About MeHi, I’m Maria — a digital designer for media productsI am a fourth-year student in the UX/UI and Front-End Program at the HSE Art and Design School in Nizhny Novgorod. I design websites and services for media and cultural projects—products with rich content that require clear structure and a strong conceptual idea.Skills User research, information architecture, UI and design systems, prototyping, branding, motionTools Figma, HTML and CSS, Tilda, After Effects, AI video toolsOpen to Internships, freelance, and team projects
Why MeThree Reasons to Bring Me to Your Media TeamResearch Comes FirstInterviews, surveys, and competitor reviews happen before any moodboard. In Morpheus, a survey of 44 people shaped the core features of the service.One Idea Drives the ProductA navigator for a travel media, dream gradients for a sleep service, a node graph for VFX. One clear concept makes every next decision easier for the team and for users.I Take It All the Way to BuildI study front-end, build design systems, and hand off to developers. Morpheus went from a survey to a launched, tested prototype in six months.
ContentsSelected Work01 · MorpheusA media service about healthy sleep · 202502 · Svoim KhodomA media about bike and motorbike trips · 202603 · AFACTSAn educational media about visual effects
01 · Morpheus · media service · 2025Making reliable sleep information easy to findA media service dedicated to healthy sleep: featuring articles, expert video interviews, a sleep test, and personalized recommendations—available on the web and mobile.My Role Research, concept, UX, UI, prototyping, design system, handoffTeam Me and a developerTimeline Six months
ChallengeSleep advice is everywhere. Trustworthy advice is hard to findPeople sacrifice sleep for work and study. Information on how to fix it is scattered, contradictory, or too complex to follow.Users lacked personalized recommendations, a way to identify sleep issues, and clear navigation through the content.
Research
44 people responded. Most of them suffer from poor sleep.
An online survey requiring an average of eight minutes to complete. Its findings guided the core features: a sleep test, personalized recommendations, and thematic navigation.
ConceptDreams as color gradientsWhether calm or vivid, every gradient represents a different kind of sleep. Soft 3D characters—a sheep, a ghost, an elephant—are the creatures you might encounter in a dream. They lend a warm, rather than clinical, feel to a medical topic.
Solution · website
Content you can navigate, not just scroll through
Thematic sorting, 100+ articles, 60+ expert video interviews, and comments. Every page guides you to the next logical step.
Solution · sleep test
A test that turns «I sleep badly» into a plan
Short questions about your sleep habits lead to personal recommendations and a selection of articles and videos tailored to your needs.
Solution · mobile and design systemOne system for web and mobile, ready for handoffThe mobile version keeps articles, video, and the test in one thumb-friendly flow. An atomic design system—atoms, molecules, organisms—was shared with the developer.
Result
A working prototype, launched and tested in six months
Over 100 articles and 60+ expert video interviews, a sleep study, thematic sorting, comments, and sharing features, deployed across both web and mobile platforms. The brand maintains an offline presence through posters and a 404 page featuring the same characters.
02 · Svoim Khodom · travel media · 2026A media for people who travel on their own wheelsSvoim Khodom («Under your own steam») is a media outlet focused on self-supported bike and motorbike trips: routes, stories of people on the road, and practical guides.My Role Solo Project: Concept, Editorial Structure, Identity, UX/UIPlatforms Website and mobile version
Challenge and AudienceRoutes and stories are scattered across blogs and chatsMore people travel without organized tours or groups. Their routes, mistakes, and tips exist in blogs, chats, and maps, making it difficult to determine which advice is still relevant.Weekend CyclistsAges 25–40, city-dwellers who want to bike a hundred kilometers and camp by a river.Motorcycle TravelersThey ride further and longer, looking for dirt roads, ferries, and genuine road reports.BeginnersHesitant to start, they need a clear initial route and a packing list.
Concept and Identity
The Language of a Navigator
The reader travels alone, guided only by the map on their phone. Thus, the media speaks like a navigator: a track with real turns instead of a decorative wave, a hollow ring for the start, the only bright color for the finish, and concise hint plates instead of handwritten notes.
Solution · route pagesA route you can repeat, day after dayEvery route includes a map with waypoints, precise data—kilometers, days, surface type, and the date it was checked—along with a day-by-day itinerary featuring stops and key considerations.
