Nor Sanavongsay
I design it, build it, and draw it. Products, design systems, apps, and comics.
Design systems
Apps and tools
StoryboonA script studio for comic and screenplay writers.2024–now (opens another site)
Kiwi LightsA flashlight that knows bedtime.2010–now (opens another site)
Keyboard LaoLao, right on your iPhone keyboard.2018–now (opens another site)
Chord FinderLook up a chord and tune your guitar in one app.2008–now (opens another site)
Chord-CA guitar community I co-founded and ran for fifteen years.2004–2019 (opens another site)
Barnes & Noble YuzuDigital pens and notebooks for students.2012–2015
Book a TimePick a time for a free call.2025
Office BadgerCounts the days you go into the office.2025
Comics and books
Company I keep
- WorkdaySenior UX Designer on the Canvas design system.2015–now
- Sahtu PressMy Lao storytelling imprint.2013–now
- Yuzu by Barnes & NobleSenior Visual Designer on a learning platform.2012–2015
- ZooskSenior Product Designer on the dating app.2010–2012
- Jacobson RostDirector of Creative Technology. Accessible websites and creative teams.2009–2010
- PEAK6Senior Front-End Engineer on interactive tools and design systems.2008–2009
- Encyclopedia BritannicaWeb Designer on award-winning educational websites.1998–1999
I draw first and figure out the rest later. My comic strip Jiko started in a college newspaper in 1997, and I’ve been making things with my hands ever since.
I built websites for Encyclopedia Britannica, wrote front-end code, co-founded a guitar community, and shipped my first iPhone app in 2008. Somewhere along the way, design systems became my day job.
Sahtu Press is where I make up worlds and move in. Vongfai, Gekomahn, Wan Hundred Woods. They turn into comics, picture books, and sometimes apps. Storyboon, my script studio for comic and screenplay writers, came out of that too.
Hand-drawn art. AI-assisted code.