LOUPE 19

Ash is a product designer and life coach. She is a serial entrepreneur and is a transwoman.

Drawing on the experiences of her past lives in different fields, she helps highly motivated people align their life path. She launched the first Framer Sessions in San Francisco and published a template for technical meetups to help the Framer community host events around the world.

After an early start in web design, Tim worked at a bunch of startups including Gowalla, Instagram, and Dropbox.

Three years ago he was part of the crew that started Abstract, a modern design workflow tool. Like 75% of his colleagues, he works remotely, having recently moved back to Belgium. Outside of work, he loves spending time with his family and documenting memories through photos.

Laura Kalbag is a British designer living in Ireland, and author of Accessibility For Everyone.

She’s a co-founder of Ind.ie, a tiny two-person not-for-profit working for social justice. At Ind.ie, Laura works on a web privacy tool called Better Blocker as well as initiatives to create a federated personal web where everyone owns and controls their own piece of the internet.

George is a product designer in San Francisco. He’s currently at Instagram but was previously working on Facebook Live and Watch Party.

Before that he redesigned Parse and built a number of side projects (usually involving emoji or music). When he’s not designing something new, he’s probably taking pictures or buying another pair of sneakers.

Dara Oke is a designer and engineer, currently working in venture to support early-stage companies across Africa.

She’s passionate about building products that are globally aware and increase our sense of connectedness. Prior to moving halfway across the world, she worked in product and engineering on Microsoft’s New Experiences team.

Wes O’Haire is a product designer at Dropbox, where he’s helping to design a more enlightened way of working.

Before joining Dropbox, he designed products for Nike, Hudl, and several startups. He’s also a mentor at Backstage Capital and the creator of BlacksWhoDesign.

Irene Pereyra is a co-founder of the Brooklyn-based design studio Anton & Irene.

She has led initiatives for clients including The Met, Kickstarter, Balenciaga, and many more. An Amsterdam native, she grew up surrounded by modernist design, which very heavily influenced her taste and sensibilities. She frequently has heated debates on how things can be done better with less stuff.

Guillermo Rauch is the founder of ZEIT and co-creator of Now and Next.js.

He’s the author of Smashing Node.JS, as well as the creator of socket.io and MongooseJS. Originally from Argentina, he dropped out of high school and moved to the US to pursue his passions in the San Francisco startup world. He’s passionate about open source as an education medium.