Ovan

Ovan

Principal Product Designer in Europe

About

Digital product designer by day; typographer, photographer, musician and procrastinator by night.

Projects

2023
App Icon Redesign

Redesign of an app icon based on new product branding. The icon is designed entirely in Figma, and has tens of exports defined for both macOS and Windows, all served from 1 component.

The icon represents a label printer, so I took the opportunity to add more realism in the LED, labels, and backing paper with back side markings. Also added a tear off knife that was missing in the older design.

Removed from the original design is the paper that extends the icon boundaries. While this is possible and even encouraged by the Apple design guidelines, it is not common for Windows platforms. Having the paper inside the icon simplifies exporting to all platforms and formats.

Side Projects

2024

Designed a new logo for the friendly members of the indieDev iOS Discord server.

Without a brief, I went for a familiar App Store-inspired style with an '80s wave vibe, evoking the early dawn for moonlighting developers.

Handcrafted in Figma, no AI.

2020

Ølstrøm's second release Udrydde and b-side Overførsel, with the popular Takeover mix on the EP.

2020

First single and EP released under the Ølstrøm moniker. Available on Bandcamp and all streaming services.

2016
Reading The Future at European Lettering Institute

3D lettering sculpture in porcelain designed for European Lettering Institute, for the exhibition Reading The Future at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht.

Writing

2019

Pros and cons of using groups and frames in Figma

Awards

1994

Wired 94 demo scene competition, first place MOD competition with the track The Offense.

Certifications

2019
User Experience Design from General Assembly

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