The Designer from the East

Notes on design, people, and everything that shapes both.

I’m Mohammad Aminur Rahman Maruf, a senior product designer who has spent the last several years building products across very different worlds, PropTech in Mallorca, fintech under multinational compliance, education technology used by thousands of students, and a raffle platform built from scratch.

Why this exists

Design was always my entry point. The longer I do this work, the more I notice that the interesting part is everything underneath it, the psychology behind why people trust one product over another, the social pressures that shape what gets built, the quiet decisions that determine whether something actually works or just looks like it does.

This is where I think through that, in writing.

What I share

Real case studies from projects I have actually worked on, with the messy middle still intact. Frameworks and decisions you can apply to your own work. Honest reflections on the career itself, not only the output. And occasionally, a closer look at the psychology and society shaping the products we all use without noticing.

What you might take from it

A clearer sense of how design decisions get made under real constraints. A better read on why people adopt what they adopt. And, with any luck, a few ideas worth carrying into your own work.

This is written for designers, for people building things, and for anyone curious about what is actually happening beneath the surface of the products around them.

If something here is useful to you, I would love to have you stay.

Mohammad Aminur Rahman Maruf