Michael Dewald

Software · Products · Digital experiences

Software to explore.

I'm Michael Dewald. I make apps and digital experiences that are best discovered by trying them.

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Pencil StepsiPad

Draw on the paper. Draw anywhere on the paper with your finger, mouse, or pen. Navigation and the toolbar stay available.

Learn to write, one stroke at a time.

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Kids CountMobile

Choose the apples

Goal: 3

Counted: 0 of 3

Count, discover, wonder.

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Keep exploring

From the workshop

For the next task. And the first big step.

A fast Mac launcher, a counting game, and an iPad for handwriting practice: each product starts with something real people do.

An idea becomes software

01 / 03

What should feel easier?

It starts with a real task, not a screen.

Productivity on Mac

Find it. Open it. Keep going.

SparkLauncher brings apps, files, and browser tabs into one fast search. The interactive preview above shows a small part of it.

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Learning · iPhone, iPad & Android

Kids Count

A learning game for preschool children to count, recognize letters, and find pictures.

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Choose the apples

Goal: 3

Counted: 0 of 3

Writing · iPad

Pencil Steps

An iPad prototype for playful practice with numbers, letters, and words.

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Draw over the A with your finger, mouse, or pen. This preview does not score your strokes. The demo button works with a keyboard.

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Selected work

Beyond the app icon.

Websites and digital tools made around real people and real workflows.

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More perspectives

Selected project Operations · Construction

Chef Bau: Digital Operations Surface for Construction Teams

A product-shaped web platform for construction businesses with a public entry surface, a clear control layer, and an operational module structure.

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My approach

Understand first. Then design and build.

I connect product thinking, design, and engineering, from the first workflow to the details that feel right in everyday use.