Open for freelance
Based in Zurich, working with teams across Europe and the US.
Two projects at a time, so there is room to think.
I am a product designer. For twelve years I have been building the quiet parts of software: the states nobody screenshots, the half second after a tap, the sentence that stops someone from making a mistake.
Most of my work is with teams of five to twenty people, usually somewhere between the second prototype and the first real release. That is the stage where a product decides what it is going to be, and where a design decision is still cheap to change.
I care about legibility more than novelty. If someone has to read a screen twice, that is a bug. The rest is timing and weight, which is why I spend an unreasonable amount of time on motion.
Now
Leading design at Northlight, out of Zurich, shipping the second version of the wallet. On the side I am scanning four years of film, slowly, and building a small app to keep track of it.
Work
Design lead, Northlight
Wallet, identity, and the design system underneath both.
Product designer, Field
Research tools, and one very long print project.
Designer, Atlas
Early product work. This is where I learned to ship.
Freelance
Brand and interface work for small studios.
Tools
Figma
Framer
Origami
Blender
Xcode
Lightroom
Linear
Obsidian
Elsewhere
Email is the fastest way to reach me. I read everything, and I answer within a day or two: hello@silvanrhyner.com. Otherwise I am on X and Instagram.