I'm Steyn Viljoen, currently building Stilkrans, a boutique villa for two above Wilderness. Using philosophy, architecture, gardening, and thoughtful design, our goal is to create a place that could hopefully last a thousand years.
I'm a product design lead with 16 years product experience. I've led zero-to-one product launches (e.g. making space-tech farmer friendly), helped scale a design team from 5 to 30, redesigned a complex trading platform, and contribute production code via AI workflows to simplify complex compliance and fraud workflows.
I like reading but make sense of it by writing; sometimes on LinkedIn but more often on Twitter and in this space.
Here are some longer form meandering musings on product, design, philosophy and parenting:
