Damean Rittmann ✳ Product Designer ✳ Portfolio 2026
I’m a product designer who makes complex workflows trustworthy for the experts who use them. I thrive in spaces where the problems are hard, meaningful, and still being figured out.
fig. 01 · selected work
fig. 02 · about
I come from a family of teachers, so I grew up watching people make confusing things click. I didn’t discover design until college and I instantly knew it was my passion. It blended my analytical problem solving skills with my need to be creative, into a process that benefits real people. I’m drawn to the moment when something confusing becomes clear.
I learn best by doing and I have grown fast. In 5 years I went from rebuilding university websites to leading a workflow redesign across 4 product squads at a Fortune Global 500 company. My expertise is complex, data heavy workflows where trust makes or breaks your product. My core principle is simplifying without hiding, because showing the details is what builds trust.
What drives me is boundless curiosity and dedication. I adapt quickly to new industries, environments, and workflows because I ask the right questions and do the extra work. Right now I am all in on AI, learning by building and using it as a partner for the tedious parts so I can focus on design thinking and strategy. I want to help reinvent design around it.
Outside of work you’ll find me exploring. I’ve been to 11 countries, and the best parts are never the landmarks, they’re the people I meet and the new perspective I gain. When I’m not abroad I’m in the wild, backpacking, canoeing, camping, and occasionally standing 50 feet from a Yellowstone grizzly. At home, my competitive nature takes over in pick up soccer, frisbee, and video games. Curiosity gets me out the door. Dedication is why I never half-do any of it.
fig. 03 · my values
The best design isn't the most innovative solution. It's the one people understand immediately. Transparency builds trust faster than polish.
Every time I've grown, it started with discomfort. Pitching to executives for the first time. Leading design across four squads. Moving to a new country. I seek out the edges of what I know because that's where perspective comes from.
The work I'm proudest of came from picking up something new. A tool, a framework, a domain. I stay curious, then I share what I've figured out so the people around me can move faster too.
fig. 04 · the lab
Side projects that started as learning projects. Some shipped, some stayed concepts.
P.01 · 2026
The site you are on. Designed and built to match my brand, using Next.js and Claude Code.
P.02 · 2026
A native iOS app that turns Ethereum gas fees into a weather-style forecast instead of a dashboard of raw numbers.
P.03 · 2026
A shared pixel art night sky where messages live as fading stars and attention is the only input that matters.
P.04 · 2025
A feature concept that lets users branch from any AI response without losing their place in the main conversation.
P.05 · 2025
A Coinbase concept that uses testnet coins to teach blockchain mechanics through practice rather than explanation.
P.06 · 2021
A web app that turns CU Boulder alumni career data into a scrollable story so prospective students can see where a design degree leads.
P.07 · 2021
A concept productivity app that builds a daily schedule around how students actually study, then uses rewards as scaffolding to pull them through the day.
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