Reed Creative Labs

Studio Story

The People Behind Reed Creative Labs

An independent studio built by real people, real life, and the belief that software should be creative, useful, private, and worth owning.

Founder profiles

Founder, Lead Developer & Creative Technologist

Aaron Reed

Hi, I'm Aaron.

I founded Reed Creative Labs to build the kind of software and games I wish existed: focused, privacy-conscious, creatively ambitious, and free from unnecessary complexity.

My background is in technical troubleshooting, industrial maintenance, and solving difficult problems under pressure. Over the years, that evolved into a passion for software development, systems design, and creating tools that people genuinely enjoy using.

Today, I design, develop, and maintain every Reed Creative Labs product, from productivity tools and creative software to experimental projects and games. My goal is simple: build things that are useful, memorable, and worth owning.

Creative Director, Art Director & Chief Reality Officer

Katy Reed

Every studio needs someone who can see both the big picture and the details that everyone else misses.

For Reed Creative Labs, that's Katy.

She helps guide the visual identity and creative direction of the studio while providing invaluable feedback on everything from usability and design to the overall feel of a product. Many of the best improvements across RCL projects started as a simple observation from Katy during testing or review.

When ambitious ideas begin growing beyond their intended scope, she's usually the first person to ask the most important question:

"But does it actually make the product better?"

Family-Built Studio

A Family-Built Studio

Reed Creative Labs is an independent studio built by a husband-and-wife team with a shared belief that software should be creative, useful, and respectful of the people who use it.

Every product is developed alongside full-time work, family life, and the wonderful chaos that comes with raising four children. Progress doesn't happen in a massive office or a venture-funded startup. It happens during early mornings, late nights, nap times, quiet moments, and every spare hour we can find.

That reality shapes the way we build.

We focus on creating products that are thoughtful, practical, and worth the time people invest in them because we understand how valuable that time is.

Reed Creative Labs exists because we believe small teams can still build meaningful things, and because creating something worthwhile is a journey worth sharing.

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