Makimo – Consultancy & Software Development Services

Justyna Papiernik

Head of UX who loves making sense of noise, searching for trends and inspirations, and exploring the humane face of technology. Justyna shares her passion not only within Makimo but also as a lecturer at UEHS, Warsaw, and a co-host of the Let the Tech Out podcast. She writes her own story not only using words and pixels but also brush strokes, seams, knitting stitches, yoga asanas and running miles.

10 commandments for better designer-developer collaboration
Justyna Papiernik, Olek Krawiel and Elżbieta Hofman On Design & Engineering

10 commandments for better designer-developer collaboration

8 Mins Read

The whole product experience is a cumulative effort of diverse project roles and talents, not a ’rockstar soloist.’ Even though some of them might represent two opposite ends of a spectrum – like designers and developers – they have more in common than one might expect.

Furthermore, they can benefit from both opening up to each other’s perspectives even more and following the same common principles for better teamwork. With that in mind, here are some insights to help improve designer-developer relationships, and hence better product design.

Justyna Papiernik On Design & Engineering

And then along comes Mary

5 Mins Read

Say hello to MARY – an open-source, multilingual Text-to-Speech Synthesis platform written in Java! Our paths crossed by the courtesy of a friend from one of the Vanderbilt University research teams.

It’s an adventure story about a user interface, its improvements and a path to make everyone’s experience better. Filled with lovely pictures of Mary growing up to become a full-fledged research tool.

Justyna Papiernik and Kamil Kominek On Design & Engineering

The economy of notifications

8 Mins Read

You probably keep your personal message centre by your side most of the time. Being the first to know about new offers, best deals and order status is at your fingertips. News floods you via SMS, emails and notifications – you don’t need to hunt them anymore. However, you have a specific stock of attention at your disposal, and sadly – limited power over this resource.

The responsibility for taking a comprehensive, sustainable approach towards technology and placing the good of humanity in the centre of interest lies upon each of us.