Selected work

Tom Sanee — Senior product designer turning complex ideas into working products.

Senior product designer turning complex ideas into working products.

Rialo Nova

Shaping a crypto super‑app

Co-led product strategy and design across mobile and browser, grounded in 20+ user interviews. Reached market readiness before a leadership pivot ended development.

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Rialo Nova — Onboarding: Create or restore a Rialo wallet.
Rialo Nova — Wallet: View balances and manage tokens.
Rialo Nova — Swap: Review and confirm token swaps.
Rialo Nova — Agent chat: Approve transactions created through chat.

Pulse

Built for a trader’s workflow

Rebuilt a crude trading terminal twice, solo: first into a working product, then into the platform that runs his trading day. In use from the start.

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Pulse — Portfolio: Track holdings, daily performance, and open positions.
Pulse — Research: Review market news from saved sources.
Pulse — Stock detail: Explore price history and key stats.
Pulse — Technical analysis: Compare indicators and options data.

Paladin

From concept to $30M+

Founding designer across brand, research and product, working directly with founders and engineers. Paladin grew past $30M in deposited assets, with $16M processed through its marketplaces.

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Paladin — Brand system: Paladin identity and visual language.
Paladin — Lending: Borrowing and deposit dashboard.
Paladin — Quest marketplace: Create and manage liquidity incentives.
Paladin — Staking: Deposit AAVE and stake in one transaction.

PXL Labs

Product design for 8+ clients

Led mobile and desktop product design for crypto clients, from scope and requirements through delivery. Worked hands-on while directing illustrators and UI designers as needed.

PXL Labs — Grably: Mobile data rewards and referral flows.
PXL Labs — Toncash: Mobile cashback onboarding.
PXL Labs — Stablehold: An onchain investment vault.
PXL Labs — Launchpad: Token trading and holder analytics.

Spacebar

Design for 25+ startups

Founded Spacebar to deliver strategy, brand identity and digital products for fintech, ecommerce and consumer businesses. Led projects from research and prototyping through design systems and delivery.

Spacebar — Stoffel: Brand identity and launch materials.
Spacebar — North: Banking and investing landing page.
Spacebar — Swerve: Brand identity and visual system.
Spacebar — Aerogo: Travel search landing page.
Spacebar — Quake: Character-led brand world.
Spacebar — Accelera: Payment card campaign artwork.
Tom Sanee

I’m Tom, a senior product designer based in Toronto.

For more than seven years, I’ve helped small teams make complex products easier to understand and use. I work across research, product decisions, brand, interface design, and code.

AI has completely changed how I work. What hasn’t changed is the attention and care that goes into making something wonderful.

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