Portfolio, 2026San Francisco, CA

Sepehr
Nasihatgar

Roles
UX design
UI design
Visual design
Motion

I’m an end-to-end designer in San Francisco. I take products from a vague brief to a finished interface and system. Before design, I spent ten years making photographs and teaching photography.

Selected work ↓

Selected work

1 project · 2026

A small macOS window that shows whether today is moving you toward the person you want to become.

Product design · UX · Design system
Figma ↗

About

Designer with a photographer’s eye

I learned design by making images. Photographing, editing and teaching taught me to find what matters in a frame and cut the rest. Now I do the same with products: the flow, the interface and the visual system.

10+ years making images6 years teaching photography12 exhibitions

Experience

  1. 2026
    Product designerToward, self-initiatedmacOS app, from problem to design system.
  2. [20XX]–Present
    Photo technicianOscar’s Photo Lab, San FranciscoFilm developing, darkroom printing, scanning.
  3. [20XX]–Present
    Content creator, contract[Program], Stanford UniversityVideo, photo and graphics for social channels.
  4. [20XX]–Present
    Photographer and video editorFreelanceCalifornia Academy of Sciences, City College of San Francisco, Showtime Pictures.
  5. 2017–2023
    Photography instructor[Institution one], [Institution two]Digital photography and the history of photography.
  6. [20XX]–[20XX]
    Web designerFreelanceWordPress and Squarespace sites for small businesses.

Education

B.A. Photography[University], [year]
Digital Photography CertificateCity College of San Francisco, 2025–Present

Skills

Product and UIUser flows
Information architecture
Interface design
Design systems
Prototyping
VisualArt direction
Image selection and editing
Color
Brand guidelines
Print and production
Image makingPhotography
Darkroom printing
Video editing

Tools

Figma, Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Audition, WordPress, Squarespace

Photography

For ten years, I made photographs.

Documentary, portrait and film. Shot, developed and printed by me.

  1. Kourdestan · [Year] · Digital
  2. Almost Family · 2026 · 35mm film
  3. Workshop · [Year] · Digital
  4. Night shift · [Year] · Digital

Collage

Then photography died.

At least for me. After eight years I was repeating the same act.So I started photo-making: photographs as raw material, cut and rejoined by feel.Repeatable, but never repetitive. Read the essay ↗

  1. Manifest · 2021
  2. i Love Cheap Thrills · 2020 · Diptych
  3. sllirhT paehC evoL i · 0202

Contact

San Francisco · Open to full-time roles and internships

If any of this looks like the kind of designer you need, write to me.

Résumé (PDF) LinkedIn
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