Chalk | Product design that ships in code

When founders bring us in

Ship the first version

You have the idea. We help shape the product, design the experience, and build the interface that users understand instantly.

Move fast after a raise

Your roadmap got real, and expectations got higher. Investors want to see speed, clarity, and progress, not a long hiring process.

Level up your product

Your product works, but the experience needs to mature. We bring clarity, consistency, and systems so it can scale.

Founders love working with us

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Chalk moves incredibly fast and delivers high-quality work. He was able to onboard quickly and give us senior design support exactly when we needed it. Dan is extremely flexible on delivery time and quality and iterates fast on feedback.

Working with Chalk felt like having a co-founder who happens to be a world-class designer. Dan took early product ideas and turned them into polished designs that enabled us ship confidently and raise.

Dan helped us tackle some of the hardest product challenges we were facing and brought structure to ideas that were undefined. He moves quickly and raises the level of the entire product. There is no challenge too scary or big for him.

Dan's instinct was spot on, and he had a significant impact on overall product design quality. He has this rare ability to think through the product, improve the design, and then actually execute those ideas. He moves incredibly fast, but never at the expense of quality or good judgment.

How we work

Embedded design partner

Directly embedded with your team to help shape roadmap priorities, drive execution, and raise the quality of what ships. 3-month min.

Best for ongoing product design

Ships working front-end, with PRs straight into your repo

Flexible across priorities as needs evolve

Embedded across key product decisions

Weekly sprints

Senior design and build for founders who don’t have a design team yet. Each week goes to whatever matters most right now.

Clear goals and deliverables set each week

Book one week at a time, no minimum

Re-scope anytime as the company changes

One partner across product, brand, site, and deck

Questions, answered

Most deliverables ship within days, not weeks. We work in tight loops with your team so nothing sits in a queue. You'll see progress in real time.
We design in code. You get working, production-grade front-end, not a static Figma file. Sometimes that's a coded prototype your team takes and runs with; when we're embedded, we open PRs straight into your repo, reviewed like any other. Next.js, React, Tailwind, shadcn. No translation layer where the details get lost.
We work in your stack, using Cursor and Claude to move from design to working front-end fast. Depending on the engagement, that's a coded prototype we hand to your team, or, when we're embedded, branches and PRs your team reviews and merges directly. Either way, what you approve already runs, so nothing gets lost between design and production.
Book a call, we'll talk through your goals and timeline. If it's a fit, we can kick off within days, not weeks.
We iterate fast and welcome honest feedback. If a direction isn't working, we pivot quickly. You're never locked into something that doesn't feel right.
A full-time hire takes months to find and onboard. An agency puts a team between you and the work. You work with me. Senior design, embedded in your team, without the overhead or the ramp-up.
The name comes from a simple moment watching my daughter draw with chalk. Chalk is lightweight, fast, and expressive. You try ideas, wipe them away, and try again. That spirit is at the core of Chalk Studio. We help teams explore ideas quickly, iterate without friction, and turn rough sketches into real products without losing momentum.

Product design that ships in code

Product design usually ends with a handoff. Ours doesn’t.

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