Open for projects

UX across e-commerce,
games and teams.
One person for all.

I'm a UX designer, researcher, and manager based in Warsaw, Poland, working across the EU. I bridge cognitive science, user research, and team leadership - whether that means running a hundred remote interviews or building a research practice from scratch.

Krzysztof Kania

What I do

Five ways to work together

About

I started in cognitive science. I graduated in sociology from Collegium Civitas and hold an MA from the Polish Academy of War. Joined an agency to learn the craft, then spent five years embedded in retail UX before moving sideways into games. Today I work as a consultant, running UX studies and building design teams on commission.

I publish a quiet field-notes blog about the parts of the job nobody warns you about. It's my little soapbox where I share my viewpoint on ux and how we all seem to forget the human side of things.

Practising since
2004
Engagements
40+ across retail, gaming, fintech
Languages
English · Polish · German
Currently
Open for projects - available from 20 August 2026

Recent writing

All posts
GamesJul 2026

Extraction shooter study in Los Angeles

An in-depth interview study with the hardcore players of a hardcore genre, for one of the world's largest game companies. Why recruiting real pros and sourcing the hardware was the hard part.

UX DesignJun 2026

Putting together a PPT brief with Figma and AI

A commissioned study arrived as Figma screenshots in a PowerPoint. How AI, twenty years of reading code, and my own research platform turned it into a live prototype before the kickoff call.

UX DesignJun 2026

Are UX Designers screwed?

An honest reckoning with AI - what it takes from the craft, what it can't touch, and why the human factor is still the whole job.

E-commerceNov 2025

Confectionery shopping study

A large-scale 2022 remote study of how US shoppers buy confectionery online versus in store, for a major candy manufacturer.

Got a UX design or research question that doesn't fit a tidy 2-week sprint. Let's talk.