Hello, I'm Rodrigo Tello, an interface designer working towards Computing-Augmented Imagination™.
CURRENTLY
I'm a product designer at Tailscale, where we're building a new Internet, and I run Hopscotch, a kid-friendly programming environment, as Chief Imagination Officer. In my art practice, I make paintings and small animations.
WORK
- Tailscale, networking software for a new Internet. Product Designer. 2023 - Today
- Hopscotch, a visual programming environment. Chief Imagination Officer. 2023 - Today
- Val Town, a programming environment for small, sharable, runnable scripts. Interface Designer. 2023
- Zestworld, digital comics platform that bring creators & storytellers together. Product Designer. 2022 - 2023
- Holler, AI chat assistant. Lead UX/UI designer. 2021 - 2022
- Shopify, world's biggest e-commerce platform. Senior Product Designer. 2020 - 2021
- Hopscotch, visual programming language. Lead Product Designer. 2015 - 2020
- Manuable, marketplace for handmade local products. Co-founder, Head of Product. 2013 - 2015
- Think, digital agency. Co-founder, Head of Design. 2013 - 2015
- Funkalab, social network for creators and artists. Co-founder, product designer. 2012 - 2013
OPEN SOURCE
- Figma To HTML, extract a frame from Figma and embed it directly in your website.
- TypeNow, a writing app. Local-first, web-based, sugar-free, grass-fed.
- HyFive, computational art environment.
ART
- Operation of Anomalies, animation about protocols for managing operational discrepancies 2024
- Paintings 2019 - Today
- The Pond, animation to calm myself in hard times 2020
- Sketchbooks 2015 - Today
- GIFs 2015 - 2018
COMMUNITIES
- Red Mexicana de Computación, network providing low income families access to online education. Coming soon.
- Otromundo, computation & creativity online community. Coming soon.
- Flow, 10 hour hackathon event for artists, designers, and creators. Co-founder & organizer. 2013 - 2014
MUSIC
- Rodrigo Tello, electronic & ambient
- Nurbs, electronic
- Mechanilistic, electronic, IDM, noise
2008 - Bienvenido al Tecnodromo, electronic, ambient
2007
ABOUT
I'm a digital product designer, commonly known in the tech industry as "product designer" or "UX/UI designer" (I personally prefer computing interface designer). I've designed programming environments for kids, marketplaces for the biggest eCommerce platform, and AI-driven chat search engines. I've also launched and grown premium subscription services, A/B tested growth funnels, done product roadmaps, written company strategy, lead user research & user testing, project management, creative direction, and more.
In a past life, I co-founded an eCommerce startup, a social network for creators, as well as a small web agency. I taught front-end development to teenage girls. As a consultant, I helped launch direct-to-consumer furniture brands, and programmed corporate CRM tools. To see my full resume and portfolio, please send an email.
HEROES
Björk, Shigeru Miyamoto, Trent Reznor, Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa, J. C. R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, Alan Kay, Adele Goldberg, Bill Atkinson, Bret Victor, Vi Hart, Stacy Horn, Casey Reas, Ben Fry, Lauren McCarthy, Hayao Miyazaki, Tove Jansson, Jenny Holzer, David O’Reilly, Ray & Charles Eames, Barbara Kruger, Daito Manabe, Brian Eno, Archigram, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Susan Kare, Tim Berners-Lee, John Baldessari, Noam Chomsky, Satoshi Kon, FKA Twigs, Lina Bo Bardi, Mark Weiser, Philip Glass, MVRDV, Aphex Twin, Tamiko Thiel, Jane Goodall, Van Neistat, and many more.
INTERESTS
- Computing-Augmented Imagination™
- Visual programming
- The Internet Is The Computer
- Full Humans
- Art
WEBSITE
This website was created with HTML/CSS. It is hosted on Neocities.
LINKS
CONTACT
- hi@rodrigotello.me
- +1 347 709 2971