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Roman Beno, product designer and design lead. Currently at Umbrella IT: designing products, building processes, and helping teams and products grow. I also develop a resource base for designers and host a podcast.

I’ve finally released the first episode of my podcast (on russian). It’s a narrative podcast about incidents, disasters, and events with unpredictable outcomes or serious consequences. The first episode tells the story of the San José mine collapse in Chile, where 33 miners were trapped more than half a kilometer underground for over two months while one of the most complex rescue operations in history unfolded above them.

The episode took several months to make: books, documentaries, foreign-language sources, scriptwriting, recording, editing, and endless sound tests. In the end, I decided not to chase perfection for the first release and simply put it out into the world. The podcast is a solo storytelling project — no guests or conversations, just atmosphere and narrative. Links to the episode are below.

The podcast is available on all major platforms.

03.2026

Big update to the Base! There’s now search, filters, and page screenshots to make it easier to navigate through ~200 links. The Base has moved to a new custom engine — it works faster than the old WordPress.

02.2026

I coded a placeholder intro on p5.js for the Umbrella IT design culture website.

02.2026

Umbrella IT launched a new website and app for Henderson. The project won silver in the “Clothing and Footwear” category at the Runet Rating. I took part in it as the design team lead at Umbrella.

iTAB, where I support product design, received the national “Brand of the Year 2025” award in the “Health Products” category.

12.2025

Infinite moodboard — a tool that helps explore ideas and find new approaches to a problem. Available in Russian only.

10.2025

Launched Base — a curated collection of useful tools, links, and resources for designers. Available in Russian only.

01.2025