Ricardo Andoni Maldonado

I’m Ricardo, a founder and brand designer currently working in the music industry⁠. My previous work includes Golf Wang and Sony Music artists. Today, I’m bringing that mix of music and design into two projects I’m building: enc0re⁠, a live music app⁠, and ThermalAI⁠, a CRM⁠. I studied at UCLA and I’m based in Los Angeles.

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My work spans consumer product, brand systems, and live experiential campaigns. I’m building enc0re, a social discovery and ranking app for live music fans, and ThermalAI, a chat-first CRM for music professionals. My previous work includes brand and experiential design for Golf Wang, and creative strategy for Sony Music artists. I studied Design | Media Arts and Data Science Engineering at UCLA.