👋Well Hey there

I'm Stefan Twerdochlib (twer•dock•lib), a Canadian UX Designer who somehow ended up in Sweden—probably following better coffee and design sensibilities. For over a decade, I've been turning digital chaos into something that actually works for humans.

My specialty? Taking those "it seemed like a good idea at the time" interfaces and transforming them into experiences that don't make people want to throw their devices out the window. I solve problems that matter, design solutions that stick, and occasionally convince stakeholders that yes, users really do need more than three pixels to click on.

UX is a team effort. I can only do so much in my personal designer bubble.

What I Actually Do (Beyond Perfecting My Coffee-to-Code Ratio)

Problem Detective – I ask the uncomfortable questions like "But why?" until we find the real issue buried under layers of assumptions and feature requests.

Prototype Enthusiast – I sketch, wireframe, and prototype faster than most people can say "make the logo bigger." Then I test it with real humans who aren't afraid to tell me it's terrible.

System Builder – Because creating the same button 47 different ways isn't design—it's chaos with good intentions.

Accessibility Advocate – If it doesn't work for everyone, it doesn't work. Period. Full stop. End of discussion.

Recent Appearances (Where I Pretended to Know Things)

I've shared thoughts on UX research culture with UserTesting.com, talked about building UX vision at UX Fika, and somehow convinced people I know enough about design systems to appear on podcasts. The full evidence of my public speaking adventures is documented below, but judge for yourself.

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UX Interview Show Don't Tell

I chatted with UserTesting.com about how to build a solid UX research culture. Read it here

UX Fika: Building UX vision

A talk about how to make UX matter inside an organization. Find out here

Testing a new checkout

Spoke about designing and testing a checkout flow that didn’t suck.Watch it here

Designing your career panel

Gave advice to up-and-coming designers on how to survive and thrive in UX. See it here

Design Systems – The Challenges And Ways We Can Develop Them

Chatted with other experts about the up and downs of design systems Listen to it here

Some brands I've worked with

Tools and Specialties

Design Expertise: Product Design, Interaction Design, UI, Prototyping, Information Architecture, Design Systems, Story Mapping, AI-Enhanced Workflows

Research Methods: Everything from guerrilla testing to proper ethnographic research (yes, I can spell ethnographic correctly most of the time)

Accessibility: WCAG compliance, color contrast ratios, keyboard navigation, screen reader testing—because inclusive design isn't optional

Tools: Figma, Sketch, Miro, and whatever new AI tool promises to "10x my productivity" this week

Code: HTML/CSS, SASS, JavaScript, PHP—enough to have dangerous conversations with developers and build functional prototypes... but Claude Code helps a lot these days