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Dan-Sha-Ri

Hideko Yamashita raamatu „Danshari: Shin Katazukejutsu” (algupäraselt 人生を変える断捨離) eestikeelne kokkuvõte.

TEHIK Information Centre website

Applied UX, UI, information architecture, analysis, and front-end development skills to build the TEHIK Information Centre website (teabekeskus.tehik.ee), a platform for publishing health metadata.

Estonian National Library website

Revamped the Estonian National Library (RaRa) website, leading UI design and information architecture informed by content modeling and user testing, resulting in an activity-focused navigation.

Local Government Portal

Dogs of War

Downsized Paolo Mori’s board game Dogs of War, replacing miniatures with meeples and transforming the board into integrated faction and battle track cards. Added new player screens including the Kickstarter-limited factions, custom reference cards, and moved the value track to box bottom.

Kawaii Krash!

Re-designed Carl Chudyk’s trick-taking card game Crash!. The original game was themed around car crashes, but my version is all about cute things.

Foresight Centre website

HP AI Category Consultant

Root faction randomizer

Root has a lot of factions and sometimes it’s more fun to go with a random faction combination that still feels balanced.

Omniva Customer Portal

Omniva Courier App

Spyrium

Re-designed William Attia’s game Spyrium with a focus on enhanced visual clarity and ease of learning, replacing the original steampunk aesthetic with a flat, high-contrast style and adding text explanations for key elements.

Century: Spice Road

Re-designed Emerson Matsuuchi’s card game Century: Spice Road with a significantly smaller footprint, opting for bridge-sized cards and a compact box to streamline the overproduced original. Features Alessio Issupoff’s “Samarkand” artwork.

Estonian Police website

Oversaw the creation of the new Estonian Police website (Politsei.ee), managing analysis, design, user testing, and development of the high-traffic public resource. Delivered a fast, mobile-friendly, and SEO-optimized website built with JamStack.

Võlujooks

Designed and illustrated Võlujooks, a light family game of strategic character drafting for a whimsical relay, which was published in 2016 after winning an Estonian board game competition.

Jelly Bean Trade

Re-imagined Uwe Rosenberg’s card game Bohnanza as Jelly Bean Trade, swapping the original bean puns and loud visuals for a more minimal and palatable jelly bean aesthetic. Rules mostly kept same, still the same fun trading game.

6 nimmt

Re-skinned Wolfgang Kramer’s card game 6 nimmt with a Patapon rhythm game theme. Replaced bull heads with iconic PATA and PON sounds and added a portable coin pouch instead of a traditional box.

The City

Re-designed Tom Lehmann’s card game The City into a language-independent version, successfully replacing all card text with a clear and intuitive iconographic system.

Tark mees taskus

Designed the production art and illustrations for the Estonian card game “Tark Mees Taskus,” following an initial concept phase. Combined Muhu folk art motifs with a family-friendly character style.

Calendar generator

Print yourself a minimal calendar for habit tracking. Every day, employ the new habit or otherwise work on a step of the project you need to do, then mark an X on the calendar for that day.