I live in Dubai. I explore how technology, design, space, and human life come together into a new reality. Real estate, spatial design, artificial intelligence, and visual art are, for me, parts of a single view of the world. I look at homes, interfaces, and the future through the lens of taste, systems thinking, and real family life in Dubai.
When machine intelligence writes the code and the human is responsible for the logic and meaning — who's the developer? And what changes in the profession when the tool starts thinking alongside you?
Ten minutes between “take shelter now” and “all clear.” These screenshots aren’t stills from a thriller — this is daily life in Dubai, 2026. While the skies decide the fate of regions, we balance work calls and emergency alerts from MOI. Hard? Yes. But people adapt to everything
Swapping pixels for the scale of a city. My move from BigTech into Dubai real estate, seen through a UX lens: why I chose SPI Dubai, how design experience helps me read the ergonomics of a home, and why I’m building LiveDXB.com — an honest guide to real Dubai, without filters
We celebrated Ira’s graduation from the Law programme at Middlesex University Dubai — two and a half long years, but she did it and finally earned her dream: a British diploma. A great day, the whole family together. An incredible ceremony at Royal Atlantis on the Palm
Children are my best UX test, emigration is the main redesign, family is an honest product team. I live between the bay and the desert, children's school and a laptop with Figma. I write about life and design: honestly, with failures and discoveries, without gloss and instructions
Me and little Dasha in the courtyard of some house in the “Microcity in the Forest”
In general, initially there was an idea to create proprietary courses on creating high-fidelity prototypes in Framer
In the style of the country "In the forest"
Wallarm has become faster and clearer: a single language of components, smart tables and risk metrics to see the main thing and act immediately
Worked on the customer’s side as an outstaff designer—we worked with the boys to create a corporate business portal (CBP)
For almost five years he was the design director of EMIAS - the Unified Medical Information and Analytical Platform - they “translated” paper into digital data on the instructions of Sobyanin and DIT
From the same early era is my work at RIA Novosti. I was accepted into Ilya Ruderman’s graphic team, and for me it was like getting into an editorial “institute”
Once upon a time I was hired as the first web designer for the web version of the Izvestia newspaper. I then made the very first web portal design
I'm there too sometimes
Monday, March 9, back in the office — anxious overall, as Dubai is being hit, but air defense works well. We left remote to see how things go. Morning feels calm; I really hope it stays that way. Last week was jittery: kids at home, clients worried, sirens in the background
A little spring, a little beauty and a little Dubai. I collected warm congratulations for March 8th and added a selection of objects that are really nice to look at
Celebrating February 14th at SPI Dubai. About the love of a city that inspires you to do more, and about finding a place that will become your true home
I am starting work on the marketing strategy and full operational launch of the INKO-ENERGY brand in the UAE
I created a test Instagram carousel for self.space based on a Khaleej Times article: short quotes, a calm premium visual style, two videos, and a clear story about a self-portrait studio without a photographer
My 2025th in Framer: in the top 1% of world creators! That's 191 hours, 2908 posts, thousands of layouts and 17,600+ visitors to my best site. It was big, loud and very productive. A full analysis of my statistics is in the carousel! 🔥
Developed a grid of posts and profile design for the Zulya salon. Now the team has ready-made tools to maintain a premium style and not waste time
Attended a meeting of the Dubai Healthy Person community - chamber business psychotherapy in the new art space DOM. Speakers, live conversations and the question that hangs in the air on everyone: what's next?
Today I tried Brazilian jiu-jitsu for the first time at Roger Gracie Academy in Al Barsha. My kids have trained for three years, and I only now stepped onto the mat myself. The first session was tough. This weekend we are going with the kids to a competition in Fujairah
Ten minutes between “take shelter now” and “all clear.” These screenshots aren’t stills from a thriller — this is daily life in Dubai, 2026. While the skies decide the fate of regions, we balance work calls and emergency alerts from MOI. Hard? Yes. But people adapt to everything
I'm there too sometimes
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