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Side projects are my learning labs outside 9-5. I design fun stuff and explore new tools. This portfolio is just another side quest where Figma, Framer and Claude collide. When not designing, I'm at the gym, dancing hip-hop or on my yoga mat. (Hit me up for the yoga playlist!) Love meeting people, checking out events and trying new spots and activities.
Along the way, I built Figmini - an Apple Watch app that solved a problem with prototyping Figma designs on watches. That project won a buildspace grant, putting me in the top 20 out of 60k people. That's when I realized…
Great things happen when you just keep building and trying new stuff.
Started from scratch in Toronto. Got into design systems during my internships at RBC and theScore. Designed betting apps experience at theScore as a generalist after. Then I left corporate for an early stage start-up world :D So, now I'm designing dreams at DUST.
I saw friends applying to study abroad and thought "this is my chance to restart." Applied to University of Toronto for exchange, never made such a big decision before. Somehow got accepted, and a month later I was in Canada.
Then February 2022 changed everything. When the full-scale war started, I kept designing - making designs for Ukrainian media to spread awareness. Racing against time, I once mixed up the Slovenian and Slovak flags in a post that hit 100,000 people on Instagram. Pretty embarrassing as a designer, right? But it helped bring attention to what was happening, and that's what mattered.
Got my first design job at a small studio in 2021 while still in university. Working on fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce projects between classes was exhausting but fun. I enjoyed working on products people would actually use. Walking into that office felt like "this is it."
I started learning design in Ukraine, making super detailed notes about layout and typography and geeking out over Figma prototypes. Design just clicked for me - I'd spend hours making fake websites just to see those click transitions work.
I'm a product designer mixing play with purpose. I create experiences that feel smooth and delightful. While being obsessed with details, I'm always chasing the meaning – what impact can my work have on people's lives?
Side projects are my learning labs outside 9-5. I design fun stuff and explore new tools. This portfolio is just another side quest where Figma, Framer and Claude collide. When not designing, I'm at the gym, dancing hip-hop or on my yoga mat. (Hit me up for the yoga playlist!) Love meeting people, checking out events and trying new spots and activities.
Along the way, I built Figmini - an Apple Watch app that solved a problem with prototyping Figma designs on watches. That project won a buildspace grant, putting me in the top 20 out of 60k people. That's when I realized…
Great things happen when you just keep building and trying new stuff.
Started from scratch in Toronto. Got into design systems during my internships at RBC and theScore. Designed betting apps experience at theScore as a generalist after. Then I left corporate for an early stage start-up world :D So, now I'm designing dreams at DUST.
I saw friends applying to study abroad and thought "this is my chance to restart." Applied to University of Toronto for exchange, never made such a big decision before. Somehow got accepted, and a month later I was in Canada.
Then February 2022 changed everything. When the full-scale war started, I kept designing - making designs for Ukrainian media to spread awareness. Racing against time, I once mixed up the Slovenian and Slovak flags in a post that hit 100,000 people on Instagram. Pretty embarrassing as a designer, right? But it helped bring attention to what was happening, and that's what mattered.
Got my first design job at a small studio in 2021 while still in university. Working on fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce projects between classes was exhausting but fun. I enjoyed working on products people would actually use. Walking into that office felt like "this is it."
I started learning design in Ukraine, making super detailed notes about layout and typography and geeking out over Figma prototypes. Design just clicked for me - I'd spend hours making fake websites just to see those click transitions work.
I'm a product designer mixing play with purpose. I create experiences that feel smooth and delightful. While being obsessed with details, I'm always chasing the meaning – what impact can my work have on people's lives?
Side projects are my learning labs outside 9-5. I design fun stuff and explore new tools. This portfolio is just another side quest where Figma, Framer and Claude collide. When not designing, I'm at the gym, dancing hip-hop or on my yoga mat. (Hit me up for the yoga playlist!) Love meeting people, checking out events and trying new spots and activities.
Along the way, I built Figmini - an Apple Watch app that solved a problem with prototyping Figma designs on watches. That project won a buildspace grant, putting me in the top 20 out of 60k people. That's when I realized…
Great things happen when you just keep building and trying new stuff.
Started from scratch in Toronto. Got into design systems during my internships at RBC and theScore. Designed betting apps experience at theScore as a generalist after. Then I left corporate for an early stage start-up world :D So, now I'm designing dreams at DUST.
I saw friends applying to study abroad and thought "this is my chance to restart." Applied to University of Toronto for exchange, never made such a big decision before. Somehow got accepted, and a month later I was in Canada.
Then February 2022 changed everything. When the full-scale war started, I kept designing - making designs for Ukrainian media to spread awareness. Racing against time, I once mixed up the Slovenian and Slovak flags in a post that hit 100,000 people on Instagram. Pretty embarrassing as a designer, right? But it helped bring attention to what was happening, and that's what mattered.
Got my first design job at a small studio in 2021 while still in university. Working on fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce projects between classes was exhausting but fun. I enjoyed working on products people would actually use. Walking into that office felt like "this is it."
I started learning design in Ukraine, making super detailed notes about layout and typography and geeking out over Figma prototypes. Design just clicked for me - I'd spend hours making fake websites just to see those click transitions work.
I'm a product designer mixing play with purpose. I create experiences that feel smooth and delightful. While being obsessed with details, I'm always chasing the meaning – what impact can my work have on people's lives?
Side projects are my learning labs outside 9-5. I design fun stuff and explore new tools. This portfolio is just another side quest where Figma, Framer and Claude collide. When not designing, I'm at the gym, dancing hip-hop or on my yoga mat. (Hit me up for the yoga playlist!) Love meeting people, checking out events and trying new spots and activities.
Along the way, I built Figmini – an Apple Watch app that solved a problem with prototyping Figma designs on watches. That project won a buildspace grant, putting me in the top 20 out of 60k people. That's when I realized…
Great things happen when you just keep building and trying new stuff.
Started from scratch in Toronto. Got into design systems during my internships at RBC and theScore. Designed betting apps experience at theScore as a generalist after. Then I left corporate for an early stage start-up world :D So, now I'm designing dreams at DUST.
I saw friends applying to study abroad and thought "this is my chance to restart." Applied to University of Toronto for exchange, never made such a big decision before. Somehow got accepted, and a month later I was in Canada.
Then February 2022 changed everything. When the full-scale war started, I kept designing - making designs for Ukrainian media to spread awareness. Racing against time, I once mixed up the Slovenian and Slovak flags in a post that hit 100,000 people on Instagram. Pretty embarrassing as a designer, right? But it helped bring attention to what was happening, and that's what mattered.
Got my first design job at a small studio in 2021 while still in university. Working on fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce projects between classes was exhausting but fun. I enjoyed working on products people would actually use. Walking into that office felt like "this is it."
I started learning design in Ukraine, making super detailed notes about layout and typography and geeking out over Figma prototypes. Design just clicked for me - I'd spend hours making fake websites just to see those click transitions work.
I'm a product designer mixing play with purpose. I create experiences that feel smooth and delightful. While being obsessed with details, I'm always chasing the meaning – what impact can my work have on people's lives?
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