Provenance
of Design.

Rin Chu’s personal knowledge base

Projects.

Products, experiments, and how they evolve.

Different questions.
Different forms.
An ongoing body of work.

8 projects
Basket: routine summary, product collection, search, and persistent navigation.Greenhouse: care-area filters, Add Log, and a dated observation timeline.Meadow: sourced reading and a route back to products already owned.
In development
  • Product
  • Personal project
  • iOS app

care = love

Remembering what I own and what I thought of it shouldn’t mean starting over. care = love connects my care products, routines, and personal notes in one place.

Care products, routines, and notes in one place.

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WhatAFind wordmark and white daisies on a plum background
Ongoing
  • Product
  • Brand & Editorial
  • Website

WhatAFind

Finding a product from a social video can lead to a dead end. WhatAFind brings those finds into a Canadian catalogue with product guides and retailer links.

Social finds, collected for Canadian shoppers.

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Daily ritual with the theme BoundariesReading with Yin Wood and Yin Earth and plain-language contextAlex’s demo birth chart with an origami Yang Earth reference elementFour pillars organised as Roots, Environment, Self and Expression
Active
  • Product
  • Personal project
  • Mobile app

Thredd

Journaling can be hard to return to after time away. Thredd offers Saju-based readings, guided prompts, and a personal archive to help you pick it up again.

Readings, prompts, and a journal to return to.

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The Ballistic Indoor Golf storefront with its green sign and golf imagery
Ongoing
  • Brand design & strategy
  • Digital experience
  • Digital marketing
  • Logo
  • Graphic

Ballistic Indoor Golf

An indoor golf visit starts before someone walks in. A connected brand, website, and customer information help people understand the space and plan their visit.

An indoor golf brand, from website to visit.

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Current DM a GM Tavern with campaign discovery, schedule filters, featured campaigns, and the right-hand navigation
Ongoing
  • Product design
  • Mobile-first

DM a GM

Finding a tabletop group means matching schedules, expectations, and play styles. DM a GM brings campaign discovery, party formation, and session coordination into one place.

Find a campaign. Form a party. Coordinate play.

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Owner booking schedule with room columns, fictional reservations and a running session timerCustomer-facing BayFlow booking calendar with linked start and finish times
Ongoing
  • SaaS
  • Operational product

BayFlow

A booking needs to work for both the guest and the front desk. BayFlow connects group needs and live availability with reservations, arrivals, and session timing.

Bookings built around guests and front-desk work.

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KaoKeys Expression editor with character boxes, editing controls, and a nine-column character grid.
In development
  • Product
  • iOS keyboard
  • Character drawing

KaoKeys

Making an expression and drawing with characters need different spaces. KaoKeys brings a separate expression editor, ASCII canvas, and saved-expression keyboard together in a local development build.

Expressions, character drawing, and a saved-expression keyboard.

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