Hi again. Peter here.
My life revolves around the internet. And I design things for it.
Right now, I'm based in London. When I'm not there, you'd most likely find me either on trams in Amsterdam, on the U-bahn in Berlin, driving across Morocco, stuck in Lagos traffic, or planning new trips on Notion (Where I mostly plan my life).
I'm at my best when solving unstructured problems by creating systems that solve them at scale. I've spent the last 8 years doing this within large design teams embedded in organizations, as part of smaller teams, or as a solo designer at startups.
At the moment, I'm a senior product designer at Stripe where I focus primarily on Tax.
I'm deeply fascinated by money and financial systems - Its fictional nature, how it moves, how it's made, how it grows, how it's invested, and how it's created. Because of this, I've spent the last 5 years designing financial software.
What I'm really good at?
- Interface design
- Experience design
- User research
- Product strategy
- Finding the best memes (I consider this a life skill)
What am I currently reading?
What I like
Adventures where design doesn't have to actively spend its energy fighting for a seat at the table. With freedom, responsibility, and permission to define, create and iterate on design processes, optimizing for craft, quality, collaboration, and human values.
Outside of work?
I wear multiple hats and have a lot of hobbies - Sometimes an engineer, other times a PM for side projects, and increasingly a mixologist, painter, photographer, and filmmaker.
Travel, Photography & Filmmaking
I currently own a Fujifilm X100V (that I'm always with and take along with me when I travel). You'll typically find some of those photos I take on sesan.photography
This site.
It will always evolve. The idea is to create a little corner on the internet for my work, thoughts, life and interests.