Designers who think in code.
Who we are
Oak is an independent design-led product studio based in sunny Brooklyn, New York. We make creative products like Dropmark and Siteleaf, and work on a number of other ventures.
Since 2008, we have partnered with startups and leading companies like Facebook, Apple, Spotify, and UNICEF to design interfaces, develop apps, and solve problems. We’re not a VC firm, but we occasionally invest in our favorite ideas.
We believe in building self-sustaining, purposeful products. We tend to build products that scratch our itch, products that we want to exist in this world. As users ourselves, we care deeply about the user experience and building products that last.
As a team we enjoy blurring the lines of design and engineering, and encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration as much as possible. Join us!
Our team
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Skylar Challand
Studied design and led engineering at a Canadian startup before moving to NYC and founding Oak.
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Sawyer Hollenshead
Product designer and front-end developer by way of Mozilla, RIT, and a PA dairy farm.
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Justin Jay Wang
Designer with an engineering background, loves food but hates cookies.
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Ethan Turkeltaub
Web development intern studying computer science and graphic design at Marist College.
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Dana Kim
Designer and front-end developer that wears a different hat to the studio everyday.