2025
Metalab
Metalab is a renowned design agency work with clients from Fortune 500 to FAANG (ie: Slack, Midjourney, Suno)
As a Product Design Intern, I worked on 2 client projects. I had opportunities to create art directions/branding, built design systems, and pitched my own features during client meetings.
Projects:
2 client projects
This work is under NDA.
Beyond the internship,
My time at Metalab profoundly changed the trajectory of my design journey.
Being perpetually surrounded by such a high quality of craft raised my internal bar — and inspired much of my own visual foundations and taste.
A small compilation of some of my recent designs
1. Metalab taught me image direction
Spending almost a month working with the external team, solely building pitch decks helped me get really good at piecing together image directions.
Image direction for a speculative Strava redesign
2. Metalab taught me to push for delight.
Design is a labour of love; Craft and attentiveness to details can help carry even the most rudimentary interfaces a long way.
Some recent client work.
3. Above all, Metalab taught me to give a sh*t
Beyond all the design systems, branding and art direction-ing that I did -- Metalab drove home a much deeper lesson: craft and care for my designs. To push the frontier of what I create past conventional, and to bring genuine delight in what you make.
Key Learnings
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Imposter syndrome is a gift. It means that you're surrounded by a crowd of people who are actively pushing you to feel better. (From my lovely design mentor, Emma)
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Design is a labour of love; Craft and attentiveness to details can take even the most rudimentary interfaces a long way.
This is just a snapshot of the entire design process. Reach out to learn more!This is just a snapshot of the entire design process.
Reach out to caleb05w@gmail.com for the full story.
