Hi, I’m Olga. I usually arrive before the product is fully defined. Sometimes there are no flows yet, just hardware and a rough idea of who will use it. I work out how the whole thing should behave and stay with it until the idea has to stop sounding good and start working.
Russia's first touchscreen self-checkouts, now standing in Lenta, SPAR and OBI. A cashless payment system running bars at festivals and stadiums worldwide. A dispatch platform for 700 vehicles and 150 operators, replacing phone calls and one shared WhatsApp group. Training and operations platforms for a national restaurant network. On most of these, the design team was me.
Quray turns hand movement into MIDI and CV, but the playing surface is invisible and the device makes no sound on its own. My job is to make the configurator and the physical instrument behave like the same product.
I designed the system from wristband registration to dual-screen POS. Staff had almost no training; guests barely looked at the screen. Every order appeared live before the wristband was charged, and the bar kept selling when Wi-Fi dropped.
As the sole product designer, I redesigned the ecosystem across customer products, operator tools, logistics and the driver app. The same team could handle more orders, with 70% fewer delivery errors.
Employee training lived in manuals and classroom sessions. Opening a restaurant meant PDFs, emails and repeated calls to HQ. I turned both into step-by-step digital products for people doing it for the first time.
New fiscal rules pushed thousands of businesses from button-based registers to unfamiliar touchscreens almost overnight. I defined the interaction model from scratch and tested it in real stores. Many of the same flows are still running years later.
Work shapes how I think. Everything else shapes who I am.
I use AI and code to test ideas beyond the clickable prototype. Some experiments stay experiments. Others turn into small products I actually use.
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I've been drawing for as long as I can remember. It’s my way to explore emotions, humor, and the strange corners of everyday life. Below is a glimpse into this side of me.
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At one point, I came close to launching my own eco-friendly kitchenware brand. I built the concept, validated the market, and let the research make the call. It said no. Knowing when to stop is also a design skill.
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