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David Ducker

UI UX Engineer

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I build clean, intuitive user experiences
designed for humans.

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UX Design

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UI Design

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Vector Art & Icons

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Code


Hey

I’m David, a versatile fullstack developer and designer based in the UK with over a decade of experience crafting user interfaces.

Visual composition is my jam, but I love the entire development journey, from research and ideation to bringing it to life with design and code.

I’m working in finance as a Software Development Manager, and previously an award-winning video game developer.
I also have a formal background in photography and computer-aided design.

I'm happiest when I'm creating — digitally or by hand, creativity (and pizza) feeds the soul.
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Designer

I've enjoyed graphic design since my early days using Deluxe Paint on the Amiga.
When it comes to pixels - I sweat the small stuff!

These days I spend most of my design time prototyping in Figma and working with vector art.

Beyond this, though, I'm hugely passionate about user experience and hold a Google UX Design certification.

I've learnt the importance of consistent and predictable design systems, and understanding the user to truly solve their problems, keep them engaged and communicate with them clearly.
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Programmer

Through my career I've specialised in full-stack app development and distributed build systems.

Today, I prefer to focus on good UX and the front-end with React.js and Typescript.
That said, I still have a strong interest in back-end and cyber security.

I’ve held lead and management roles for a number of years and enjoy building efficient Agile teams, but I remain very much hands-on with development.
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Games Developer

I've spent over a decade in the video games industry, releasing 12 titles across consoles, PC and mobiles.

Games have been a life-long passion of mine and I've had the opportunity to work on some renowned series like Crysis, Dead Space and Avakin Life, a popular social network reaching over 1.5 million daily players.

I was honored to be nominated for the Game Dev Heroes award and won Amazon's Developer Spotlight for a personal mobile game.

Something to chat about?

Drop me a message!

Case Studies

Home Assistant - an unofficial redesign

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A study and redesign of Home Assistant’s home page to improve hierarchy, product clarity and cognitive load.

This was a fun weekend project to kick-start my public portfolio.
Future studies will have a bigger focus on my ideation and UX process.

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Short on time? Jump straight to the desktop design

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More soon...