Barry Prendergast

Product & Service Designer based in Germany, specializing in design strategy, systems, and DesignOps. Creator of Lanyards.app—a curated profile platform for academic researchers built on ATProto.

Current Work

Creator of Lanyards.app (beta) - A curated profile platform for academic researchers that aggregates scholarly presence in one location. Built on AT Protocol, Lanyards consolidates publications, talks, affiliations, and social profiles with zero maintenance overhead through auto-ingestion from ORCID and Google Scholar.

Design Leader - Focuses on design strategy, practice, and systems. Uses design to ease startup growing pains and advocates for design metrics aligned with business outcomes.

Projects & Tools

Personal Projects: A Brilliant Noise (LLM-based science fiction storytelling), Aperture (photography portfolio), Endlesss Studio OSC (touch controller for multiplayer music), Ramps (gradient generator), Strategy Schmategy (design strategy generator)

Design Tools: A11y Pixel (Figma accessibility component), Bones (design systems on Storybook), ChattyFile (Chrome extension for ChatGPT), Fictional Data (mock data generator for science apps), Spectra (color palette tool)

Expertise & Community

Expertise: Design strategy, DesignOps, product design, design systems, accessibility, AI-augmented design workflows

Speaking Topics: AI in peer review, web-based design workflows, AI collaboration techniques, portfolio design, design metrics and business alignment

Community: Co-organizer of ATProto.Science, active contributor to discussions on design and technology innovation