About me
Lingruan is a small independent studio based in Los Angeles, building web and mobile products for startups and small teams. I enjoy turning complex problems into interfaces that feel simple, obvious and fast.
Our job is to take a product from a rough idea to something people can actually use every day. We care about the details that make a product feel finished, from the first screen to the error states. Our aim is to bring clarity to every decision, and to leave teams with a system they can keep building on.
What I do
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Product Design
Research, wireframes, interface design and prototypes for web and mobile products.
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Web development
Production front-end in TypeScript and React, from design handoff to shipped release.
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Mobile apps
Cross-platform apps with React Native, including release pipelines and store delivery.
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Photography
Editorial and product photography for brand, campaign and launch material.
Testimonials
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Marcus Bell
Lingruan rebuilt our marketing site and the difference was immediate. Load times dropped by more than half, and the design finally matches the quality of the product.
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Priya Raman
Clear communication, realistic timelines, no surprises. He shipped exactly what we scoped, and the handoff documentation was better than anything we had received from an agency.
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Sofia Marchetti
We brought Lingruan in for a brand refresh and a small design system. Eight months later the team is still building on it without modification, which says everything.
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Tom Whitfield
A rare combination of taste and engineering discipline. He pushed back on a few of our assumptions early on, and he was right every single time.
