about.

I'm a product designer based in sunny Sydney, Australia.

Since 2005, I've enjoyed turning complex problems into simple, beautiful and intuitive designs. When I'm not pushing pixels, you'll find me cooking, gardening or working out in the park.

adham dannaway ui designer

Part designer

  • UI design
  • UX design
  • Design Systems
  • Interaction design
  • "Making it pop"

Part coder

  • Front-end development
  • HTML / CSS
  • JavaScript (kinda)
  • Swearing at my computer
  • Eating pizza
part UI designer, part Front End Developer

Random facts

  • I drink a lot of tea
  • I'm into interior design
  • Gardening is my zen time
  • I love to cook (and eat)
  • I'm a bit of a clean freak
  • I want to live on Pandora
  • I'm slightly addicted to Twitter
  • Yoda is my mentor
Yoda rocks

My skills

  • Jedi
    Ninja
    Geek
    Newbie
  • 95%
    Tea drinking
  • 90%
    Design Systems
  • 95%
    Figma
  • 75%
    Gardening
  • 40%
    Calisthenics

Featured here & there

I've been lucky enough to have my work featured in books, magazines and websites around the world. I've also spoken at various design events and enjoy sharing my love of design on social media.

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featured in books, magazines and websites

My book

Over nearly 2 decades working as a product designer, I’ve found that you really only need a small handful of UI design guidelines to solve most interface design problems. Learn these quick, practical and powerful guidelines.

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Adham Dannaway's UI design book

My story

Learn a little bit more about me, how I got into design, and how I built my career as a product designer. I’ve included key things I've learned, book recommendations, and even some sneak peeks of the first websites I created.

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Adham Dannaway's workspace