Rafał Przybyła
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Katowice, Poland
Toptal member since February 24, 2022
Rafał is an architect and digital product designer with a deep interest and experience in digital technologies related to smart cities, intelligent buildings, IoT, human-machine interfaces, and SaaS products. His architectural perspective brings unique value to digital product design. Complementing his commercial expertise, Rafał manages Design Educates Awards, an international nonprofit program, and Laka, a nonprofit focused on social impact via design and architecture.
Portfolio
DEA System | Platform for Managing International Design Award
Mobile App for Orchard Machine Vision
Work Experience
Senior Product Designer
TKH Technology (TKH Group)
- Participated in the entire design process, from scratch to the final implementation, including discovery, product-market fit, POC, and MVP.
- Planned and facilitated user research, usability tests, and workshops to define product scope and assisted in solving design and technological challenges.
- Designed a flexible smart home system integrated with construction, including desktop and mobile apps.
- Designed a human-machine interface for a connectivity solution between optical fibers.
- Designed software for industrial cameras with a machine vision solution.
- Presented products to management, stakeholders, and clients.
- Promoted and increased understanding of the design processes in companies within the TKH Group. Created design systems and style guides.
Advisor
Solarlux GmbH
- Collaborated on the Architecture in Foyer 2021 event in Germany, an international architecture and design event with top designers.
- Collaborated on the remote Architecture in Foyer 2020 event about modern architecture and design with top lecturers.
- Collaborated on printed publications and exhibitions for the Architecture in Foyer.
Director & Product Design Lead
Design Educates Awards
- Created a product from scratch, defining the idea, strategy, scaling plan, roadmap, and target groups.
- Collaborated with strategic partners, media partners, jury members, and participants around the world.
- Coordinated the development team and managed the backlog.
- Planned and facilitated the product workshops with the development team and stakeholders.
- Created prototypes, organized the usability tests, clustered, and made design improvements.
- Created information architectures, user flows, and user experience designs.
- Acquired strategic funds for product development and communication.
Co-founder, Director
Laka One
- Collaborated to build a group of experts, including architects, designers, engineers, and scientists.
- Co-developed a group of 50+ media partners and sponsors from 40 countries on four continents.
- Co-managed four international Laka Reacts Competition events, each attracting 1,200+ participants worldwide.
- Participated as an advisor on the publication of Laka Perspectives, a printed book.
Product Designer | Product Design Advisor
Sky Gate
- Collaborated on digital products in POC and MVP phases with startups from YCombinator and 500 Startups. Consulted with the product design and management teams about design processes.
- Designed an app for socially responsible investing.
- Designed a smart TV app for the Chopin International Competition.
- Designed an app for sky crops based on AI and robots dedicated to fruit agriculture.
- Designed the admin panel for the mobile Catholic App.
Architect | BIM Designer and Coordinator
Inco Architects
- Designed, coordinated, and collaborated on the building process for the showroom areas in the service center for Volkswagen Group in Opole, Poland, featuring Audi, Seat, VW, and Skoda brands.
- Designed, coordinated, and collaborated on the building process for the Porsche showroom in Sopot, Poland.
- Collaborated on the building process for the showroom areas with the service center for Volkswagen Group in Gliwice, Poland, featuring Audi, Seat, VW, and Skoda brands.
Education
Master's Degree in Architecture and Urban Planning
Silesian University of Technology - Gliwice, Poland
Skills
Tools
Miro, Revit, AutoCAD, Photoshop CS5, Slack, Excel 2016, Jira, Draw.io, Hotjar, Principle, FigJam, Google Analytics, Adobe Photoshop
Platforms
Figma
Industry Expertise
Architecture
Other
User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Product Design, UX Design, UI Design, Wireframing, Data Visualization, Web Design, Web App Design, Architectural Design, Conceptual Design, Building Information Modeling (BIM), 3D Modeling, Research, Design Thinking, User Research, Product Management, Web Development, Visual Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Interviews, Dashboards, Dashboard Design, User Journeys, User Personas, SaaS Design, Urban Planning, 3D Visualization, Team Management, Teams, Design Sprints, Rapid Prototyping, Information Architecture (IA), Usability Testing, Prototyping, User Flows, Style Guides, Mobile Apps, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Microinteraction Design, UI Branding, Design Workshops, Story Mapping, Backlog Management, Workshops, Startups, Web Applications, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), Design, Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Industrial Design, Smart TV, Video Streaming, Machine Vision, Construction, Building Design
Experience
- Research - 8 years
- Conceptual Design - 8 years
- Product Management - 6 years
- User Experience (UX) - 4 years
- User Interface (UI) - 4 years
- Design Thinking - 4 years
- Product Design - 3 years
- User Research - 3 years
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