Re: design

In 2024 I was the UI/UX designer behind Re: design, a YouTube series that redesigns apps people love to complain about. Each episode started with real complaints from Reddit and App Store / Play Store reviews. I picked the most common ones, redesigned the screens, and backed every problem and fix with a UX principle. The video team then turned my documentation into the episode.

UX teardown series on YouTube, 2024

Ep. 01

Anti-TikTok

What if we designed TikTok to be worse, on purpose?

The one episode with a flipped brief: make TikTok so annoying that people stop doomscrolling. I designed 15 deliberate anti-patterns, from tap-to-play instead of autoplay to unskippable ads and a Continue button hidden behind the keyboard, each breaking a UX rule on purpose, Fitts's Law included.

Turns out the principles that make an app addictive are exactly the ones that make it easy to use.

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Ep. 02

YouTube, fixed by its users

What if YouTube actually listened to its reviews?

Users couldn't hide Shorts, got nagged about Premium, and lost the search bar behind the mini player. I gave them a way to hide Shorts and moved them into Explore, cleaned up fullscreen with controls that auto-hide, and brought back full video titles.

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Ep. 03

Figma, after the backlash

Designers redesigning their own design tool.

Figma's 2024 interface update split its users. I proposed 12 changes: panels flush to the edges again, the toolbar back on top, modes grouped in the left nav, collapsible property panels, and one new idea, a floating text properties bar.

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