a personal reflection on growth and the long view.
i'm cliff, a senior product designer at microsoft. before that, climate work at 350.org, family reunification at refunite, and a long run designing in nairobi before the tech scene had a name.
right now i'm also building tsogashop, still dad and copilot squad.
i like small teams, hard problems, and the second version of things.
if any of that sounds like you, find me on linkedin or over email.
pixels,
cliff
Projects
things i'm building now.
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TsogaShop
a new landing page, a showreel and storefronts for small shops that take paid orders on whatsapp.
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Still Dad
an iphone app for separated dads. it works offline, needs no account, and the other parent never has to join.
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Copilot Squad
a workspace for running a team of copilot agents on one repository, and approving what they do from one screen.
Work
case studies from the day jobs.
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People search
search built around people in sharepoint and office.com. our data showed that 38% of people looking at a colleague's profile were landing on an empty page.
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350.org
online donations, which doubled, the global website and 350's first design system.
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Relay
a peer-to-peer app that helps refugees stay in touch when getting online is expensive.
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Ongair
a new website and dashboard for a tool that let businesses talk to customers on whatsapp and other messaging apps.
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BBC Drop
bbc news in swipeable, byte-sized pieces. our team built it for a bbc hackathon, and won.
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Mzoori
a kenyan online store, rebranded and relaunched as a mobile-first bookshop.
fifteen years, in reverse.
2021
Microsoft
product designer on m365 companions.
2020
350.org
built 350's first design system and led the fundraising redesign.
2017
Refunite
designed relay, a peer-to-peer app for families separated by displacement.
2016
Bluesky Consulting
led design on mambo crm and athena analytics dashboards.
2015
Ongair
shipped ongair.im, a messaging tool for businesses. our team won the bbc hackathon with bbc drop.
2014
BBDO East Africa
digital designer on visa, hp, and other client work.
2013
Sprout Consulting
freelance web and mobile work.
2011
Squad Digital
my first design job. ui and front-end.
Writing
a few older pieces that still hold up.
2016
2015
a poster series on kenya, a to z. the introduction.
2015
one entry in the series. a poster about who gets to speak.