L Dante Guarin, SD/OC/LA
Product Designer · 0→1 · Systems · Strategy
I turn messy problems into products, processes, and systems people can use and organizations can scale.
I've spent my career designing where complex systems and real user needs overlap.
I spend a lot less time inside Figma and Illustrator now. And I'm optimistic about that.
Not because I care less about making things.
Because faster idea validation means I can spend more of my time on the things that matter before the pixels:
What are we actually solving?
What should exist?
How should the pieces connect?
And how do we build something that can grow?
That's where I do my best work.
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The interesting work rarely starts with a clean, fully fleshed-out PRD.
It starts with a business that's changing, a product that isn't working the way it should, a team trying to figure out what comes next, or an idea that hasn't become a product yet.
That's where I come in.
I bring design, systems thinking, and product strategy together to turn ambiguity into something people can understand, use, and build on.
Because curiosity doesn't stop when the workday does.
If you're figuring out what to build, how to make it work, or where to go next, I'd love to hear about it.
Let's figure it out.