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Empty states are often treated as an afterthought.
But when there’s no content, no data or no activity yet, the user still needs context and direction.
A good empty state doesn’t just tell you that there’s nothing there.
It helps you understand what’s happening and what to do next.
It’s a small part of the product, but it still deserves intentional design.
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Designed two directions for a health tracking app
Same data, but two very different feelings
One is dark and focused, built for athletes. The other is warm and friendly, built for everyday people
What do you think?
Which one would you open every day, A or B?
21 voted
39%
33 voted
61%
54 votes
Closed
Option 1 gave me a very fin-tech feel and option 2 feels like my health is in danger, sorry 😂
Good technology deserves a brand people can understand and trust.
For NOVAiris, I built the brand around a simple problem:How do you make complex AI infrastructure feel clear, credible, and relevant to modern businesses?
From positioning and personality to the visual identity system, every decision was designed to make the technology feel intelligent, purposeful, and easy to engage with.
Strategy first. Identity follows.
Really strong futuristic feel. The lighting and clean typography work beautifully together.
A self-initiated product: a booking and ordering system for a billiard club in Tbilisi. I designed it in Figma from scratch and built all of it, from the interface to the database.
Guests call the club and nobody answers. They arrive and every table is taken. They want food and wait at the bar. Side Pocket moves all of that to the website.
Key decisions
No guest accounts. A booking needs a name and a phone number. The guest gets a private link to move, extend or cancel. The link is the account.
A 15-minute hold. Guests check in with "I'm at the table." A table nobody claims goes to the waitlist, and the next person gets the same 15 minutes.
Ordering tied to the table. Guests order from their phone during the game, add time themselves and see the bill as it grows.
One screen for staff. Every table's state for the night, late arrivals and orders to serve pinned to the top, bookings and orders boards, alerts in Telegram.
A Telegram bot. It understands "table for 4 tonight at 8" in English or Russian and finishes the booking with buttons.
Scope
Guest site with live availability, single and group booking, waitlist, private booking page, table page with menu, cart and bill, email confirmations and reminders, staff dashboard, Telegram bot.
Stack
React 19, TanStack Start, TanStack Router and Query, Tailwind 4, Radix UI, Supabase Postgres with row-level security, pg_cron, Brevo and Resend, Telegram Bot API, Vitest.
Business rules sit in plain functions, separate from the UI and the database, with 73 tests. Only server functions touch the database.
My role
Product design, UI design, front-end, back-end, database, integrations.
Live demo: side-pocket.lovable.app
Built for the #LovableChallenge by @Contra and @Lovable. #BuiltWithLovable😊
nicety accomplished.. great work