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Polaroid photo of Hendri in Lisbon, April 2026

Lisbon April 2026

Polaroid photo of Hendri in Lisbon, April 2026

Lisbon April 2026

Illustrated portrait of Hendri van Niekerk

Saturday, Sep 12

Designing and building things for humans.

I ask annoying questions, and suggest you’re wrong.

I design it, build it and the systems underneath.

The Bettr Stickers page on hendri.design
Bettr Stickers
A die-cut holographic sticker pack for Bettr. White line art on near-black, the foil does the colouring.
Thirty icons from the GhostDraft system on its drafting grid
GhostDraft Icons
An icon and illustration system for GhostDraft’s customer communications platform, laid out as a drafting canvas that never ends.
Shhhcribble's transcription bar, words landing as they are spoken
Shhhcribble
Private, on-device voice transcription for Apple platforms. Parakeet and CoreML, nothing leaves the machine.
The For Font Sake workbench, Pirata One under a halftone screen
For Font Sake
A type foundry that runs in the browser. Pick a font, stack treatments on it, tune them live, and download a real installable file.
Archive
Old work and side projects, none of which got a page of their own. Some finished, some not. Worth a look either way.
See all work
See all work

Some Friends,

What a wonderful bunch,

How I Work

There is no one size fits all process, we do what’s needed.

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Figma — portfolio wireframes
The hendri.design wireframes board in Figma

I design and build the thing. The prototype is the spec.

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Figma — portfolio wireframes
The hendri.design wireframes board in Figma

everything here is a real window — open one

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a design engineer actually do?

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What does a design engineer actually do?

Can I hire you?

What is this page?

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Twenty minutes, no deck, no pitch. Tell me what you are making and I will tell you if I am the right person for it.

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Still here? Let’s talk.

Twenty minutes, no deck, no pitch. Tell me what you are making and I will tell you if I am the right person for it.

Book a call

©2026 – Have a