I'm Mikel Garcia Mikel, a designer and developer based in Berlin, focused on building digital brands and products.

I like building interfaces that feel simple and joyful, tools that empower the people who use them. The last twelve months have been the most fun yet: weaving AI into my workflow, from design systems built directly in code to full production platforms used by hundreds.

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Work

Selected work in design and front-end development.

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DIA logo

DIA

Founding designerProduct & brand design
Social platform
Traube logo

Traube

Design systemsFront-end
Business platform
Padelko logo

Padelko

Design systemFront-end
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Music

Releases under the Current Liaison label: vocals, electronics, mix and production.

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Photography

A nod to routine, everyday life, the city and its streets.

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© 2026 Mikel Garcia

Mikel Garcia — CV
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Mikel Garcia

Product Designer & Design Engineer

Berlin, Germany

Founding designer across every company I've joined, owning design foundations, end-to-end product design, and design systems built directly in code, while also driving brand and growth. I turn complex, technical products into simple, expressive interfaces, and ship them. Musician and lifelong tinkerer with creative tools.

Experience

Founding Designer & Head of Marketing

DIA

Berlin · Remote · 2021 – Present

Sole designer: owned product and brand design end-to-end (app, Oracle Playground, site, sub-brand) and built an AI-ready design system in code.

Business Development

CoachHub

Berlin · 2020 – 2021

Business development and go-to-market.

Designer & Marketing

BlockState

Berlin · 2019

Sole designer: brand, website, product UI and investor decks.

Design & Marketing (Intern)

AiServe Technologies

Berlin · 2018 – 2019

Designed brand, website and product UI for an early-stage AI product.

Marketing Analyst (Intern)

DHL Express Spain

Spain · 2016 – 2017

First role: marketing analysis and business-development support.

Selected freelance & studio work

Padelko

2026 – Present

Designed and built a full production platform (school, tournaments, courts, shop, accounting) with a design system in code. 1,000+ users and 10+ staff run it daily.

Traube

2026 – Present

Cofounder. Scaled the design system into code to accelerate agentic coding, and built the web and mobile apps.

Volea

2026

Product design and front-end for a sports-club management platform.

Venesburger

2026

Website for a burger restaurant in the Basque Country.

Uncommon Club

2025 – 2026

Website for a members' experiences platform.

Education

OTH Regensburg

European Business, Administration & Management

2017 – 2018

Double diploma (EN / DE).

Cámara Bilbao University Business School

Business Marketing & Management

2014 – 2018

Skills

Product designUI/UXDesign systemsPrototypingBrandArt directionFigmaAI-assisted buildAbleton LivePremiere ProAfter Effects

Languages Spanish · Basque · English · German