Sam Henri Gold

Product design engineer based in New York, NY.

Previously at Patina Systems and Lickability.

You can find me on Mastodon, Twitter, or through email.

Work

NYTimes App Intents

2024–2025

Helped design and prototype App Intents for the New York Times, including workflows for jumping into games and UI snippets to get election night updates. These shipped right in time for Apple Intelligence.
What I did

Conversational Design
Interface Design
Prototyping
How I did it

All Swift, baby
RevenueCat iOS App

2024–2025

Led the design of RevenueCat’s first official iOS app, giving developers easy access to their subscription metrics. Crafted a clean, native experience with widgets, rich notifications, and playful details.
Direct Affect

2022–2024

Designed Direct Affect’s iOS app and web dashboard. A complex community engagement tool that doesn't feel like soulless enterprise software, imagine that.
Puzzle Collection

2022 · Redacted

Designed and prototyped a set of 20 unique puzzles with original themes, mechanics, and illustrations, used as an engaging recruiting tool for a private client.
What I did

Puzzle Design
Art Direction
Illustration
Prototyping
How I did it

Figma
SwiftUI
Origami Studio
Mastodon for Android

2022–2025

Took our learnings from the iOS app and adapted Mastodon to the Material Design cinematic universe. I designed some novel safety and privacy features, bespoke profile cards, and some really nice easter eggs. It’s one of the best Android apps available.
#DontKillCrypto campaign

2021

Designed assets for Fight for the Future’s #DontKillCrypto campaign, communicating complex crypto policy clearly to a wide audience. Helped drive public awareness and engagement against cryptocurrency surveillance legislation.
How I did it

Figma
After Effects
Exo Works

2021–2023

Designed and prototyped the interface for Exo's next-gen ultrasound imaging suite to help doctors can focus more on their patients — not the software.
What I did

Visual Design
Motion
Prototyping
How I did it

Figma
Origami Studio
Kite Compositor
Mastodon for iOS

2021–2025

Led design for Mastodon’s official iOS client. We focused on clear visuals, safety features to prevent harassment, and getting people onboarded and familiar with the platform. Created a native app experience aligned with Mastodon’s decentralized and privacy-focused ethos.
Buildwatch

2020

I designed Buildwatch, a native macOS app born from internal frustration with slow Xcode builds. It gives devs aggregate analytics of their build times, spot bottlenecks, and finally figure out why the hell their SwiftUI previews are crawling.

Labs

Writing