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Hi Contra community! 👋
I’m Kateryna, a UI/UX Designer based in Kyiv.
My path to design wasn't a straight line. After a rewarding chapter in journalism and entrepreneurship, I pivoted to UI/UX. The transition felt surprisingly natural - skills like structuring information architecture and focusing on iterative improvement proved to be the perfect foundation for digital product design.
Now, I'm putting theory into practice at a British B2B company. By simplifying complex user flows and designing data-heavy dashboards, I'm getting the ultimate hands-on design education.
I'm also actively exploring how AI tools can streamline design workflows, assist with UX writing, and spark new visual concepts.
I’m here on Contra to connect with fellow creatives and collaborate with forward-thinking teams!
I love the idea that we rarely start from scratch - so many skills from previous experiences find their way into new roles. Wishing you lots of growth, interesting challenges, and exciting opportunities on this journey! 😊
thank you for this supportive warmth and inspiring thoughts!
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I love how you connected skills from journalism and entrepreneurship with UX/UI design. Wishing you exciting projects and great connections on Contra! ✨
thank you! it was really surprising to find that connections 🦄
Such an inspiring career shift! ✨
Wishing you lots of exciting projects and connections on Contra😍
thank you so much! it's so supportive ❤️
Kate, your past experience, will definitely help in your new passion, towards creating a seamless experience for users.
thank you!
Welcome! Such an inspiring path into UI/UX 🩵💛 Best of luck 🎉
thank you so much!
Journalism → UX actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Good luck on your Contra journey!
thank you 🖤
Good luck 🔥
Welcome! 😍😍😍😍😍
Wishing you lots of inspiration and exciting opportunities on Contra. Looking forward to seeing more of your journey! 🙌
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Hey Contra! I'm Yurii – Graphic Designer from Bucharest 🇷🇴
I'm new here – excited to join the community, meet people, and find interesting projects!
I've just wrapped up a big project, so I'm open to new opportunities. What I love most is creating brand identities and packaging design, and I also work closely with Amazon – for the past 5 years I've been deep in the world of DTC Amazon brands.
Outside of that, I've had some fun side projects too: I art-directed two books ("The Art of Smoke" and "My Mariupol"and designed the streaming interface for international tournaments of the offline game "Mafia"
Would love to connect, collaborate, and take on new challenges. Feel free to reach out!
Welcome on Contra 🎉
Found Type - A living alphabet, found in the wild
Found Type is a collaborative web app where people photograph letters of the alphabet found in the real world - on walls, signs, buildings, packaging, pavements - and together build a living typeface made entirely by the world.
The premise is simple: letters are everywhere. Every one of them is a design decision made by someone, somewhere. Found Type turns that into a collective archive.
Try it here: https://slogan-noise-47844386.figma.site/
✨ The experience
- A pannable, zoomable canvas of every submitted letter - alive and growing in real time
- Browse the full alphabet: each letter a mosaic of real-world finds from around the world
- Type any word and see it spelled out in found letters
- Submit your own: photograph, crop, tag, and your letter is live in seconds
⭐ What makes it different:
No accounts. No friction. One flow, one purpose. The more people contribute, the more beautiful it becomes.
📍 How it was built:
- The entire front-end was built in Figma Make, prompt by prompt, iterated screen by screen.
- The submission flow uses the Anthropic Vision API to validate every photo: confirming it shows a real letter, checking the tag matches, and generating a plain-English description stored in Supabase for moderation - meaning the collection stays clean without user accounts or manual review of every submission.
- Image processing happens entirely client-side via the Browser Canvas API: crop, resize to 800×800, compress - before anything reaches Supabase storage.
🛠️ Tools used
- Figma Make - full front-end
- Anthropic Vision API - AI validation + moderation
- Supabase - real-time database and image storage
- Browser Canvas API - client-side image processing
🔮 What's next
- A downloadable font made entirely from submitted photos.
- Filters by country, colour, style.
- A printed poster of the full collection.
- Contributor profiles.
This is fire!
My final submission for the Config Makeathon! 🚀
What if you could see the world through the eyes of a local? 🧐
A quick search doesn't always cut it. We get funneled toward the same generic spots, and half the time we don't even know why something's being recommended to us.
Incola fixes that. Just ask someone who actually knows the place you're heading to. 🧳
Where should I go if I love history and I've got 2 days in New York? Where do I find open-air house music events in Tokyo? Ask a local. And while you're at it, help other travelers by answering the open questions about your own city.
Try it now! The more people jump in, the faster we leave the cold start problem behind. 😄
https://vary-mac-30681003.figma.site
Built with Figma Design & Make, with help from the Figma Design Agent.
View the Figma Make. 👈🏻
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