# DNSK.WORK

> The UI/UX design agency for products that mostly work. Your product mostly works. Your website doesn't explain it. DNSK.WORK is the UI/UX design agency and SaaS website design studio for exactly that gap. DNSK.WORK by Tanya Donska

## Services
- [Product Design](https://dnsk.work/services/product-design): Senior digital product design services for SaaS companies. End-to-end UX, IA, and UI — one person, no agency overhead, no junior handoffs. Dev-ready Figma from $2,250.
- [UX\UI Design](https://dnsk.work/services/ux-ui-design): UI/UX design and development services for SaaS companies. End-to-end UX, UI, flows, and components — senior-led, embedded, dev-ready. From $2,250.
- [UX Design](https://dnsk.work/services/ux-design): UX design services from London for SaaS teams. Strategy-first, senior-led, embedded. Fix what breaks between screens before it ships. From $2,250.
- [SaaS Product Design](https://dnsk.work/services/saas-product-design): SaaS product design focused on activation, onboarding, and retention. We redesign the flows blocking your growth — before you lose another cohort.
- [SaaS Website Design](https://dnsk.work/services/saas-website-design): SaaS website design agency that turns visitors into trial users. No templates — built around your ICP, product story, and conversion goals. Senior-led, London-based.
- [Startup Web Design](https://dnsk.work/services/startup-web-design): Startup web design agency for products that are ahead of everything around them. Senior-led, fast, no six-week process. Dev-ready Figma from $2,250.

## Case studies
- [RCAD](https://dnsk.work/work/rcad): RCAD set out to redefine how architectural projects are experienced – transforming static CAD drawings into fully immersive, photorealistic VR environments.
- [ModelDrive](https://dnsk.work/work/modeldrive): ModelDrive is a modern financial modeling workspace built to replace the chaos of Excel. Designed for professionals dealing with complex models.
- [Argyle](https://dnsk.work/work/argyle): Argyle delivers real-time, user-permissioned income and employment data straight from payroll systems helping lenders, fintechs, and enterprises make faster, more accurate decisions.
- [Teamstand](https://dnsk.work/work/teamstand-self-service): Teamstand helps teams organize messy workflows, documents, and conversations pulled from unstructured emails, powered by a smart Chrome extension.
- [Teamstand](https://dnsk.work/work/teamstand-chrome-extension): Teamstand set out to eliminate the frustration of managing files scattered across tools like email, Slack, and cloud storage, by building a single, smart Chrome extension to organize and share assets effortlessly.
- [RealEstateAgents](https://dnsk.work/work/referral-exchange): ReferralExchange needed to improve how agents complete their public profiles - one of the most critical conversion points in their CRM.
- [FLUX](https://dnsk.work/work/flux): FLUX set out to rethink car ownership in Malaysia – offering a flexible, all-inclusive monthly subscription for vetted vehicles.
- [ResearchHub](https://dnsk.work/work/research-hub): ResearchHub is a platform built to change how science is shared – faster, more open, and built around real collaboration. From token-based tipping to topic-specific hubs, the product encourages researchers to build in public and move science forward.
- [A Data-Sharing Hub for Deutsche Telekom](https://dnsk.work/work/deutsche-telekom): Deutsche Telekom’s Innovation Labs set out to unify how data was accessed and used across national companies. The portal bridges the gap between data scientists and business stakeholders, enabling faster insight and scalable knowledge sharing.
- [DERE Portal for The American Dental Association](https://dnsk.work/work/dere-portal-for-the-american-dental-association): The American Dental Association set out to change how dental practices use real-world data launching DERE, the first national platform built to improve patient outcomes through smarter insights.
- [The ASH Research Collaborative](https://dnsk.work/work/the-ash-research-collaborative): The ASH Research Collaborative (ASH RC) is a nonprofit accelerating research and care for blood diseases like Sickle Cell Disease and Multiple Myeloma.
