About
Skills & Experience
Current Work
Articles
Side projects
Profiles

My name is Franz!
I'm a full-stack UX designer

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About

I am a full-stack UX designer with over 30 years of experience in software development and 16 years specialising in UX design. My expertise lies in distilling complex business processes into simple, logical flows for high-stakes productivity tools

Currently, I focus on AI-augmented design workflows. By integrating AI as a creative partner, I streamline the design process - from ideation to high-fidelity interactive prototyping. As an educator, I am committed to future-proofing the design profession by teaching project teams how to leverage AI effectively and ethically

Skills & Experience

Developer & UX Engineer

years experience

  • Rapid, AI-Assisted Prototyping
  • Agentic Workflows
  • Responsive web frontend development (HTML5, CSS, JS, Vue, TypeScript, React)
  • Advanced CSS Design Systems
  • Backend development (Python, PHP, Aurelia, Firebase, AWS, Linx)
  • Database development (MSSQL, MySQL, SQLlite, Postgres)
  • API Development (REST)
  • Implementing SVG's and XAML icons, illustrations and animations

Project Management

years experience

  • Planning small to large software projects
  • Stakeholder Alignment
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Managing development and design teams
  • Web, Desktop and Mobile
  • Customer liaison

UX & Product Design

years experience

  • UX Strategy
  • AI in Design
  • Design Systems
  • Enterprise Software
  • Presales Design
  • Web, desktop and mobile applications
  • Managing design teams and projects
  • Implementing design thinking and UX techniques
  • Communicating research and design concepts to customers, engineers and stakeholders
  • Creating wireframe and building html/css/js prototypes
  • Planning, executing and analysing usability tests
  • Assisting implementation teams and reviewing implemented designs

Workshops, Publications and Documentation

years experience

  • Planning and running face-to-face AI-assisted Design workshops
  • Planning and running face-to-face and remote UX and Design Thinking workshops
  • Researching and writing tech-focussed articles
  • Writing product tutorials and documentation
  • Planning and creating video tutorials and animations

Current Work

Currently I work as the lead designer in the Digiata/Twenty57 design teams for multiple products and custom developments. I am responsible for the design of all software products and work with clients, product owners, developers, designers and stakeholders.

Linx

Linx is a low-code IDE (Desktop application) and application host (Web application) for rapid development and deployment of backend applications, API's, automations and system integrations. Target users for Linx are developers and software professionals.

Linx Designer / IDE

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Linx Designer Dark

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Server Service View

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Server Project View

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Linx Docs

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Tutorial Videos

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Stadium

Stadium is a low-code IDE (Desktop application) and application host (Web application) for the rapid development of web application frontends. Target users for Stadium are web developers and software professionals.

Page Designer

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Event Handler

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Type Editor

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API Integration

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Docs Site

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Video Tutorials

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Articles

A selection of my articles. Find them on Medium, UX Bootcamp or Hackernoon

Is There Really a Hierarchy in Design?

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Psychology in Design

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Applying Nielsen’s usability heuristics in design

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Preventing 100% of automated form spam

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8 things developers don’t like about low-code and nocode

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Design is not a one-person job

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Side projects

For these side projects I do everything, the design, front-, backend development, maintenance and marketing.

Form2Channel

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Open API 3 Definition Designer

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reCAPTCHAme

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Expense Capture Telegram Bot

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Profiles