Cześć! I’m Karolina 👋🏻 Product designer, photographer, writer, and pilates teacher working in Naarm.

For the last eighteen years, I’ve helped teams streamline design operations, bridge the design/engineering gap, and deliver products customers know and love ♡

Against design system federation
Avoid the fraught model that will set your design system back.

Jul 14, 2026
Future Web
Is this what we’ll let it be?

Jan 5, 2025
Founder burnout
When you’ve given all you’ve had, quitting is a win, not a failure.

Jun 5, 2024

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I’m a photographer specialising in travel and interior design. Here are some of my selected shots, with a full portfolio coming soon.

Interior of Lola Pizza in Kraków. Fit-out in crimson and gold: curved dark magenta counter and stools beneath a neon script sign saying 'We all dream about Lola' and an amber wall.

Interior of a cottage in Anglesea. Cropped photo of a dining room painted black with a timber table, a large black-and-white portrait, a rattan pendant, and sheer linen curtains opening onto bushland.

Interior of Kaya motel in Blue Mountains. Red velvet banquette seating along a soft grey wall, with set black tables and four glowing disc sconces.

Exterior of a Kyoto café serving area, framed by dense ivy, with stacked cups, two glass Hario brewers, and a bulb pendant glowing through the leaves.

Interior of Beautiful Jim Keys café. Latte with a leaf rosetta in a pale blue cup, shot from above on a yellow table beside a drinks menu.

Interior of a warehouse café—Bench. Counter clad in corrugated iron and timber, with pour-over kit, grinders, and two saucer pendants over white brick.

Interior of Bliskość café. Carved blond-timber panel above a rust-colored banquette seating, with oxblood tables and moulded plywood chairs.

Interior of Ace Hotel Sydney. Marble café tables and red rush-seat chairs by a curtained window, with exposed brick, a tall dracaena, and a perforated brass wall lamp.