ML◇ Orrin
Mara Lindqvist
Head of Product, Orrin
“Noor asked better questions in week one than we had in a year. The pay run redesign paid for itself in a month of support tickets.”
1 reply · Noor
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[02]The short version
I've spent nine years untangling the software people use at work, for 4.2M people a month: payroll, physio bookings, furniture and mountain huts.
I start where the problem happens: on the reception desk, in the pay run, at the trailhead. Then I design the fewest decisions that get someone from stuck to done, and I stay until it ships.
Before going independent I designed at Fietsbank and Harbour Labs. Today I lead design at Orrin and take one outside project at a time.
Based inRotterdam, NL
Working withTeams of 5 to 5,000
LanguagesEnglish, Dutch, German
ResearchInteraction designPrototypingDesign systemsFramerWorkshops
See the work[03]In numbers
The file so far
Updated Sep 2026
Wyears01
0
designing software for teams of 5 to 5,000
Hproducts02
0
shipped to production, and still running
XM03
0.0M
people use them every month
Ysystems04
0
design systems built and documented
[04]Experience
Version history
Nine years, four teams and one rule: sit where the problem happens before drawing anything.
Tools in the file
FigmaFramerFigJamMazeNotionLinearRiveProtopie
v2026 · current2025 — now
Design lead · Orrin
Leading design for payroll across iOS and web; built the Orrin design system.
v20232021 — 2025
Independent designer
Product and web projects for Quayside, Holm & Hearth, Vale, Kiln and Tessel.
v20192019 — 2021
Senior product designer · Fietsbank
Designed the bike-lease app used by 300,000 commuters in the Netherlands.
v20172017 — 2019
Product designer · Harbour Labs
A studio of twelve making internal tools for ports and logistics companies.
[06]
KIND WORDS
What people say after the handover
IA◇ Quayside
Idris Achterberg
Operations Director, Quayside Clinics
“She spent four mornings on our front desk before drawing anything. Our receptionists still talk about it, and the booking flow shows it.”
1 reply · Noor
SH◇ Holm & Hearth
Saskia Holm
Co-founder, Holm & Hearth
“The 'will it fit?' check was a text field. It cut our returns by a quarter. Noor has no ego about the size of the idea.”
1 reply · Noor