Dinesh Davé is a Los Angeles–based Design Director with over fifteen years of experience shaping how technology companies show up in the world.
His work spans brand systems, launch surfaces, and product storytelling — where the seams between craft, code, and business have to hold together.
His career has followed a deliberate arc through the environments that set the standard for brand and product design in tech. He began at Wieden+Kennedy and AKQA designing for Nike, Levi’s, and Coca-Cola, where the bar was world-class or nothing. He spent four years at Apple in the Marcom division, designing the launch surfaces for the first-generation Apple Watch, iMac Pro, multiple iPhones, and a full redesign of the apple.com homepage. He then spent six and a half years at Meta, holding brand coherence across the Facebook app on the visual systems team while embedding with product teams to drive new experiences at planetary scale.
In 2023, he co-founded Proof Dept, an independent brand consultancy for growth-stage AI-native companies, where he leads design and creative direction. Recent client work includes Clarify, Lorikeet, Novo, and Lineage. Each translates the strategic clarity of a well-positioned company into brand systems, websites, and product surfaces that actually feel like the business behind them.
His work has been recognized by Awwwards, Site of the Day, CSSDA (Best UI Design, Best UX Design, Best Innovation), and named a Vibeathon 2025 Winner. He is a recipient of the SCAD Distinguished Alumni Award and studied under Massimo Vignelli.
Dinesh has spoken and written about the future of brand, web, and product design in the age of AI. He delivered a keynote to hundreds of designers at Rocket on the future of web design, and presented at SCAD’s aTVfest on the near future of media, marketing, and creativity. His perspective on brand infrastructure and the shifting role of design has been featured in SCAD’s alumni series. He has mentored hundreds of design students at SCAD and Portland State University, and continues to invest in the next generation of designers entering the industry.
His personal practice is increasingly focused on using AI to design and build tools and digital experiences — a continuation of his career-long habit of moving toward whatever medium is reshaping the discipline next.
Dinesh is a first-generation British of Indian heritage. He’s now based in Los Angeles by way of Atlanta, Portland, and San Francisco.
Outside of work, he makes Neapolitan pizza, works with wood, and takes photographs on his Fujifilm.
For collaborations, speaking, and inquiries: dinesh@proofdept.com
Dinesh Davé is a Los Angeles–based Design Director with over fifteen years of experience shaping how technology companies show up in the world.
His work spans brand systems, launch surfaces, and product storytelling — where the seams between craft, code, and business have to hold together.
His career has followed a deliberate arc through the environments that set the standard for brand and product design in tech. He began at Wieden+Kennedy and AKQA designing for Nike, Levi’s, and Coca-Cola, where the bar was world-class or nothing. He spent four years at Apple in the Marcom division, designing the launch surfaces for the first-generation Apple Watch, iMac Pro, multiple iPhones, and a full redesign of the apple.com homepage. He then spent six and a half years at Meta, holding brand coherence across the Facebook app on the visual systems team while embedding with product teams to drive new experiences at planetary scale.
In 2023, he co-founded Proof Dept, an independent brand consultancy for growth-stage AI-native companies, where he leads design and creative direction. Recent client work includes Clarify, Lorikeet, Novo, and Lineage. Each translates the strategic clarity of a well-positioned company into brand systems, websites, and product surfaces that actually feel like the business behind them.
His work has been recognized by Awwwards, Site of the Day, CSSDA (Best UI Design, Best UX Design, Best Innovation), and named a Vibeathon 2025 Winner. He is a recipient of the SCAD Distinguished Alumni Award and studied under Massimo Vignelli.
Dinesh has spoken and written about the future of brand, web, and product design in the age of AI. He delivered a keynote to hundreds of designers at Rocket on the future of web design, and presented at SCAD’s aTVfest on the near future of media, marketing, and creativity. His perspective on brand infrastructure and the shifting role of design has been featured in SCAD’s alumni series. He has mentored hundreds of design students at SCAD and Portland State University, and continues to invest in the next generation of designers entering the industry.
His personal practice is increasingly focused on using AI to design and build tools and digital experiences — a continuation of his career-long habit of moving toward whatever medium is reshaping the discipline next.
Dinesh is a first-generation British of Indian heritage. He’s now based in Los Angeles by way of Atlanta, Portland, and San Francisco.
Outside of work, he makes Neapolitan pizza, works with wood, and takes photographs on his Fujifilm.
For collaborations, speaking, and inquiries: dinesh@proofdept.com
His career has followed a deliberate arc through the environments that set the standard for brand and product design in tech. He began at Wieden+Kennedy and AKQA designing for Nike, Levi’s, and Coca-Cola, where the bar was world-class or nothing. He spent four years at Apple in Marcom, designing the launch surfaces for the first-generation Apple Watch, iMac Pro, multiple iPhones, and a full redesign of the apple.com homepage. He then spent six and a half years at Meta, holding brand coherence across the Facebook app on the visual systems team while embedding with product teams to drive new experiences at planetary scale.
In 2023, he co-founded Proof Dept, an independent brand consultancy for growth-stage AI-native companies, where he leads design and creative direction. Recent client work includes Clarify, Lorikeet, Novo, and Lineage. Each translates the strategic clarity of a well-positioned company into brand systems, websites, and product surfaces that actually feel like the business behind them.
His work has been recognized by Awwwards, Site of the Day, CSSDA (Best UI Design, Best UX Design, Best Innovation), and named a Vibeathon 2025 Winner. He is a recipient of the SCAD Distinguished Alumni Award and studied under Massimo Vignelli.
Dinesh has spoken and written about the future of brand, web, and product design in the age of AI. He delivered a keynote to hundreds of designers at Rocket on the future of web design, and presented at SCAD’s aTVfest on the near future of media, marketing, and creativity. His perspective on brand infrastructure and the shifting role of design has been featured in SCAD’s alumni series. He has mentored hundreds of design students at SCAD and Portland State University, and continues to invest in the next generation of designers entering the industry.
His personal practice is increasingly focused on using AI to design and build tools and digital experiences — a continuation of his career-long habit of moving toward whatever medium is reshaping the discipline next.
Dinesh is a first-generation British of Indian heritage. He’s now based in Los Angeles by way of Atlanta, Portland, and San Francisco.
Outside of work, he makes Neapolitan pizza, works with wood, and takes photographs on his Fujifilm.
For collaborations, speaking, and inquiries: dinesh@proofdept.com
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