Hello, I'm  Ilkka

Full-Stack Designer who designs and builds complete systems. From early discovery wireframes and in-browser prototyping to production-ready code.

Design & build,

end-to-end

I connect UX decisions to business strategy, clarify the real problem worth solving, and then help you build it.

From early research to full-stack proof-of-concepts, built to ship and hold up in the real world. Save time and resources by validating ideas early with prototypes that actually look and feel like the real thing. Leverage the findings from the research and design process all the way to implementation.

Worked across a range of domains including internal tools, industrial automation, inventory management, CRMs, point-of-sale and self-service platforms, and many more.

UX design Design and research, wireframing, prototyping, IA, a11y, contextual inquiry, user testing
Dev Web technologies, Platform APIs, Typescript, NodeJS
Design Systems Development and maintenance
GenAI AI integration and implementation with foundation models
Prototypes In-browser prototyping
Libraries ThreeJS, D3, AI SDK, React, Angular, Vue
Architecture Integrations, system design
10+ Years experience, MSc degree in HTI

Projects

2026

Kasoku

A working prototype of a personal contract- and subscription-management tool. Lets you capture and manage subscriptions and contracts and track their statuses. Built to validate the concept early.

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2025

Cito

Cito is my personal design system. It functions as a starting point for my work. The CSS is designed to be compatible with any project setup adhering to standard web conventions.

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2024

Knit Designer

The goal of the project was to find new ways to input illustrations into knitting machine. The primary focus was to replace previous Excel-based tool used to translate illustrations to knitting machine.

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Get in touch

Open to projects and collaborations. If you have an interesting problem to solve, let's talk.

ilkka.kuivanen@me.com