Ronald Hagenstein, seen from behind
Ronald HagensteinRotterdam

Design side · Rotterdam · since 2013

Design that grows.

Brands, websites and apps for ASICS, ING, Floorplanner and a long list of start-ups. Eighteen years, one hand.

Founder side · Rotterdam · co-founder since 2017

Building things, together.

OTFLOW, Viltr and Verble: three companies I co-founded with people I trust. Design is where I start. The rest we build together.

18years designing
100+logos & brand identities
7design awards & nominations
1DIA nomination (2026)

Trusted by

Selected work

Brands, products and the screens between them

A cross-section of the portfolio: full brand identities, app and dashboard UI, websites and everything that has to look right once it’s printed on a van.

Recent web design · 2025–2026

Latest work, in motion

The Force Coaching

Branding · Web · 2026

The Conversion Department

Branding · Web · 2025

Brand, app & UI cases

Summit 55 wealth app on an iPhone

Summit 55

App design · Fintech
Digilingo learning dashboard

Digilingo

App & dashboard UI · Education
Homepage of communicativ.nl

communicativ.nl

Web design · IT services
Captain Book logo on an office window

Captain Book

Name · Brand · Web · App
Footprintarian app on a phone

Footprintarian

Brand · Packaging · App
OSM options.market app on a phone

options.market

Brand · Web3 · UI
Dr. Yasmine skincare packaging

Dr. Yasmine

Brand · Packaging · Web
Homepage of viltstore.com

viltstore.com

Brand · E-commerce · Co-founder
Conor Kenny logo and merchandise

Conor Kenny

Personal brand
Grid of logos designed between 2010 and 2024

Logofolio

100+ marks · 2010–2024

60+ more projects in the full portfolio: brand books, campaigns, app flows and pitch decks that are not public. Happy to walk you through it.

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What I do

One designer, the whole stack

No hand-offs between a brand agency, a web agency and an app studio. The logo, the website and the product screens come from the same hand, so they actually belong together.

Brand identity

Naming, logo, colour and type systems, brand books, print and packaging. Built to survive a van wrap and a favicon.

Websites

Marketing sites and landing pages designed for conversion. Recent: zuid.com, easyflex.nl and nieuwestroom.nl.

App & product UI

Mobile apps, dashboards and SaaS interfaces. I’ve shipped my own products, so I design what engineers can actually build.

Decks & visuals

Pitch decks, keynotes, campaign visuals and AI-assisted imagery. The kind of deck that got my own companies funded.

Recognition

Design awards

Peer-judged, mostly. Behance curated galleries, Awwwards and the Dutch Interactive Awards.

2026Dutch Interactive AwardsNomineenieuwestroom.nl
AwwwardsWebsite of the DayCTRL Eyewear
BehanceBest of BrandingXiphers
BehanceBest of Web DesignRobeco Asia
BehanceBest of App DesignHolidayflirt
BehanceBest of Graphic DesignLogos volume 1
BehanceBest of TypographyCount Font
BehanceFeaturedApp Design gallery

Have a project in mind?

Let’s make something that grows.

ronald@digitalcreative.nl

Based in Rotterdam, working remote across Europe. Available for freelance projects and agency partnerships. I reply within a working day.

3companies co-founded
9years building with co-founders
KvK Innovatie Top 100
10+awards & nominations

The companies

Built with co-founders

Design was my starting point every time. What followed we did together: product, sales, hiring, funding.

2017 · Co-founder · exit 2024

OTFLOW®

Award-winning Dutch innovation that cuts food waste in global fruit shipping. Co-founded, built up over seven years, exit in 2024.

Award winnerRotterdamse Ondernemersprijs & Startup Funding Event

2020 · Co-founder

Viltr & Viltstore

Acoustic and design products made from recycled PET bottles, for homes and offices across Europe. KvK Innovatie Top 100 in 2026.

Top 100KvK Innovatie Top 100 · 2026

2023 · Co-founder

Verble

AI speechwriting assistant that helps people master verbal persuasion and storytelling. Started as a side project by a friend; I joined early as co-founder for design and product.

24,000+ usersdesign & product · verble.app

Timeline

Thirteen years in seven stops

2013Digital Creative NL founded in Rotterdam
2017OTFLOW co-founded
2019Rotterdamse Ondernemersprijs, Startup Funding Event, KvK Top 100
2020Viltr co-founded · FD Young Talent Top 50
2023Joined Verble as co-founder
2024OTFLOW exit
2026Viltstore in the KvK Innovatie Top 100

Recognition

Awards & press

New · 2026

KvK Innovatie Top 100 · Viltstore

Viltstore has been named one of the 100 most innovative companies in the Netherlands by the Kamer van Koophandel. Seven years after OTFLOW made the same list, it’s the second company I co-founded to get there.

About the Top 100
2026KvK Innovatie Top 100Top 100Viltstore
2020Financieele DagbladYoung Talent Top 50Top 50 under 35 entrepreneurs
2020Accenture Innovation AwardsFinalistBest 10 · Nutrition · OTFLOW
2019Rotterdamse OndernemersprijsNew Heroes AwardWinner · OTFLOW
2019Startup Funding EventWinnerMost impactful start-up · OTFLOW
2019KvK Innovatie Top 100Top 100OTFLOW
MT/SproutChallenger 50Top challenging companies
RabobankSustainable Innovation AwardTop 10 finalist · OTFLOW

Want to talk business?

Let’s build something that lasts.

ronald@digitalcreative.nl

Open to co-founding, advisory roles and speaking. Based in Rotterdam, working across Europe.