ISHAN.

Open for work · Nepal

Creative
thinking.
Financial
clarity.

Designer who reads balance sheets.

I'm Ishan Shrestha. I design brands and interfaces for businesses that have to make money, then check whether the numbers agree. Hire me for one and you get both.

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Design + Finance
Ishan Shrestha
Ishan Shrestha · Nepal
Month 06 · Cash flowNPR
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Fig. 01 / two disciplines, one desk

01 About

A little about myself.

I'm a designer based in Nepal. Most of my day goes into layout, type, and interface work. The rest goes into spreadsheets: cash flow, margins, and the reasons a good business still runs out of money.

Both jobs are the same job. You look at what's actually there, decide what matters, and take away what doesn't. A logo and a profit and loss statement both get better when you stop adding things.

I like briefs with a number in them. A budget, a target, a deadline, a price. Constraints make the work easier to defend and harder to fake.

Based in
Kathmandu, Nepal
Studied
[Degree, institution, year]
Design since
[Year]
Finance since
[Year]
Teaching
[What, where, if applicable]
Currently
[Freelance / studio / role]

Creative by design. Analytical by nature.

Working note, pinned above the desk

02 Expertise

Two ways of looking at the same problem.

One side makes the thing clear to look at. The other makes it clear whether it works. I work on both, separately or together, depending on the brief.

Design

Design & creativity

Visual work that has to survive a real brief, a real budget, and a client who has opinions about blue.

  • Graphic design
  • Brand identity
  • UI/UX design
  • Visual communication
  • Digital content design
  • Layout and typography

Deliverables: logos, type systems, screens, decks, print files, and the guide that keeps them consistent.

Finance

Finance & business

Financial thinking for people who run something small and need to know where the money actually went.

  • Financial concepts
  • Business fundamentals
  • Economics
  • Financial literacy
  • Financial analysis
  • Business and strategic thinking

Scope note: this is analysis and education, not audit, tax filing, or regulated advice. If you need a licensed accountant, I'll say so.

03 Selected work

Selected work.

Six placeholders. Swap in real projects, then delete this line.

Showing 6 of 6

BRAND / 01
Branding2025

[Project name]

Identity and packaging for a coffee roaster.

Role: Identity, packaging, type system
Tools: Illustrator, InDesign

Digital2025

[Project name]

Dashboard interface for an accounting tool.

Role: Research, wireframes, UI, prototypes
Tools: Figma, Framer

Finance2024

[Project name]

Cash-flow model for a small studio.

Role: Model build, testing, documentation
Tools: Excel, Google Sheets

Print2024

[Project name]

Annual report layout for a [sector] company.

Role: Art direction, layout, print production
Tools: InDesign, Photoshop

Web2024

[Project name]

Website for a local retailer.

Role: Design, front-end build, content
Tools: Figma, HTML/CSS

ASPECIMEN / WEIGHT 01
Experiment2023

[Project name]

Type experiment set on a financial statement.

Role: Concept, type design, self-initiated
Tools: Illustrator, Glyphs

All projects above are placeholders. Replace the titles, clients, and outcomes with real work before this goes live.

04 By the numbers

Numbers, kept honest.

Four placeholders and a table of tools. No percentages, because nobody can verify them. Replace the bracketed values with your own.

  • 6+Years designingReplace
  • 24Projects deliveredReplace
  • 2Disciplines, one deskFixed
  • 8Tools used weeklyReplace

Skills & softwareAs of [month, year] · no percentages, no scores

Swipe the table sideways to see every column →

Capability ledger. Levels are descriptions, not rankings.
ItemAreaUsed forLevel
Design
FigmaSoftwareInterface design, prototypes, design systemsDaily
IllustratorSoftwareLogos, vector marks, print artworkDaily
InDesignSoftwareReports, decks, long documentsRegular
TypographySkillType pairing, hierarchy, print and screen settingCore
HTML & CSSSkillHand-built sites, prototypes, fixing my own workWorking
FramerSoftwareClickable prototypes for client reviewWorking
Finance
ExcelSoftwareModels, budgets, cash-flow schedulesDaily
Google SheetsSoftwareShared trackers clients can edit safelyDaily
Accounting basicsSkillReading P&L, balance sheet, and cash flowCore
Financial modellingSkillThree-statement models for small teamsWorking
Unit economicsSkillPricing, margins, break-evenWorking
QuickBooksSoftware[Bookkeeping support, if applicable]Learning

05 How I work

Four steps. No surprises.

This is the same process whether you need a brand or a cash-flow model.

  1. Talk it through

    A call or a long email. What are you selling, who buys it, and what does the money look like. I ask a lot of questions here so I ask fewer later.

  2. Scope and price

    A written scope with dates and a fixed price. You see the number before any work starts, and anything outside the scope gets quoted separately.

  3. Design or model

    Two review rounds, in the file itself. You comment in Figma or the spreadsheet, not in a forwarded slide deck. Feedback gets addressed in writing.

  4. Handover

    Final files, a one-page guide, and a call to walk through it. If the job needs a licensed accountant or a lawyer, I'll tell you and step back.

06 Insights

Beyond the canvas.

Notes on design, money, and the space where they overlap. Titles below are placeholders.

Finance[Date] · 5 min

[Why a profitable business can still run out of cash]

Placeholder summary. Two sentences on timing, invoices, and the gap between a sale and the money arriving.

Ask me about this
Design[Date] · 4 min

[A logo is not a brand, and a brand is not a strategy]

Placeholder summary. What a small business actually needs first, and what can wait until the second year.

Ask me about this
Working notes[Date] · 3 min

[How I price design work when the brief is vague]

Placeholder summary. A short method: define the deliverable, count the review rounds, put a number on both.

Ask me about this

07 Contact

Have an idea?
Let's make it happen.

Email is fastest

Tell me what you're building, what's stuck, and when you need it. I reply within two working days, usually with questions.

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  • Location: Kathmandu, Nepal (GMT+5:45)
  • Available: Available for projects onward
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