Karri Saarinen
Karri Saarinen is a technically minded designer, speaker and entrepreneur who leads the design systems work at Airbnb. From Finland, living in San Francisco, he drives systematic thinking for design.
Karri Saarinen, co-founder of Linear, a purpose-built tool for planning and building products Previously, Principal Designer and design systems lead at Airbnb. Created the founding design at Coinbase. Co-founded Y Combinator backed startup Kippt and education non-profit Rails Girls. From Finland, living in California. Say hello twitter github Currently Co-founder, CEO Linear In the past Principal Designer & Design Systems, Airbnb Early design & Head of Design, Coinbase Co-Founder, Kippt, (Y Combinator) Co-Founder, Rails Girls Writing Starting Linear Crafting the Airbnb Cereal…
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