RAMON MARC ZOLLIKER
Switzerland · hej@ramonmarc.com · ramon.pages.dev


I design environments where human capability emerges through play, not instruction.
10+ years across physical products (LEGO), strategic futures (IDEO), and adversarial
protocol design (WE3 & IDEO CoLab Ventures) — now building full-stack AI-native
tools for emergence.


EXPERIENCE

Mold&Yeast                                                    Switzerland · 2025 – Now
Self-Funded Independent Research Lab
  · 50+ design experiments across spatial interaction, physics-based reasoning tools,
    non-linear AI interfaces, and multiplayer creative systems
  · Developing my own design framework and thesis for AI-native environments that treat
    intent as emergent — building tools where capability grows through play, not prompting
  · Full-stack prototyping across Claude Code, Cursor, v0, Replit, Rust, and Go —
    concept to functional application

WE3.co                                                            Remote · 2021 – Now
Co-Founder · Design Lead
  · Together we built a self-organizing 30-person decentralized design network serving
    pre-seed to Series A startups across crypto, AI, and fintech
  · 25+ portfolio companies; several at multi-hundred-million and billion-dollar
    valuations (incl. Hyperliquid, Espresso Systems, GTE, etc.)
  · Led zero-to-one product design, narrative and strategy work for startups, and
    acted as creative director for portfolio companies
  · Co-designed business model: shared community equity treasury enabling competitive
    pricing with skin in the game
  · 6-month research engagement with Optimism, Espresso Systems, and Ethereum Foundation

IDEO CoLab Ventures                                              Remote · 2021 – 2025
Design Partner
  · Evaluated investment opportunities; sourced deals, wrote memos, participated in
    investment committee
  · Embedded as design partner to portfolio companies on product vision, strategy,
    and go-to-market product design
  · Developed and prototyped incubation offer combining cash and creative services
    as capital investment

IDEO                                       San Francisco, Shanghai, Munich · 2016 – 2021
Senior Design Lead
  · Led teams on 3–12 month innovation engagements for Fortune 500 clients across
    gaming, IoT, streaming, automotive, and privacy
  · Delivered a 10-year product vision for a top-3 game console manufacturer;
    prototyped virtual theme park experiences
  · Co-created Mozilla's strategic innovation approach to the surveillance economy
  · Mentored and led the local San Francisco IDEO Interaction Design community

LEGO Group                                                        Billund · 2015
Product Design Intern
  · Co-designed 3 construction sets for Nexo Knights 2017 lineup, from concept
    sketches through production-ready models incl. instruction manuals
  · Weekly playtesting with children aged 5–12; observed how users learn system
    rules to then break them creatively

Apps with Love                                                  Bern · 2011 – 2015
Interaction Designer
  · Designed and shipped mobile applications for key Swiss companies like Postfinance,
    SBB, Twint, and Swisscom

Wettstein Bau AG                                            Fislisbach · 2005 – 2009
Architectural Draughtsman
  · 4-year apprenticeship, Swiss Federal Certificate (EFZ) in Architectural
    Draughtsmanship


EDUCATION

BA Industrial Design Specialized in Interaction Design               2012 – 2015
ZHdK · Zurich, Switzerland
  Nominated for best graduation project: 'IMTI: charging as a ritual of digital nomads'

Communication Design · Erasmus                                       2014
Designskolen Kolding · Kolding, Denmark
  Project collaborations with LEGO Future Lab and Soundcloud

Interior Design & Scenography                                        2010 – 2011
FHNW · Basel, Switzerland