- [Research Staff Portal for IQVIA](https://dnsk.work/work/research-staff-portal-for-iqvia): Prometheus Research (now IQVIA) partnered with us to design their Research Staff Portal: an integrated data management platform powering clinical trial operations.

## Recent writing
- [A Guide to Fixing the Website Your AI Builder Made – for Founders Who Shipped Fast and Now Can't Change a Thing](https://dnsk.work/blog/a-guide-to-fixing-the-website-your-ai-builder-made): Built a site with an AI builder and it looks done but gets no leads? What's actually wrong, why a rebuild rarely fixes it, and what fixing it costs.
- [AI Slop Gave You a Job Nobody Named. You Work It Every Night.](https://dnsk.work/blog/ai-slop-gave-you-a-job-nobody-named-you-work-it-every-night): AI slop didn't add to your job. It invented a new one – unnamed, unapproved, unpaid, and waiting for you every night and most of the weekend.
- [New on Built In: we're in the AI design slop era](https://dnsk.work/blog/were-in-the-ai-design-slop-era-heres-what-that-means)
- [A Guide to Web Design Services for Small Businesses in 2026 That Assumes You've Already Wasted Money on One](https://dnsk.work/blog/a-guide-to-web-design-services-for-small-businesses-in-2026-that-assumes-youve-already-wasted-money-on-one): Your last website looked fine and did nothing. Here's why – what actually changed in 2026, what's coming in 2027, and the one question to answer before commissioning another one.
- [A Guide to Web Design and SEO in 2026 When AI Wrote Half the Content and Google Still Doesn't Trust You](https://dnsk.work/blog/a-guide-to-web-design-and-seo-in-2026-when-ai-wrote-half-the-content-and-google-still-doesnt-trust-you): Every technical SEO checklist is identical now. What ranks in 2026 is in the design layer – entity signals, attribution, trust.
- [A Guide to the Web Design Process for People Whose Last Designer Was an AI Agent](https://dnsk.work/blog/a-guide-to-the-web-design-process-for-people-whose-last-designer-was-an-ai-agent): The web design process exists for a reason. Six steps, what each one actually produces, how long it takes, and why skipping them is why your site looks fine and converts nobody
- [A Website Redesign Isn't a Rebrand. I Confused the Two.](https://dnsk.work/blog/a-website-redesign-isn-t-a-rebrand-i-confused-the-two): A UX designer who fixes other people's positioning problems spent two years avoiding her own. New site is up. Lessons were learned. Several Figma files were closed in shame.
- [Your UX Design Competitive Analysis Is Thorough, Accurate, and Completely Useless](https://dnsk.work/blog/your-ux-design-competitive-analysis-is-thorough-accurate-and-completely-useless): Why most UX design competitive analysis work expires before it gets used. Expensive lessons from a 74-slide deck, a market that moved, and conclusions nobody was allowed to question.
- [If Your Portfolio Was Made With AI Tools for UX Design, Show Me One Decision You Made](https://dnsk.work/blog/if-your-portfolio-was-made-with-ai-tools-for-ux-design-show-me-one-decision-you-made): Contractors I've stopped recommending and why. Expensive lessons from portfolios full of AI-generated screens, zero design decisions, and one $6,800 rework bill.
- [If Your Brief Includes a UX Design Skills List, I Already Know How This Project Ends](https://dnsk.work/blog/if-your-brief-includes-a-ux-design-skills-list-i-already-know-how-this-project-ends): Projects I decline and why. Expensive lessons from briefs with 14-skill UX design skills lists, impossible requirements, and clients who think checklists replace thinking.
- [The AI Checker Said 100%. The Article Was Written in 1999](https://dnsk.work/blog/the-ai-checker-said-100-the-article-was-written-in-1999): The ai checker flagged it at 100%. The policy applied. The piece was written in 1999. On false positives, broken tools, and the editorial infrastructure built around them.
