Wil Osborne

I design and build digital products — mostly interfaces that handle complicated things (dashboards, booking flows, content systems) without feeling complicated. This site collects client work and the smaller things I make for fun in between.

Work

Abstract artwork showing scattered shapes resolving into an ordered grid of components, representing the Backpack design system

Backpack Design System

2022–Present

Built a 336-component design system alone, then got engineering to adopt it without a mandate.
Abstract diagram of a single job-seeker profile connecting to multiple job postings, one flagged as Easy Apply

Easy Apply — K-12 Job Spot

2023

Rejected a copy-the-competitor plan for a profile-based model that removed the tradeoff entirely.
Abstract flow diagram showing a tangled multi-step branching flow resolving into a short, direct flow

K-12 Migration Redesign

2026

Rebuilt a broken migration flow under a two-day deadline, raising completion from 50% to 88%.
Abstract composition of a fluctuating line and a steadily climbing bar chart side by side, representing the split between Readiness and cumulative points

Team Nation Scoring

2021

Diagnosed a drop in engagement as a motivation problem, not a scoring bug, and fixed it without touching the score.

Fun

Abstract illustration of a balance scale weighing a ballot against a dollar bill

Checks & Balances

Concept

A satirical app proposal for crowdfunded bribery, where citizens vote with their wallets.
A startled black bird icon with exclamation marks above its head on a dark red background, representing the Birds Aren't Real project

Birds Aren't Real

2021

The most pressing conspiracy of our time, exposed in a way that would make Saul Bass proud.
A miniature dark navy leather book with a gold-tooled floral border and an oval PO monogram stamped on the cover, representing the Fine Bookbinding project

Fine Bookbinding

2024

Leather covers decorated with brass tools, the same way it's been done for centuries.
A scattered spread of red and blue patterned playing cards, representing the Carte Triestine project

Carte Triestine

2020

My take on a deck of Italian playing cards.
Close-up angled view of five bound book spines lined up, in black cloth, brown cloth, teal with a gold scroll pattern, purple cloth with exposed hand-sewn pink thread, and black with a green marbled cover

Bookbinding

2020

Turning paper, thread, and fabric into books and sometimes boxes.
A grid of six black sun, star, and moon face icons on a lavender background, representing the Fabric Design project

Fabric Design

2023

Grumpy suns, moons, and stars are the focal points of this fabric I designed.
Overhead view of a cream-painted wooden cabinet with 24 case drawers fitted with dark cast iron pulls, representing the Brass Type Cabinet project

Brass Type Cabinet

2025

I needed a way to store my brass fonts of type, so I copied an antique case.
The Bloque typeface specimen, a bold blocky uppercase alphabet built from stacked rectangular forms, representing the Bloque Typeface project

Bloque Typeface

2019

An ultra-wide display face, free to download.