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Stanley Vaganov

I design brands systems and products that scale.

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Reimagining Big Game Golf App

UX Design for Metechi's Financial Marketplace MVP

Rebranding Platforme6610: Creating a Brand Built on Belonging

Development of a Dynamic Brand OS for Métisse Studio

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In the 2000s, working in New York’s tech and business scene felt electric. I wanted to belong so badly I ran myself into exhaustion trying to keep up. By the mid 2010s, I was burned out, depressed, and drowning in addiction. 2016 was the collapse. I left my job, my home and my country to rebuild. I spent a year abroad with no money, no phone, just space to heal and find meaning again. In 2018, I founded BeCurious Studio, my refuge for creation and recovery. It became proof that healing and design can coexist. Out of that came Sentinotes, first a personal experiment, now a platform helping others navigate emotion and connection. Co-created with @Vlad Go I can’t solve the mental health crisis alone, but I can create tools that help people feel seen and supported. Ten years later, I’m no longer escaping. I’m creating with purpose.

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Did Bloomberg app redesign back in 2017.

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Personal project that was fully built and designed with Replit. The Department of Time. This isn’t just a time app, it’s an open-source framework for personal transformation. Build better habits, recover, improve wellness, or design your ideal day with customizable routines that truly work. Explore proven frameworks like Pomodoro focus, recovery schedules, mindfulness, fitness, and more. Need something unique? Create your own or get AI-powered recommendations tailored to your goals.

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I was hired to redesign a Canadian gym franchise. Founders segmented away from Cardio-Energie into their own private club and wanted their branding to reflect the values of their community. One way to assure that new founders upheld their branding was to print them actual print book that would occupy their desk space and was easily shared with colleagues and collaborators. So that is just what I did. A brand guide book turned into a beautiful printed coffee table book filled with their history, custom photography and guidelines. To this day they write to me periodically thanking me for this piece.

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I studied 18 publ...

What do the best VC decks have in common? I studied 18 public fund decks from Susa, Worklife, Not Boring, Seedcamp and more and here’s what stood out: Clarity wins. One sentence thesis anyone can repeat. Human stories beat jargon. Investors buy belief systems. Design breathes. Clean, visual, minimal like a product, not a PDF. Proof over promises. Show traction, not just vision. Culture is the tone. Sound like today’s internet, not yesterday’s brochure. A great deck doesn’t just inform. It convinces people you’ll make history. P.S. I make the most impactful decks in the game. Inquire within.

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