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Designing What People
Actually Need.
I'm Yalcin, a UX & AI Consultant based in London. I turn complex products into intuitive experiences and integrate AI that feels invisible, not intrusive.
I'm Yalcin, a UX & AI Consultant based in London. I turn complex products into intuitive experiences and integrate AI that feels invisible, not intrusive.
Originally from Türkiye, my path to design has been anything but linear. After graduating in Economics in 2018, I moved to London for an Erasmus+ internship as a Financial Business Analyst, consulting for startups and falling in love with building things from zero.
Before becoming a UX consultant, I ran a ☕ coffee shop in London ▶ (2019–2020). I hired staff, managed queues, watched people fumble with card machines, and learned what "user friction" really means — measured not in drop-off rates, but in lost customers. That experience gave me something design school can't teach: observing people not just through interviews, but in real life.
Since 2020, I've worked independently across fintech, retail, and digital products. My projects range from 0→1 product design to integrating AI features into existing platforms. I specialise in the gap between design and implementation — the place where things usually break.
I don't just design AI products — I build them. CookFromHere is my own product: an AI-powered recipe app I took from idea to production solo. I wrote the UX, built the React frontend, integrated Google Gemini's vision API, architected 13 Supabase edge functions, set up Stripe subscriptions, built transactional emails with Resend, and shipped it in 9 languages. When I design AI features for clients, I know exactly what's possible — because I've done it myself.
Understand people first. Build what they actually need.
Interviews, data, and context before pixels. I identify real user needs, not assumptions.
Turn research into clear problem statements. The right framing eliminates wasted design cycles.
Low-fi first, then iterate. I validate with real users before investing in high-fidelity.
Pixel-perfect handoff or production code. I bridge the gap between design and engineering.
