KLMN Studio is run by Nick out of Atlanta. It's nights-and-weekends work, not a startup. Every project gets built with a specific person in mind, and co-designed with someone who brings a perspective I can't.
Two products in development right now: Plushie Scout and Linnet. Both made with family.
Plushie Scout is a community-pinned map of stores that carry Jellycats, Squishmallows, Sonny Angels, Build-A-Bears, Ty Beanies, and Slumberkins. Drop a pin when you spot one. Snap a photo. Leave a scout note. See where other people have been.
It's a family project. My kids are the co-designers. They light up at plushie displays and made me realize there's no good way to know which stores carry which. They've shaped everything from the rank names to which brands ship in v1.
The app uses scouting language. Users are scouts, stores are discoveries, achievements are patches, the profile is a field journal. Earnable, not addictive. No streaks, no daily nags. Viewing the map is always free.
Linnet is a relationship app for long-term couples. Co-designed inside my own marriage. The parts of the product I genuinely couldn't design alone, especially the relational and physical layers, come from there.
Three layers, all optional. Operational: the invisible household work. Who's doing pickup, what's in the calendar, what got missed. Relational: a weekly check-in that surfaces the questions long-term couples stop asking. Physical: a small layer for keeping that part of the relationship alive without it becoming a chore.
The feature I'm most proud of is Felt Moments. An AI synthesis of the week's raw events into a shared digest both partners read. It's not therapy. It's a friend who pays attention and reflects back what they noticed. Solo mode is first-class, because not every couple has both partners ready at the same time.
The studio is built around three constraints. Each project is anchored in a real relationship. Plushie Scout and Linnet are each made with someone whose perspective the product depends on. Co-designer isn't a title here. It's the actual design partnership.
The work is sized to a creative life, not a market. I'm not raising money. I'm not chasing scale for its own sake. I want to build a small number of products with serious craft, ship them well, and let them find the people they're for.
Earnable, not addictive. No streaks. No engagement loops. No urgency manufactured to manipulate. Patches are earned by doing the thing the app is for, not by opening it every day. If you forget about my app for a month and come back when you actually need it, that's the app working.
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