Stories, insights, and notes
from my journey in UX, design, and beyond

Journals covering design principles, personal experiences, and creative explorations. Each one crafted to be informative, reflective, and shareable.

Creativity Needs the Bigger Picture from the Start

Creativity Needs the Bigger Picture from the Start

I've seen this happen often - creativity gets invited at the last minute. The team builds the structure, defines the flow, finalizes the logic, and then someone says, “Now let’s...
How to Overcome Creative Blocks as a Designer?

How to Overcome Creative Blocks as a Designer?

I've come across many designers who feel completely drained by their daily work. Every design they create seems to get pulled in different directions by multiple stakeholders, l...
Design Flows Better When You Know Code

Design Flows Better When You Know Code

Designers often hear that coding isn’t required to do their job well. And that’s mostly true - design is about empathy, clarity, and solving problems through experience. But for...
Why Every UX Team Needs a Checklist

Why Every UX Team Needs a Checklist

Every designer has had that moment - a review where someone points out a missed interaction, an inconsistent state, or a small accessibility oversight that slipped through. It’s...
Small Design Drifts, Big User Impact

Small Design Drifts, Big User Impact

I once opened three screens from the same product and felt like I was using three different apps. The colors were slightly off, the buttons behaved differently, and the tone of ...
Designing with AI Without Losing the Craft

Designing with AI Without Losing the Craft

There’s a lot of noise around AI right now - and understandably so. It’s powerful, fast, and often feels like magic. But I’ve been thinking about what it really means for design...
Top Figma Plugins for Icons - Free & Paid

Top Figma Plugins for Icons - Free & Paid

Icons are more than decoration - they are visual cues that guide users, communicate actions, and create a cohesive look across a product. A well-chosen icon can reduce cognitive...
UX Psychology: Effort Creates Attachment

UX Psychology: Effort Creates Attachment

Have you ever noticed how people talk proudly about the furniture they assembled themselves from IKEA? Even if the shelf wobbles a little, they value it more than something read...
The Return of the Generalist Designer?

The Return of the Generalist Designer?

There’s a pattern that seems to repeat every decade or so in tech - the shift from structure back to exploration. In the early days of the web, designers and developers were all...
What Innovation Means in Digital Design?

What Innovation Means in Digital Design?

When we talk about innovation, our minds often go to the world of industrial design - new materials, mechanical ingenuity, beautiful physical form. We can touch, feel, and admir...
User Intent Lives in Actions and Pauses

User Intent Lives in Actions and Pauses

What if the most revealing part of user behavior is not the click itself, but the moment before and after it? Every little thing a user does like clicking, hovering, or scrollin...
Tracking User Intent Through Triggers

Tracking User Intent Through Triggers

Every product interaction - no matter how small - is a clue to what the user is trying to do. A hover, a scroll, a pause, or even silence can speak volumes. Designers often pay atte...