I research, design and build products that go live. You focus on getting customers.

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requests a month on Flowdrive
70M+
raised by clients
$125M+
Teams using my work
ElevenLabs (uses Flowdrive), MoonPay (client, via StudioDuo), Chili Piper (uses Flowdrive), Isembard (client, via StudioDuo), HockeyStack (uses Flowdrive), Ben's Bites (client), Dagster (uses Flowdrive), Ankar (client, via StudioDuo), Lindy (uses Flowdrive), Lucra (client, via StudioDuo), StayNorth (client), Augment (client, via StudioDuo)
What clients say
“Working with Manuel was very easy — he just got on with the job and made things work. We now have a faster, more robust version of Webflow and Memberstack. Would recommend.”
Ben Tossell · Founder, Ben's Bites
Now Founding designer at Taking a limited number of contract projects.

Flowdrive

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What it is:

File and video hosting for Webflow. Upload and deliver on your own domain. Used by teams at ElevenLabs, Chili Piper and Lindy.

1,800+ workspaces70M+ requests a month11k Webflow installs$60k a year in bandwidth saved
Walkthrough of the Flowdrive app: file library, delivery settings, analytics and custom domain
The real app: file library, delivery settings, analytics, custom domain. Read the case study →

Markdrop

Live Solo See Site
What it is:

Feedback on websites, images and PDFs, with a task board, inbox and Slack. Every comment is pinned to the actual element, not a screenshot of it.

200+ studios
Markdrop: pinned comments on a live client site, the task board, inbox and Slack
Pinned comments on a live client site, the task board, inbox and Slack. Read the case study →

Websites, brands, 3D and motion I've designed and built for startups, independently and through StudioDuo, the studio I co-founded in 2023. Clients include MoonPay, Lucra, Ankar and Isembard.

72 projects$125M+ raised by clientsHired by YC startups

Case studies

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How we work together

  1. 01 · Validate Something real to test, fast. About two weeks.
  2. 02 · Build Shipped and handed off. Through to launch.
  3. 03 · Partner In the product decisions. Ongoing, with your team.
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About

I quit my job to build my own ideas. One of them runs at ElevenLabs.

Once you've designed, built, priced, marketed and supported your own product, a brief stops being a list of screens to make and becomes a set of decisions to get right.

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Currently Digital nomad
Manuel in glasses, looking up from his laptop, photographed from below
Contact

Got something that has to go live? Let's talk.

Tell me what you're building. I'll tell you if I'm the right person for it.