Mike Gowen

Lead Product Designer

Pattern Engine · Remote

• –Designed the first version of Pico, an agent that helped people discover and collect digital art
• –Redesigned the Shape website and built LLM-assisted tools to explore the new visual system
• –Designed the $SHAPE token launch landing page with gamified ticketing

Product Designer

Foundation Labs · Remote

• –Designed the migration of Foundation, the company's NFT marketplace, onto Base
• –Co-led design of Rodeo, a more casual and social take on collecting, from early concept through launch and continued product development
• –Conceived and designed Top 9, which became Rodeo's most-used feature
• –Ran user research with artists that informed company strategy

Angel Investor & Advisor

Invested in and advised early-stage startups across a range of industries

Co-founder and Chief Design Officer

Delighted · Palo Alto

• –Designed the entire product and brand as sole designer and co-founder
• –Continued leading Delighted's design after its 2018 acquisition by Qualtrics and through Qualtrics' acquisition by SAP

Director of Design (Mosaic)

Mixbook · Palo Alto

• –Led the design of Mosaic end to end across the mobile app, identity, physical book, packaging, manufacturing, and launch
• –Worked directly with engineers and manufacturers through prototyping, production, and print quality control

Lead Designer

Yobongo · San Francisco

• –Sole designer for iOS and desktop location-based chat applications. Acquired by Mixbook

Lead Designer

Muzy · Palo Alto

• –Designed a collage tool where anyone could make elements others could use and remix, with credit and a usage score for creators
• –Worked with growth expert Andrew Chen on user acquisition design

Lead Designer

Scrapblog · Miami

• –Designed one of the first web-based creative tools, a canvas editor running in the browser
• –Won an Adobe MAX award

Senior Interactive Designer at Propeller, and Creative Director at Alienware, where I led the "Predator" case design and managed a team of eight. Co-founded Tick, a time-tracking product for creative teams, with colleagues at Propeller