01 / Web platformsLive store & staff platform
Web platforms
Python / Flask / JavaScriptAlCOOl
A premium storefront, practical POS and automatic daily stock reports for a working neighbourhood shop in Kutus, Kenya.
INDEPENDENT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENTNAIROBI, KENYA / A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES
CALDEV — Kencalvin Mwenda, designer and developer
KENCALVIN MWENDA / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PIXELSA little different.
A little different.
By design.
I turn good ideas into websites and digital experiences with a point of view. Thoughtful on the inside. Hard to scroll past.
GOOD DESIGN.✳THOUGHTFUL CODE.✳REAL PRODUCTS.✳SMALL DETAILS.
01 / SELECTED WORKLess explaining.
Less explaining.
More exploring.
A closer look at the products, people and ideas I’m bringing to the web.
All work & experiments02 / Web platformsLive product
Web platforms
Django / PythonSeroTix
Event discovery, ticketing and planning with your people. A product built around the feeling of going out.
A LITTLE UNDER THE HOOD
Open the request lab.
A hands-on experiment in validation and clear feedback.
02 / WHAT I CAN HELP WITHGood ideas deserve
Good ideas deserve
good execution.
A focused partner for the design, development and refinement of your next project.
01
Websites with presence.
A clear story, considered design and a responsive experience that makes your next step obvious.
PORTFOLIOS / BUSINESS WEBSITES
02
Products with purpose.
Turn a useful idea into an interface people can understand, explore and return to.
WEB APPS / PRODUCT INTERFACES
03
Systems that connect.
Thoughtful APIs, data flows and integrations to bring the moving parts of your business together.
APIS / BACKEND DEVELOPMENT
04
Better, down to the detail.
Refine an existing experience: mobile layouts, accessibility, interactions and the paths that matter.
REDESIGNS / UX REFINEMENT
A LITTLE INTERACTION / JUST FOR YOUSame idea.
Same idea.
Different energy.
Good design is a series of small decisions. Try a direction, shape the corners, and watch the whole feeling change.
PreciseExpressive
LIVE DESIGN STUDY02 / 03
c.AN IDEA
TAKING SHAPE
TAKING SHAPE
Make room
for good things.
A bold idea deserves a little volume.
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
Electric direction · 28px corners · A live experiment
Kencalvin MwendaTHE PERSON BEHIND CALDEV ↗
03 / A LITTLE ABOUT MECurious by nature.
More about my background
Curious by nature.
Builder by choice.
I’m Kencalvin, a developer in Nairobi with an eye for design and an interest in how things work.
I like the space where a useful idea becomes something you can actually use. That means thinking about the interface, the systems behind it, and how the whole experience feels on a phone.
CALDEV is where I bring that work together: websites, product interfaces, engineering experiments and notes from the process.
INTERFACESReact · Next.js · TypeScript
BEHIND THE SCENESPython · Django · APIs
THE DETAILSResponsive design · Motion · Accessibility
04 / HOW WE GET THEREClear from
Clear from
the first conversation.
A shared direction, tangible progress and room to get the details right.
01
Understand the idea.
We talk about your audience, what the project needs to do and the constraints. Then agree on a focused scope.
02
Make it tangible.
Design and development turn that direction into something you can try. Feedback shapes the next iteration.
03
Refine & hand over.
Check the experience across screen sizes, work through the details and prepare a clear handover.
05 / FROM THE NOTEBOOK
All engineering notes Beyond the interface.
HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND?Let’s make it
Start a projectLet’s make it
worth building.
A new website, a product idea, or something that needs to work better.