x VirtualCC · Melbourne
16 hours to reframe a brief: a 50+ year olds workforce and an underserved patient group, paired by shared experience rather than shared roof. First place among 8 teams.
- 2022–20242.5 yrs
Freelance Designer
Self-employed
2D and 3D work across multiple design fields as a multidisciplinary designer. Research-led design that found the line between what a brand wanted to say and what its market actually needed to hear.
- 2019–20222.5 yrs
Multidisciplinary Designer
Yindee Design Co. · Bangkok
Sketched, prototyped, and shipped across graphic, packaging, booth, and product work. Learned to read a client's hesitation and answer it with material, not just opinion.
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Study
EducationDegrees and specialisations
Master of Information Technology
Software Development specialisation
Swinburne University · Melbourne
Bachelor of Decorative Art (Design)
Product Design specialisation
Silpakorn University · Bangkok
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