Ryzard Akita
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Ryzard Akita

Freelance Digital Product DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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Ryzard Akita
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Ryzard Akita

Freelance Digital Product DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I have been freelancing for a decade now. In that time I've had the pleasure to work with & for various start-ups, digital agencies, senior designers & developers. I love the process of product design, and appreciate the different applications in digital design. I'm the Co-Founder of an Africa minded studio called FricanDuo and Head of Design at Suvera.
Projects
  • Versus Monthly Challenge: Rick and Morty
    Versus Monthly Challenge: Rick and MortyThe theme for March 2018's design challenge was time travel. Now for this challenge there was no rules, just the theme. I didn't want to do anything 'Back to the Future' style because it felt a bit too generic, however I went for the next best thing, Rick and Morty
  • Versus Monthly Challenge: Cowboy Bebop
    Versus Monthly Challenge: Cowboy BebopSo for July's design challenge we decided to create our own 'motion poster' from a TV series/movie of our choosing. My idea was to design a poster that would fit within a series for Cowboy Bebop, one thing I loved about this anime is how each character has a memorable scene so the character I decided to focus on was...
  • What if: Digital Africa
    What if: Digital AfricaWhat if: Digital Africa is a design meetup predominantly focusing on African design where we will be celebrating awesome individuals who are working on game changing tech, design and applications. I was behind the website design, web & video animation and other assets for this project. Link: fricanduo.com
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Projects credited in
  • Event Photographer
    Event PhotographerTook the task of capturing the essence of creative youth culture with a particular focus on the creatives and speakers o the night for use for all Fricanduo and Livity UK, future social media marketing material and in-house marketing.
  • Vs. (A Visual Dub)
    Vs. (A Visual Dub)Versus is a monthly design challenge created to explore different concepts and create new work. Every month (depending on schedules) mi amigo (Ryzard) and I think of a theme and task ourselves with creating something original that fits said theme. For us, it's a way to keep our design skills fresh, whilst also exploring different mediums outside of our day to day work.
Work history
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    Co-Founderfricanduo
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    We are a Digital Design studio at the core of design, tech and culture. We deliver Brand identity, Digital Product design as well as social engagement through events and workshops. We aspire to work on projects and research rooted in digital design, tech and development for African markets, while simultaneously fostering and elevating a community of designers!
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    Product DesignerAirbyte
     - Reading, United KingdomFreelance
    Airbyte is a specialist product studio, with a clear aim to produce and deliver useful, high quality web and mobile-centric applications, as well as building the services to power them. They offer services including digital product consultancy, specification, strategy, design, and development.
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Skills
  • Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop Dreamweaver Indesign Html CSS
  • Ability to Work Well Independently
  • Digital Designer Web Designer UI Design Wordpress Html5 CSS
  • Invision
  • Sketch
  • Principle
  • User Interaction
  • User Journeys
  • Prototyping
Education
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    Art and Design FoundationRegent's University
    London, United Kingdom
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    (hons) BA Graphic Communication & Typography (2:1)The University of Reading
     - Reading, United Kingdom