I’m Rob.
Designer,
Software engineer,
Hot beverage enthusiast.

I build things that make the world more useful and beautiful, and have designed for companies including Pinterest, Facebook, Dropbox and WhatsApp.

Blip

I co-founded, engineered and designed the popular professional-grade sharing tool, used by millions around the world

WhatsApp Calling

Carefully designed the new voice and video calling experience, supporting large groups and joining calls at any time

WhatsApp for Windows

Created a brand-new client for WhatsApp, bringing the world’s biggest messenger to the desktop natively for the first time

Pinterest for Android

Designed and helped to build Pinterest for Android, an award-winning app which set a high bar for early Android app design

Dropbox Desktop

Led the design of a local-first, collaborative desktop filesystem, which became the core of the company's strategy

WhatsApp for iPhone

Designed WhatsApp's home screen, icons, and search experiences, optimising for simplicity and minimising change.

Dropbox.com

Designed and re-architected the Dropbox website, turning the company's disparate apps into a cohesive product suite

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Work History

Blip Founder Massively multiplayer backend, client libraries, transfer protocol, streaming archive format, UI, brand, icon and sound design WhatsApp Senior staff designer Led design of some of the most critical experiences and saw the design team grow from 5 to over 30 people Dropbox Staff designer Design direction for several new collaboration experiences, with a strong focus on the desktop filesystem Pinterest Product designer Many hats as a very early employee. Designed all things Android, plus core features for all platforms, including nascent AI-powered discovery Facebook Product designer Design for foundational experiences including video chat, graph search, and messenger, as one of Facebook's first product designers Freelance Design and programming Various projects including work for JustGiving and TheRoot42

About

I've been designing and building software for 20 years, in both Northern California and here in London, England.

To me, technology is like a digital material, and it must be understood to be used to the fullest. I want technology to work well, and aesthetics are an important part of that.

I'm always on the lookout for interesting problems and opportunities, especially things that are early-stage or open source.

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