Denise HeijkenskjöldKickass UX/UI
designer who UX designer who paints
on the side.
I'm Denise, a Swedish UX/UI designer and digital artist. I create things that impact people in a meaningful way - from forest fire coordination tools to platforms that help students find their team.I'm Denise, a Swedish UX/UI designer and digital artist. I create things that impact people in a meaningful way.
Three case studies
INCA
A coordination tool that helps firefighters keep track of vehicles, teams and hazards during an active forest fire.A coordination tool that helps firefighters track vehicles, teams and hazards during an active forest fire.
- Role
- UX/UI Designer, INCA AB
- Problem
- Overview is lost when resources spread over a large fire areaOverview is lost across a large fire area
- Process
- Interviews → personas → sketches → prototypesInterviews → personas → prototypes
- Outcome
- Became the base for INCA’s tests and demosBase for INCA’s tests and demos
Drivhuset Ideathon
A project-finding platform where students with an idea find the designers and teammates to build it.
- Role
- UX/UI designer and illustrator · Team LikeableUX/UI designer & illustrator · Team Likeable
- Problem
- It's difficult for students to get work experience
- Process
- Ideation, research, design, pitch
- Outcome
- Won the Drivhuset Ideathon
Hund i balans
An internal client database for a dog training business, designed together with the people who use it every day.An internal client database for a dog training business, designed together with its users.
- Role
- UX/UI designer · team of 4 · 8 weeks
- Problem
- Client requests scattered across Instagram, SMS and emailRequests scattered across Instagram, SMS and email
- Process
- Contextual inquiry → future workshop → co-design → evaluation
- Outcome
- A tablet client database, refined with the trainers
The same eye, a different brush.
Painting trains how I see colour, hierarchy and mood - the same things I care about in an interface.Painting trains how I see colour, hierarchy and mood — the same things I care about in an interface.
Five years of designing for real people, in real teams.
Working with design and people, and how the two impact each other, inspires me and makes me always want to learn more.
- 2025 — now · Part-timeGraphic DesignerStockholm UniversityPart-time
- 2024 — now · Student orgPresidentSärimners Kultingar – DISKStudent org
- 2024 — 2025 · Part-timeUX DesignerSOOR ABPart-time
- 2024 · Full-timeUX DesignerINCA ABFull-time
- 2023 — 2024 · Full-timeUX Design InternYour Brand Travel ABFull-time
- 2021 — 2023 · Part-timeJunior UX DesignerSensera ABPart-time