Service record · Operator file
Iris Calder
11
Years
46
Missions
28
Clients
Operator card
Iris Calder
Callsign
CALDER
Base
Rotterdam, NL
Rank
Lead · independent since 2023
Languages
English, Dutch, Portuguese
Status
Open for January 2027
Briefing
I design the thing, then I build it.
I started in 2015 at a small news startup, shipping editorial apps every week. It taught me that a released thing beats a perfect thing, and that the people using it will tell you what is wrong faster than any review.
Since then I have designed banking apps, grid dashboards, a design system for nine teams and a hardware launch. The common thread is a brief that fits on one screen, and a result we can measure.
Since 2023 I have worked independently: four missions a year, start to finish, with a small crew when a mission needs one. I work in Figma and in the codebase, so what we agree on is what ships.
Campaign
2023 — now
Independent
Design + front-end
2020 — 2023
Harbor Bank
Lead product designer
2017 — 2020
Parallax Labs
Product designer
2015 — 2017
Fieldnote
Junior designer
Commendations
2025
Best interface, energy sector
Coldframe · Industry design annual
2024
Launch site of the month
Glass Orchard · Web design jury
2024
Mobile booking, shortlist
Night Ferry · Travel UX awards
2023
Design system of the year
Low Orbit · Systems conference
Transmissions
CH 02
Iris ran the kickoff like a mission briefing. By lunch we had one goal, one owner per decision and a date nobody argued with.
Maren Okafor
Harbor Bank
CH 01
She designed it, then opened the pull request herself. Nothing got lost between Figma and production.
Tomas Ferreira
Kiln Outdoor
CH 05
Our operators stopped squinting. That sounds small until you run a grid at 3 a.m.
Ingrid Solheim
Nordlys Energy
CH 06
Nine teams, one system, and docs people actually read. I did not think the last part was possible.
Dev Raman
Parallax Labs
CH 03
She rode the early sailing four times before drawing a screen. The booking flow feels like it was made on the dock.
Aoife Kerrigan
Tidal Lines
CH 04
Nine weeks from no name to a sold-out first run. The brand still looks right on the side of a robot.
Leon Achterberg
Verdant Robotics
Allied units
Harbor Bank
Finance
Kiln Outdoor
Retail
Nordlys Energy
Energy
Parallax Labs
Software
Tidal Lines
Transport
Verdant Robotics
Hardware
Fieldnote
Media
Cobalt & Pine
Hospitality