- [New on Product Coalition: AI said my design was fine. Was it?](https://dnsk.work/blog/new-on-product-coalition-ai-said-my-design-was-fine-was-it)
- [UX Research vs UX Design: Two Departments, One Report Nobody Read](https://dnsk.work/blog/ux-research-vs-ux-design-two-departments-one-report-nobody-read): The UX research vs UX design debate assumes a feedback loop exists. In most companies, it doesn't. Research runs. Design ships. The report is in Confluence
- [UX Design Mistakes That Don't Show Up in Figma: Six Data Fingerprints](https://dnsk.work/blog/ux-design-mistakes-that-dont-show-up-in-figma-six-data-fingerprints): The UX design mistakes that survive every review only reveal themselves in data. Six patterns, each with a specific fingerprint in your analytics
- [The UI UX Design Portfolio Is a Story Designers Tell Themselves](https://dnsk.work/blog/the-ui-ux-design-portfolio-is-a-story-designers-tell-themselves): You spent three weeks on the UI UX design portfolio. The reviewer had a 3pm meeting. Here's what actually happens to that work.
- [New on HackerNoon: your AI designer has never disagreed with you](https://dnsk.work/blog/new-on-hackernoon-your-ai-designer-has-never-disagreed-with-you)
- [UX Design 101: The Official Curriculum and the 2026 Translation](https://dnsk.work/blog/ux-design-101-the-official-curriculum-and-the-2026-translation): Every UX design 101 course covers research, wireframes, and prototyping. Here's what those fundamentals actually mean in practice – and the part no course teaches
- [UX Design Entry Level Jobs Don't Develop Junior Designers. They Filter for Survivors](https://dnsk.work/blog/ux-design-entry-level-jobs-dont-develop-junior-designers-they-filter-for-survivors): UX design entry level jobs promise the start of a career. They deliver the same dynamics as the internship – less oversight, same disposability, slightly more money
- [I Wrote a Book About AI Sycophancy. I Didn't Use AI to Write It.](https://dnsk.work/blog/i-wrote-a-book-about-ai-sycophancy-i-didnt-use-ai-to-write-it): Using AI to write a book about AI sycophancy would have been ironic in the wrong way. Here's what 'Looks Good to Me' is actually about, and why it took 115 pages.
- [UX Design Internships Taught Designers Their Work Was Disposable. AI Confirmed It.](https://dnsk.work/blog/ux-design-internships-taught-designers-their-work-was-disposable-ai-confirmed-it): UX design internships didn't fail junior designers. They graduated them perfectly, trained to accept exactly how this industry values design work.
- [Top UI UX Design Agency Rankings Are Pay-to-Play and You're Being Played](https://dnsk.work/blog/top-ui-ux-design-agency-rankings-are-pay-to-play-and-youre-being-played): Every 'top UI UX design agency' list on Clutch, DesignRush, and Goodfirms is a commercial arrangement. Here's exactly how the game works
- [Wireframes: The Grayscale Lies We Tell Before the Real Design Happens](https://dnsk.work/blog/wireframes-the-grayscale-lies-we-tell-before-the-real-design-happens): The wireframes looked perfect. Clean navigation. Clear hierarchy. Logical flow. Three stakeholders approved everything in 45 minutes. "This is exactly
- [MVP Pricing UX: Why Your 'Free Trial First' Strategy Is Killing Activation](https://dnsk.work/blog/mvp-pricing-ux-why-your-free-trial-first-strategy-is-killing-activation): 5.9% trial-to-paid conversion. Not an onboarding problem — a pricing UX issue. Why free-trial-first strategies kill activation before users hit the paywall.
