David Anastácio

David Anastácio

Design Director

About

Working in design for over 12 years. Currently a Founding Designer at Roam.xyz. Ex-Design Director at Aave and Lens Protocol.

Previously ran the design team at REKKI and before that I worked with some of the world’s most well known companies such as Nike, Dropbox, Snapchat, Google, Airbnb, LG, National Geographic, Moog Music, and many more.

Writing

2019

The story of REKKI and the design of its brand

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Remote

Built an onchain mobile browser wallet with a unique set of social features. Developed brand identity, open source typeface and design system. Designed an AI search interface and an AI agent platform.

2022 — 2023
Remote

Working across product and brand teams to create new onchain experiences for the Aave and Lens Protocols.

2018 — 2022
London

First design hire at REKKI. Responsible for building corporate identity and design system, as well as establishing and leading the Design team, including Product Design and Brand Marketing.

2017 — 2018
Portland, OR

Worked in close partnership with Nike to improve their digital brand experience through a redesign of the shopping app and the digital retail experience. Other projects include redesign of Dropbox.com and digital experiences for Snapchat, Airbnb, PATH, Umpqua Bank.

2016 — 2017
New York

Designed digital experiences for clients like The Nature Conservancy California, Moog Music, Jonhson&Johnson, Google and LG.

2015 — 2016
Stockholm

Developed brand identities and products for seed stage startups around Europe.

2014 — 2016
Lisbon, PT

Worked in-house with the teams of ambitious portfolio startups, bringing stories from Google documents to successful products with investments by some of the world's biggest accelerators such as Techstars & Seedcamp.

2012 — 2014

Designed brand identities for early to mid stage retail and digital companies across Germany, Canada, USA, UK, and Portugal.

Education

2015 — 2016
Stockholm

Graduated with Distinction

2012 — 2014
Masters Degree, Mechanical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Lisboa, PT

Speaking

2017
Stockholm

Taught a design class at the Design Lead program at Hyper Island.

2016
Stockholm, Sweden

Taught a design class at the Design Lead program at Hyper Island.

2017

The Nature Conservancy — California

2017

The Nature Conservancy — California

2017

The Nature Conservancy — California

2017
Website Of The Day from CSS Awards

The Nature Conservancy — California

2017
#ThinkContent Award from NewsCred’s

Award for jnj.com (Johnson & Johnson)

2017

Best Website for Charitable Organizations/Non-Profit

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