Hold Fast Studio works with founders building 01 products where hardware, software, and AI meet.

Products that have to work and feel right. Where there's no playbook yet. Where the seams between disciplines actually decide whether the thing ships or dies.

This studio is just me, Kevin Korpi. I embed early, design products instead of decks, and work at 10,000 feet and 10 pixels in the same week. I've been at this for 25 years from enterprise to startup.

Built for early-stage chaos. Bad at big company process. Two clients at a time.

kevin@holdfast.studio

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"If I were starting a company and needed a kick-ass designer, Kevin would be the first person I’d call. I was especially impressed with how creative and thorough Kevin is in his design work. One of the best designers I’ve worked with at Google."

Director of Product Management, Google

"With a discerning eye for detail and commitment to excellence, Kevin consistently pushes the limits of product development, while simultaneously driving the process forward, unearthing numerous avenues for enhancing team dynamics and business efficacy. Kevin is a valuable asset to the world of product development, and his contributions to GoPro and the field of UX are elevated having worked with him."

"With a discerning eye for detail and commitment to excellence, Kevin consistently pushes the limits of product development, while simultaneously driving the process forward, unearthing numerous avenues for enhancing team dynamics and business efficacy. Kevin is a valuable asset to the world of product development, and his contributions to GoPro and the field of UX are elevated having worked with him."

Senior Principal Designer, Cameras & Hardware, GoPro

"Kevin was a critical asset in the relaunch of Google Fonts. He worked as the lead product designer collaborating with Research, Engineering, and Product under tight deadlines. His work was high quality and always on time. Although Kevin was remote, he had tremendous impact as the design lead and strategist. Our launch would not have been possible without his ability to quickly ramp up and fit into the team."

"Kevin was a critical asset in the relaunch of Google Fonts. He worked as the lead product designer collaborating with Research, Engineering, and Product under tight deadlines. His work was high quality and always on time. Although Kevin was remote, he had tremendous impact as the design lead and strategist. Our launch would not have been possible without his ability to quickly ramp up and fit into the team."

Director of UX, Material Fonts & Icons, Google

"Kevin brought maturity, perspective, and passion to evolving our software and hardware products at Katalyst.  In addition to refining our design language, he revamped our onboarding experience.  What I appreciated most was Kevin's end-to-end thinking, mapping out the user journey from when they see our product from the first time to completing their first workout."

VP of Product, Katalyst Fitness

"We hired Kevin to help with product incubation and future roadmap articulation. He delivered consistently with great quality and with a great attitude! I'd recommend Kevin without hesitation for his natural product acumen and collaborative approach."

Wearables Design Lead, Google

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I work best with founders who are early, moving fast, and building something the world hasn't seen before. Especially if it touches the real world: hardware, sensors, agents, cameras, wearables. The stuff where the seams between disciplines actually decide whether the product ships or dies.

If you want an embedded design partner for 0→1 product work, someone who ships the thing instead of presenting decks about the thing, I'm probably the right kind of designer.

Two clients at a time. Three-month minimum. $15–25k/month. Fixed-scope projects from $25k if that's cleaner.

A few sentences about what you're building, where you are, and what's broken helps me show up ready.

A note on how I work: Every engagement is different. Some clients have engineering teams and need Figma files and a design system. Some have one engineer and need a Framer site they can ship tomorrow. Some have no engineers at all and need working code and a repo as the actual deliverable.

I'm as comfortable delivering AI-assisted coded prototypes and functional front-ends as I am Figma files. Whatever gets the right thing built at the right fidelity. Craft still matters. So does momentum.

kevin@holdfast.studio

Let's Go

Your project starts today.

I work best with founders who are early, moving fast, and building something the world hasn't seen before. Especially if it touches the real world: hardware, sensors, agents, cameras, wearables. The stuff where the seams between disciplines actually decide whether the product ships or dies.

If you want an embedded design partner for 0→1 product work, someone who ships the thing instead of presenting decks about the thing, I'm probably the right kind of designer.

Two clients at a time. Three-month minimum. $15–25k/month. Fixed-scope projects from $25k if that's cleaner.

A few sentences about what you're building, where you are, and what's broken helps me show up ready.

A note on how I work: Every engagement is different. Some clients have engineering teams and need Figma files and a design system. Some have one engineer and need a Framer site they can ship tomorrow. Some have no engineers at all and need working code and a repo as the actual deliverable.

I'm as comfortable delivering AI-assisted coded prototypes and functional front-ends as I am Figma files. Whatever gets the right thing built at the right fidelity. Craft still matters. So does momentum.

kevin@holdfast.studio