I quit my job to build my own ideas.
I have had to live with every decision since.

About

That's the short version of why I work the way I do. Once you've designed, built, priced, marketed and supported your own product, a brief stops being a list of screens to make and becomes a set of decisions to get right.

I am a design engineer from Lagos. I have been designing since 2021 and shipping my own products since 2022. I still do the research, the interface, and the code, because I do not trust a design I have not used. I care about how the thing feels when it is slow, empty, or wrong — not only when the landing page is sharp.

Days I am founding designer at open session. I still run Flowdrive. I am building Markdrop. I co-founded StudioDuo in 2023. I will move to Europe for a team that is actually making a product.

Built

What I have shipped, what I tried, and the small things that were only ever meant to answer a question.

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Currently
  • Founding Designer, open session 2026—
  • Flowdrive still mine, lighter now
  • Markdrop building, 2025—
  • StudioDuo co-founder, 2023—
  • Lagos now. Europe if the work is right.
Elsewhere

A few times I have had to explain the work out loud.

  • Untitled Designer Conference — speaker 2023
  • Webflail Podcast, Ep. 104 2024
  • “How to Quit Your Full-Time Job to Build Your Ideas” 2024
  • “An Intro to Flowdrive” — walkthrough 2024

Tell me what you're building.
I will tell you if I am the right person for it.

Manuel Ogomigo — design engineer. Lagos, ready to relocate to Europe.