I'm Bibek, building things
for the people.
Sounds cliche but my job title has changed throughout the years as I've transitioned roles and tools keep changing. The hard partGetting a room full of people to agree on what problem we're actually solving. Still undefeated. hasn't moved an inch: figuring out what's actually worth building.
These days, I'm building omanote, canvas for my thoughts and few others experimenting with AI tools.
Case studies
Some studies of the things I've shipped.
Projects, client and personal, written up with the decisions and trade-offs behind them rather than just the final screens.
How I got here
Learning and adapting along the way.
About a decade ago, I started out as a visual artist. Everything since has been a rollercoster ride shaped by working with the talented people I met along the way.
Visual artist
Digital artwork and paintings, photobashing images to bring my ideas to life. You can find some of them on my Instagram.
Graphic designer
Took that eye for visual art into client graphic design work -- posters, brand identity, motions and videos.
UX/UI Product designer
Built products from 0-1 at LeapfrogCase study in the works, redesigned a healthcare product for Laudio to name a few. Later redesigned the AI-powered homebuying experience at reAlpha.
Founder, builder and volunteer
Building my own tools like omanote and omakey, and launched a Dashain & Tihar themed customized playing cards brand, Taas by Patterns, in 2024.
Also volunteering with design communities like Design Community Nepal and Design Ka Kura, and inspiring a design mindset in students through collaborations with NGOs and institutes.
Side projects
Side-projects I'm building.
Tools and experiments I made because I wanted them to exist and solve my problems. Solo work, some open-source and free for others to try out.
Writing
I write to find out what I think.
Opinions and thoughts disappear in the head if they're not brought to the world. I write reflections and learnings on everyday life and design.
What I believe
Three things I keep coming back to.
A handful of values I've picked up working with people and learning things the hard way. What I build is just those values showing up in practice.
Don’t marry your design.
Falling in love with your own work is the fastest way to stall it. Detachment is what makes feedback, iteration, and actual collaboration possible.
5 mantras I grew up with as a product designerThe tool was never the differentiator.
Photoshop, Figma, now AI. First obsession, then normalisation. What is left when everyone has the same tool is judgment, taste, and product thinking.
Is it always about the tool?Growth does not happen in isolation.
Staying inside your own head feels safe — you’re your own critic, your own admirer. But real growth only starts once you let someone else into your bubble.
You can only grow when you’re with othersOff the clock
The rest of the time.
Occasional writer, seasonal reader, avid cinema-watcher, serial melomaniac and a veteran digital artist. Also a Linux enthusiast ricing an Omarchy setup to my heart's content.