- [New on Built In: training won't fix bad AI design](https://dnsk.work/blog/training-wont-fix-bad-ai-design)
- [Product Designer vs UX Designer: Made-Up Titles for the Same Confused Job](https://dnsk.work/blog/product-designer-vs-ux-designer-made-up-titles-for-the-same-confused-job): The job posting said "Product Designer." Responsibilities included: user research, wireframing, prototyping, visual design, design systems, stakeholder
- [Every Design Agency in New York Claims They Specialize in SaaS. They're Lying.](https://dnsk.work/blog/every-design-agency-in-new-york-claims-they-specialize-in-saas-theyre-lying): December 2025. Video call. Client (B2B workflow automation SaaS, 8-person team, Series A): "We just spent $210,000 with a design agency in New York. Six
- [Tanya wrote about AI model collapse for ACM](https://dnsk.work/blog/when-ai-tools-train-on-ai-output-model-collapse-in-daily-workflows)
- [Your UX Writer Joined Too Late and Now Everything Needs Rewriting](https://dnsk.work/blog/your-ux-writer-joined-too-late-and-now-everything-needs-rewriting): The UX writer opened the staging site. Clicked through the onboarding flow. First button said "Proceed to Next Step." Second screen: "Click Here to
- [New guest post on Startup Nation – UX before you build your first SaaS](https://dnsk.work/blog/what-founders-need-to-know-about-product-ux-before-building-their-first-saas)
- [Tanya spoke at Venture Café London](https://dnsk.work/blog/speaking-at-venture-cafe-london)
- [Why SaaS UX Debt Costs More Than Technical Debt (And How to Fix It Before Series B)](https://dnsk.work/blog/why-saas-ux-debt-costs-more-than-technical-debt-and-how-to-fix-it-before-series-b): I've been designing products for enterprise SaaS companies for eight years. Deutsche Telekom, IQVIA, D.E. Shaw Group. The kind of products where a bad UX
- [Favourite Design interviewed Tanya on design practice](https://dnsk.work/blog/interview-favourite-design)
- [DNSK /now is on nownownow.com](https://dnsk.work/blog/dnsk-listed-on-nownownowcom)
- [Tanya joined the seat.fm podcast to talk UX band-aids](https://dnsk.work/blog/podcast-ux-band-aids-that-hide-real-problems)
- [Tanya has a Grokipedia page now](https://dnsk.work/blog/tanya-donska-grokipedia-profile)
- [UX Strategist: The Only Job Where Saying 'It Depends' Is Considered Expertise](https://dnsk.work/blog/ux-strategist-the-only-job-where-saying-it-depends-is-considered-expertise): The UX strategist's final deliverable was a 31-page PDF titled "Strategic UX Framework for Multi-Audience Dashboard Optimization." Page 8 had a Venn
- [Authority Magazine interviewed Tanya on the future of work](https://dnsk.work/blog/interview-preparing-for-the-future-of-work-authority-magazine)
- [Guest post on Mind the Product – influencing product when you are not the PM](https://dnsk.work/blog/how-to-influence-product-decisions-when-youre-not-the-pm)
- [BuzzFeed asked Tanya about working from home. She had thoughts.](https://dnsk.work/blog/things-nobody-tells-you-about-working-from-home)
- [You Need This UX Work by Friday (It's Thursday and You Just Sent the Brief)](https://dnsk.work/blog/you-need-this-ux-work-by-friday-its-thursday-and-you-just-sent-the-brief): Got a Slack message Tuesday afternoon. 2:47pm. "Quick question – can you design our new checkout flow by Friday? Just needs to look clean. We're launching

## About
- [About](https://dnsk.work/about): Why DNSK.WORK exists, how it works, and what past clients said about it. The short version: neither agencies nor freelancers. The long version is on this page. DNSK.WORK by Tanya Donska
- [Tanya Donska](https://dnsk.work/about/tanya-donska): Tanya Donska. UX/UI designer, founder of DNSK.WORK, Awwwards jury member since 2019. The kind of designer who leaves Figma comments before the call ends

## Contact
- [Get in touch](https://dnsk.work/contact): Project enquiries, partnership questions, and general contact.