A well-designed interface guides the user without them even noticing it. When it’s done right, it makes all the difference. I’ve been working in UI design for over 5 years, focusing on consistency, scalability, and structured design foundations. A proper design system is key to building platforms that stay organized, avoid redundancy, and work well across teams and products.

Experience - better known as UX - builds the skeleton and foundation of any product. I strongly believe that good UI design also comes with a strong gut feeling. Still, numbers matter, and solid research helps prove the right direction. While I see myself clearly as a UI-focused designer, my backpack is still filled with a lot of user experience knowledge.

oming a bit more from the techy side, I enjoy exploring and testing new tools. It’s part of the game, especially today when software keeps evolving - AI being the latest example. As much as I appreciate good tools like Figma, Affinity, and others, I still believe they are “just” tools. Don’t get me wrong, they are essential for building great UI design. But the real engine is your brain. I see myself as someone who really feels design. Good and functional design kind of runs through my veins - it might sound a bit cheeky, but that’s honestly how I experience it.

As said before, it’s a tool - but what a tool. Sometimes it almost feels like a magic box, and I’m still amazed when using it. I started out as a Sketch UI designer, but switching to Figma changed a lot. It took things from good to incredible. Figma comes with a strong systematic backbone - from variables, tokens, and component sets to AI-driven experiments and exploration. I really appreciate the intelligence behind it and the solid structure it provides. It allows me to create more than just beautiful and functional interfaces - it helps build scalable systems, reduce complexity, and eliminate redundancy.

I’m still a big fan of Sketch. It feels familiar, uncomplicated, and solid. I’ve built countless UI designs, assets, and components with it over the years. The similarities to Figma are obvious, but when it comes down to it, this point probably goes to Figma. Sorry, my old friend.

Oh wonder - no, I’m not stuck in Adobe Cloud, and my RAM is still doing just fine. Jokes aside, I’m a big advocate of Affinity. I might be one of the few designers not using Adobe, but honestly, I’ve never missed it. Affinity, recently acquired by Canva, is an impressive suite covering image, vector, and raster work. What I really like is the all-in-one approach. For me that means seamless workflows, speed, and reliability. I mainly use it for image editing - both for UI design work and for my other passion, photography.

Beschreibung erscheint hierAlongside my hobby - photography - the number one tool I use is Capture One. It’s fast, reliable, and its RAW conversion is excellent. The library management is also something I can highly recommend. No wonder it has become my go-to software over the past years when it comes to managing large image libraries and grading RAW files.

Well, it’s a project management tool. I’m familiar with it, though I’m not glued to it. It’s solid, not over-engineered, and helps keep a clear overview of tasks and projects. Asana - or one of its many competitors - has become a pretty standard part of any proper setup.

This is a big one, and I’m only scratching the surface. AI is here - it’s exciting, helpful, sometimes a bit scary, and it’s definitely speeding up workflows. I use it a lot, from summarizing long texts to helping me learn new things. Lately I’ve also been exploring tools like Claude Code and the Figma MCP.

I believe the role of designers is starting to shift. Instead of being the players on the field, we’re becoming more like the trainer of the team. Less pixel pushing, more understanding the whole game - connecting systems, tools, and ideas. Design won’t disappear, but it will evolve. My approach is simple: stay curious and keep exploring.