My name is Maria Knyazeva, and I am a multidisciplinary designer: I work with digital fashion, AR, UX/UI design, illustration, animation, and neural networks. A year ago, I graduated from the «Interactive Design» program at the HSE Art and Design School. I took a gap year and have since worked as a freelance web and UX/UI designer.
Education:2019–2021 — HSE Lyceum, Design
2021–2025 — HSE Art and Design School, Animation and Illustration, Interactive Design
2022–2024 — Minor in «Contemporary Art, ” Garage Museum of Contemporary Art;
2023 — Course in „Digital Fashion, ” Shcholok Online School;
2026 — Course in „Middle/Senior UX/UI Designer, ” Uprock Online School;Work Experience:2023–2026 — Freelancer, UX/UI and Web Designer. Worked on web applications, landing pages, and multi-page websites.
Digital Fashion + AR
Main Characters
An application that creates digital outfits based on online pop culture quizzes. The project highlights the fragmentation of identity in the digital age, where tastes in media become the foundation of one’s personality and a means of belonging to a community.
Propp’s Props
A series of augmented reality filters exploring how the hero’s journey and self-discovery can be visualized in the modern world through the reimagining of fairy tale motifs.
Pressure Points
A collection of digital garments centered on female rage. Each look is built around a piece of clothing that restricts movement—for example, a voluminous sleeve or collar.
UX/UI
Fruit in Frost
Website and visual identity for a frozen fruit online store. The project’s goal was to rethink the product category through design. Frozen fruits are often presented as cheap commodities, but Fruit In Frost frames the freeze as a way to preserve the moment of peak ripeness. Based on the brand’s philosophy, the primary source of visual inspiration was the Dutch still life painting of the 17th century, whose artists aimed to capture a fleeting moment in time when the fruit was at its peak maturity.
Noctra