Hello, I'm Alik.
I'm a Product Designer at Facebook in Seattle and a design educator at School of Visual Concepts and the University of Washington
Design work
Planned Parenthood – Ad Creative
It's always fun to see a city bus pull up that has your design and photography on the side of it.
Planned Parenthood – Annual Report
This isn't your Grandma's annual report. In 2013, we decided to shake things up a bit and use storytelling through media to report back to donors.
Kurt Farm Shop
Cheese and ice cream always gets me excited about a project, so I was thrilled to create a new logo, corporate identity system, website, and packaging for Kurt Farm Shop.
Publications
UXPA Magazine
Motion Design: An Intro to UX Choreography
Digital interfaces are full of motion. In fact, the UX application of UI motion design has become so important, it’s taking on new terminology of its own—UX choreography. It includes interaction design, motion-based transitions, micro-interactions, and motion that supports the overall brand personality.
UXPA Magazine
How to Make Motion Design Accessible: UX Choreography Part Two
Since I published my last UXPA Magazine article on motion design about a year ago, I’ve had many conversations about how to make motion design accessible. Accessibility is not only a hot topic in my office, but also a design requirement that we discuss nearly every day.
UXPA Magazine
Remote Design Teams: How to Use Cloud-Based Tools to Collaborate
Traditionally, members of a design team work together in one location. Now thanks to the practices of working from home it’s becoming more common for design teams to be geographically distributed, recruiting designers who live in other cities, and hiring remote design agencies.