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Wojciech Dobry · Notebook on Interaction Design and Systems

I mostly draw rectangles and make them move. Occasionally I grind an algorithm, just to entertain myself. I’m a designer educated as an architect and programmer by heart.

Notebook

explorationA weekend on one bar A weekend of interaction explorations on the capture bar shipping in Aloud's next release: the screenshot flying into the box, and three tries at what Return should look like.
explorationRedraw exploration A drawing bench on William Candillon's redraw (WebGPU): hold a key to draw, smooth the same ink after the fact, sculpt its thickness with ⌘-drag.
essayLet's talk about gradients A gradient editor designed in 2017 that still does what today's design tools can't — and a short argument about why that gap is the real story.
deep diveSee the Music Teach your pixels to hear: every figure runs live on the page, from a pulsing sphere to a beat-driven blob. Pick a track, watch the code dance.
case studyOne Design System, a Thousand ArtistsHow do you keep a product on brand when every artist can theme it? Notes from building a design system that bends without breaking.
case studyMotion Design SystemWhat if motion had tokens the way color does? Four principles, a timing scale, three curves, and a playground of live components to prove it.
essayPrototyping with Real DataLorem ipsum lies to you. On wiring prototypes to real, living data — so a design meets the truth before the engineers do.

Experience

2025–nowrezolve.comInventing novel interfaces where LLMs meet UI; my most scientific role yet. One patent filed, one paper published, more coming.
2022–2025vault.fm & sound.xyzTwo products, one team: interaction design and a sprawling design system for the onchain music platform, then Vault.fm 0→1 — drops, experiments, artist theming.
2021–2022amazon.comNovel design software that never left the building. Hired for designing tools for designers; left with a Design Sprint Award.
2019–2021independentConsulting years: motion design systems and product design for healthcare and fintech SaaS.
2017–2019phase.comDesigning design software: the product architecture, interaction model, and interface of a prototyping tool made for designers.