Product Design Setup in Prague, Czech Republic

Name: Lisa Martinovská

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Occupation: Product Designer

Room size: 3,5 m² (37,7 ft²)

Cost of the setup: $4,080 (tech) + $222 (a table) + $300 (promo and gifted items)

Social media: Instagram, Twitter and Dribbble

Hey, Lisa! Tell us a bit about yourself

Heya! 👋 As you already know, my name is Lisa and I am currently based in Prague, Czech Republic. Yes, it’s that tiny country at the very heart of Europe.

I am a UX/UI designer, which practically means that I can take your idea (and budget, haha) and deliver the final solution. I am able to handle pretty much everything from research to wireframes and on up to the “pixel-perfect” — argh, hate to use this phrase! — design.

Mobile apps, desktop apps, websites — you name it, I’m on it. By the way, feel free to follow me on Dribbble, Twitter or Instagram as I’m always open to meeting new people and expanding my social circle.

While I am currently a full-time employee of a small Czech startup as a product designer, I had an incredibly difficult start to my career.

My first job as a graphic designer was working for my friend, making mostly newsletters. I was then hired by a brand new design studio to taking care of their UI. What a wonderful world, you might have thought.

However, after a year and a half, we faced hard times, and I was thrown into the Sea of Freelance.

The funny part was to find yourself, a loyal employee who supported the company till the very end, out of money and out of a job. And by funny, I mean horrifying.

Luckily, I got hired shortly afterwards as a UI designer at Immutable to be working on a game called Gods Unchained, and I have been immersed in the gaming UI world ever since.

That’s how I turned into that hard-working motherfucker, working full-time during the week and sweating over freelance projects on the weekends.

Can you describe your home setup?

I believe what took me the longest to put together was a goddamn table.

Originally, I had a Thyge desk, the cheapest white IKEA table. But once it was assembled and I started to use it, I got disappointed because I had hoped for a more natural feel. A wooden base, some nice flowers, you know.