Nirajan Manandhar

Designer. I make things that are meant to be looked at — identities, layouts, images.

engineer. i build the machinery underneath — interfaces, tooling, small automations.

Selected worksystems & projects

image — identity system
Kāṣṭha Identity and signage for a woodwork studio.
image — specimen spread
Specimen No. 3 Devanagari + Latin type specimen, risograph.
image — photo series
East Van, at six Photo series, early mornings on the same four blocks.
image — poster grid
Poster set Twelve posters for a music series.
lens.js Pointer-driven spring library — inertial follow, damping, velocity fields. ts / canvas specimen Browser tool for testing typefaces against real layouts. react / opentype transit-yvr Route map built from TransLink GTFS feeds for the Vancouver network. python / d3 chore Tiny scheduler that runs my recurring scripts and reports failures. node / cron

Aboutabout

I care about how a thing feels before you can name what it is.i like problems where the interface is the hard part.

Trained in graphic design, working across identity, editorial layout and image-making. Most projects start on paper and end up somewhere unexpected. Based in Vancouver, available for studio and independent work.self-taught engineer working mostly in the browser: interaction prototypes, internal tools, small automations that remove a chore. i prefer plain, legible code and things that keep working when nobody is looking after them.

Based in
Vancouver, Canada
Practice
Identity, editorial, photography
Tools
Type, paper, camera, code
Teaching
Occasional type workshops
Status
Open to commissions
stack
typescript, react, node, python
interests
pointer physics, rendering, type engines
currently
building interaction prototypes
editor
neovim, terminal-first
status
open to contract work

Let’s make somethingget in touch

Nirajan Manandhar — 2026