Hey there, this is Patrik...
Product Designer, Freelancer, Creator of trending Figma libraries,…
I was born in Slovakia. But I moved to Denmark in 2018 to face new challenges and build my career. I have graduated from Multimedia Design & Communication in 2020, and Digital Concept Development in January 2022. Both programmes were held at the Business Academy Aarhus.
... as a Product Designer
At BoligPortal I started as a Product Manager, but as the company grew, I narrowed down my role into specialising in Product Design. Instead of being on projects from beginning till the end, I engage mostly in the concept phase (structure, flowcharts, user journey), skeleton (lo-fi prototyping), and surface (Actual colors!).
Besides project, I am maintaining BoligPortal’s Design System – Bricks (You know, because houses are build of bricks hehe). Beside regular “design maintenance”, we are are currently exploring Code Connect and in general bridging the gap between design and frontend development trying to cut down on design iterations by having the Design System set-up on high level.
My methodology for all projects is based on Jesse James Garret’s 5 planes of UX. Start with low-fidelity level, do important decisions there. That accounts for 90% of a successful user-focused project. Actual design is 10%.
... as a freelancer
Like if there was not enough work at BoligPortal.. In my free time, I love to design even more and help businesses grow their online presence. My freelance projects mostly include website redesigns.
... as an explorer
I never stop exploring. Recently I’ve entered the game industry and became part of Sumo Studio, a slovak based game development studio creating Indie Games. In 2022, we have published our first two games – AimGod and Stanislav.
Currently, we are on our way to releasing a third game – a detective horror called Solve or Die. Unreal Engine for game creations allows me to “work differently”. It’s a work, but also a hobby. It’s great to explore amazing inventions from other tools than Figma and Framer.
... as teacher (?)
I’ve never thought I would say this. But I just did. Anyways, my Figma skills are exceptional enough that I can host workshops, teach students and create open-source libraries for other Figma users to make their day-to-day works easier. (For example this Wireframe Kit with over 13k copies)
... as an ambitious sportsman
Until 2018, I thought I will once represent my country at the Olympics. But here I am, building digital products. My sports career started when I was only 3 years old and my dad brought me to a local hockey club where I spent basically my whole childhood. I have dreamed of becoming the next Wayne Gretzky.
Later, in early teenage years I moved to sailing, where my top results were 45th place at the 2016 Youth World Championship in New Zealand and 12th place in 2014 Europa Cup ranking. My dream was to get to the Olympics, but after a failed Olympic qualification in 2018 I decided to definitely quit and focus on my starting UX career.
Until last year I played floorball in the Danish top league for Aarhus Floorball Club. While I was living in Slovakia I was part of our U19 national team and Slovak latest champion FBK AS Trencin.
Now I guess I’m moving toward the “middle age sports”. I found myself buying a road bike and training for a half marathon. I guess we all get there at one point.
