Are you available for new work?

Yes. I'm taking one new engagement starting late Q2 2026. Best fit is product teams shipping a component library, a marketing site rebuild, or a motion system. Calendar opens for May start; June and July are flexible.

Do you contribute to open source?

Yes. I maintain a small motion utilities library (Spring Kit) and contribute occasional patches to Framer Motion, Radix, and React Aria. Roughly one open-source day every two weeks, usually Fridays.

What does an engagement cost?

Project work runs from a 6,500 USD scoped sprint through a 24,000 USD month-long embed. Retainers start at 8,000 USD per month for two days a week. Audits are flat 1,800 USD. Every quote is itemised before sign-off.

What time zone do you work from?

Eastern Time, Brooklyn. I overlap easily with Pacific, GMT, and Central European hours. Standups before 10am ET or after 6pm ET need notice, but I run a weekly Tuesday review window for European-based teams.

Do you take on solo founders or only funded teams?

Both. About a third of my engagements come from pre-seed and seed founders shipping their first interface. The other two-thirds are Series B and later. I keep one founder slot open per quarter at a reduced rate.

Can you lead a small team or only IC?

I prefer hands-on IC work but can lead a pod of two to four engineers and designers on focused tracks: component library, design system rollout, or a motion overhaul. I do not take pure management roles.

Design engineer building interfaces that move, ship, and last.

Brooklyn-based studio of one. I work with product teams on the small motion details, component systems, and shipping rituals that turn a flat interface into something durable.

Based Brooklyn, NY Time zone America / New York Status Available Q2 2026 Engagements 1 open slot

Active Building a component library for Linear · Q2 2026

01 — Selected work

Six engagements that defined the studio.

A reverse-chronological log. Each row is one engagement — client, role, shipped outcome.

001

Linear component library overhaul

Rebuilt 84 primitive components on a shared motion spec. Cut DOM nesting 32 percent and brought first-paint inside 600ms on docs.

Design Eng Lead Linear Active
002

Stripe Checkout motion system

Designed and shipped the easing and spring tokens powering Checkout's new transitions. Documented for 38 internal teams.

Motion Engineer Stripe Shipped
003

Vercel marketing site rebuild

Three landing pages and a developer-tools section. Worked alongside the brand team to translate static comps into a live, accessible system.

Frontend Engineer Vercel Shipped
004

Arc Browser onboarding flow

Four-step onboarding with progressive disclosure. Improved completion 22 percent versus the previous version in the public release window.

Design Engineer The Browser Company Shipped
005

Read.cv profile page redesign

Editorial-grade typographic system for resumes and a print-style PDF export pipeline. One of the first paid engagements for the studio.

Solo Read.cv Shipped
006

Figma plugin: motion preview

In-canvas easing previewer used by 4,200 designers. Sunset in 2025 after Figma shipped a native equivalent; sample code archived on GitHub.

Maker Independent Archived

02 — Recent

Shipped in the last six months.

Smaller engagements and side projects rotated through the studio between November and April.

Press Kit Generator

For Posthog · Apr 2026 · Design + FE

Spring Kit v2.0

Open source · Mar 2026 · Solo

Editor Layout System

For Cursor · Feb 2026 · Design Eng

Analytics Charts Pack

For Plain · Jan 2026 · Solo

03 — Working on

In the studio this month.

Three tracks moving in parallel. Updated on the first of each month.

In progress

Linear primitives v4

Migrating Linear's component library to a shared spring token system. Touching 84 components and the docs site.

Sprint 6 of 9~ 68%

Drafting

Field notes: easing audits

A long-form essay on auditing the motion of a shipped product. Includes a worked example on a fintech onboarding flow.

~ 3,400 words~ 40%

Scoping

Two-day audit packages

Packaging the audit work into a flat-fee, two-day engagement. Building the deliverable template and pricing.

Draft v0.3~ 25%

04 — Process

How a typical engagement runs.

Four stages, each with a defined deliverable. Most engagements move through this in four to twelve weeks.

01

Discover

Two days of audit reading, stakeholder interviews, and product walkthroughs. Output is a single document with the shipping plan.

02

Sketch

Low-fidelity exploration, motion comps in Figma or Origami, and a tight loop with the team on critical screens.

03

Build

Production code in your repo. PRs sized for review. Pairing with your engineers wherever the work crosses into your existing system.

04

Ship

Rollout plan, internal docs, and a 30-day support window. Most engagements end with one written retrospective.

05 — Currently available for

Three engagement types open this quarter.

All scopes are flat-fee. Quotes locked before kickoff. One slot opens late Q2 2026.

01

Component library design

End-to-end design and build of a primitives layer — tokens, motion, accessibility, documentation. Best for teams shipping their first system.

From18,000 USD
Four to eight weeks
02

Animation systems

Audit and rebuild of a product's motion language. Includes a spring token spec, easing audit, and one shipped end-to-end flow.

From9,500 USD
Two to four weeks
03

Product audits

Two-day audit of an existing product surface — usability, motion, performance, accessibility. Output is a written brief and a 60-minute walkthrough.

Flat1,800 USD
Two days

06 — Selected writing

Long-form essays and field notes.

A reverse-chronological list of published essays, talks, and field notes from the studio.

The case for hand-tuned easing curves A List Apart Apr 2026
Field notes: auditing motion on shipped products Studio journal Feb 2026
A short defence of the component library Smashing Magazine Nov 2025
On shipping rituals Config talk transcript Jun 2025
What I learned writing 84 components in 12 weeks Studio journal Mar 2025
A small grammar for product motion CSS Tricks Oct 2024

07 — About

A short bio.

I am Naomi Park, a design engineer based in Brooklyn. I run a one-person studio that takes on a handful of product engagements each year. Most of the work lands in the intersection between design systems, motion engineering, and frontend infrastructure.

Before going independent I worked in-house at Stripe on Checkout, at Vercel on the marketing site, and at Linear on the early component library. The studio opened in 2024 and has since shipped engagements with teams in New York, Berlin, San Francisco, and Tokyo.

I write a quiet journal of field notes on motion, system design, and the small rituals of shipping work. Occasionally I publish in long-form journals. I read more print than feed and prefer black coffee, calm rooms, and one tab at a time.

PreviouslyStripe · Vercel · Linear · The Browser Company

Stripe Vercel Linear The Browser Company Posthog Cursor

08 — Now

May 2026.

A monthly status update. What is in focus this month, and what shipped last month. Inspired by Derek Sivers's now-page.

In focus this month

Linear primitives v4 — sprints six through eight, focused on form and overlay components.
Writing a long-form essay on motion audits for the studio journal.
Scoping the two-day audit package and building its deliverable template.
Open-source Friday work on Spring Kit and a small Radix patch.

Shipped last month

Press Kit Generator for Posthog — launched April 22, used 1,200 times in week one.
Spring Kit v2.0 with five new presets, new docs, and a typed API.
One audit for a Series B fintech — written brief and 60-minute walkthrough.
The April issue of the studio journal — three field notes and a reading list.

Last updated · May 31, 2026

09 — Contact

Open a work inquiry.

Short briefs are welcome. A two-paragraph email is enough to start. I respond within two business days, in Eastern Time.

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