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Damian Dueñas

Design Director / Hardware / Software / Art

I enjoy building across hardware, software, and art, and pretty much anything else I find interesting. Design Director at Redstone Studios and a Computer Network Systems Engineering student.

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About

Hardware, software, and art
Damian Dueñas, smiling, standing in front of a gate at night this is me :)

Researching for a safer, secure, and sustainable future.

I build hardware, write software, and make art. Because if you aren't making something, what the hell are you doing?!

Right now most of my time goes into Nullberry, prototyping the MK-I: an off-grid, jam-proof messenger with a 9-layer fallback protocol, built on a fork of Reticulum. It's made for disasters, protests, and places without reliable infrastructure, and every unit out there makes the network stronger.

I'm also Design Director at Redstone Studios, a Minecraft creative studio, and I keep chipping away at re:mixd, a place to share and edit playlists with friends across Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal. Before all that I founded Atlas Minigames and turned $50 into $20K+ in its first three months.

I study Computer Network Systems Engineering at Moorpark College, and at home I torture myself with a homelab, self-hosting on old hardware and redesigning stuff that already worked fine.

Toolkit
  • UI/UX Design
  • Design Systems
  • Brand Identity
  • Network Engineering
  • Figma
  • Illustrator
  • 2D & 3D Design
  • 3D CAD
  • Creative Direction
  • Product Design
  • Community Leadership
  • Social Media
  • IT & Infrastructure

Overview

By the numbers
6+Years designing
2+Years networking experience
↑85%Brand consistency lift
$20K+Revenue from $50 budget
4+RF, IR & other fallback protocols, independently developed
3Companies built
Education
  • Computer Network Systems Engineering
  • Moorpark College2025–Now
  • High School DiplomaJune 2025
  • Moorpark High SchoolMoorpark, CA
  • English, SpanishNative
Currently
  • Studying CNSE
  • Building Nullberry
  • Upgrading the homelab
  • Closed for freelance work
Skills
  • Design Systems
  • UI Engineering
  • Brand Identity
  • 3D & Prototyping
  • Network & IT Infrastructure
  • Social Media & Communications

Experience

Where I've worked

Redstone Studios, LLC

Design Director

Identifying plans and resources for project goals. Managing end-to-end project lifecycle from procurement through commission, delivering polished digital products.

Atlas Minigames, LLC

Founder

Turned a $50 startup budget into $20K+ in revenue generated under my watch. Built design systems that improved brand consistency by 85%, led community operations, and directed all finance and creative strategy.

Aliases

Work

Selected projects
Nullberry wordmark nullberry.dev
Lead R&D Officer

Nullberry

A research and development group devoted to affordable, open-sourced, off-the-grid solutions and infrastructure-independent technology. As Lead R&D Officer I direct operations, marketing, product design, and prototyping of a nine-layer fallback protocol communication device.

HardwareProduct DesignOpen Source
re:mixd wordmark remixd.tech
Designed & built full-stack

re:mixd

A music-based social platform for sharing playlists, discovering new sounds, and connecting through what you listen to. Designed and built full-stack.

Next.jsTypeScriptFull-StackProduct Design
Redstone Studios wordmark redstone.llc
Design Director

Redstone Studios

My studio practice, managing digital projects end-to-end from procurement to commission.

Design DirectionBrand Strategy
True North wordmark Instagram
Founder

True North

A men's streetwear and activewear line built from the ground up. Brand identity, product design, material sourcing, and go-to-market.

Creative DirectionProduct DesignStreetwear

Contact

Open to full-time roles

Closed for freelance work right now, but open to full-time opportunities. If you have a vision that needs both design thinking and engineering rigor, let's talk.

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