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
It's just capturing the moment
We held a photo shoot a week ago last Friday with the doctors of the Budovsky Clinic for the website
We attended an absolutely wonderful musical production of “We are one” at Raffles World Academy, Sanya sang songs and drummed somewhere in the background
On February 6, I received a letter from Wio: “Your account is approved. Pending activation."
Me and my daughter Daria - perhaps this is the BRIX Cafe toilet
Perhaps it's time to do something for yourself
On December 2nd, my family and I took a trip to the desert to visit the Hidden Cafe in Dubai. This day was like a little adventure: the road to the cafe passed through endless sand dunes that seemed to shine under the rays of the winter sun
Yango Pay is a convenient mobile wallet built into the Yango Taxi app that allows you to instantly top up your account using mobile money. From June 2023 to November 2024, I worked as a Senior Product Designer in a cross-functional team of 16 people based in Dubai
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
New essays, notes, and updates are easiest to read on Telegram
