Robert van Klinken — Product Designer

Robert van Klinken

I'm Robert van Klinken, a product designer focused on mobile and AI. Most recently at DuckDuckGo, before working with teams at Bakken & Baeck, Coinbase, and WeTransfer. Right now I'm exploring what's next and building Luxo.

Work

Vanilla Browser Vanilla Browser — 2026
DuckDuckGo AI DuckDuckGo AI — 2025
DuckDuckGo VPN — 2024
DuckDuckGo VPN DuckDuckGo VPN — 2024
DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo — 2024
DuckDuckGo ATP — 2023
Basement Basement — 2023
Basement Basement — 2023
Figma Community File Figma Community File — 2023
DuckDuckGo — 2022
DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo — 2021

Writing

Designing and building a lightweight iOS browser with Claude Code January 23, 2026

Roles

DuckDuckGo, Lead Product Designer 2019 — 2025 Bakken & Baeck, Product Designer 2016 — 2019 WeTransfer, Freelance Designer 2016 — 2016 Human (acquired by Mapbox), Product Designer 2014 — 2016

Projects

Luxo. Generate icons and illustrations with AI. 2026 Vanilla. A fast private browser for iPhone. 2026

Connect

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