Design. Systems. Products
that make people smile

Renata Abeda, former Head of Design at swatchbook (now part of CLO)

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Key Projects

swatchbook's material library on a desktop monitor, seen from above on a blue desk.

swatchbook

The material marketplace I designed from v1 to v3, used by 30+ brands and 170+ suppliers

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mix on iPad: a grid of generated sneaker colorways.

mix

The 3D design app I designed from 2019 to 2025, where designers set the rules and curate what the machine suggests

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Someone wearing Apple Vision Pro on a sofa, designing a 3D outfit that floats in the room among rows of fabric rolls.

remix

3D product design built for Vision Pro, then brought to iPad and iPhone

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A hand holding a phone that is capturing a patterned woven fabric, with the physical swatch card behind it.

swatchbook capture

Design exploration for an AI-assisted material digitization workflow

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More work

Design operations, leadership, independent research, and earlier work in 3D production and architecture.

An iMac on a desk showing the design system component library in Figma.

Design Ops & Design Systems

Streamline design processes and improve communication between designers, developers, and stakeholders.

Renata at a lectern giving a design talk, with the audience seated nearby.

Design Leadership, Culture & Advocacy

Asking for a whole design team, getting it, and building how we worked

Two rendered models in Adidas T-shirts standing in front of a building doorway.

Adidas 3D Lookbook

Digital production pipeline for a 3D based lookbook workflow.

Collage of architecture renders: a building lit at night, a stone facade and a glass-fronted interior.

Architecture and Interior Design

As an architect I got to work on cool, award-winning projects (LEAF Awards, World Architecture Festival shortlist)