Case studyJune 2026·NawNaw
Designing a 15-minute grocery run
A dark-store model for Nigerian tier-1 cities, and why the hard part was never the app. Two weeks from blank file to a working concept, including the guest-checkout argument.
Entry 1The projects page shows what got built. This is why— full write-ups, design essays, and the decisions I'd defend in a review.
A dark-store model for Nigerian tier-1 cities, and why the hard part was never the app. Two weeks from blank file to a working concept, including the guest-checkout argument.
Entry 1A period-care identity that had to read as calm without reading as clinical. On Cheerful Violet, integrating a mark into a wordmark, and writing guidelines somebody will actually follow.
Entry 2Converting Figma UI into code-ready JSON, and what 250+ users taught me about the gap between a design file and a build. Includes the schema decisions I got wrong first.
Entry 3Why an interoperable QR is public infrastructure rather than another silo, the pivot into holding balances, and the compliance surface that came with it.
Entry 4Scan-to-order for restaurants, and the three-surface problem: a customer app, a kitchen view, and an admin dashboard that all had to agree about one order.
Entry 5The hard calls behind five products and this site, each in two lines: the constraint, and what I chose. Updated as decisions get made.
Entry 6