Portrait of Silke Voigts wearing glasses and an orange scarf.
  • Design Technologist
  • Maker
  • Artist
  • Nerd
  • Traveller

Designing across AI, data and systems

Craft leadership, end to end

As a Principal Product Designer, I work across AI-powered and data-rich products, with a particular focus on making complexity feel simple through strong interaction patterns, visual hierarchy and a deep understanding of Gestalt principles. I have particular depth in semantic search, design systems and product strategy, with vibe coding as a central tool for making product visions tangible and contributing directly to production code. My work spans early product direction, research and interaction design through to implementation, in close collaboration with Product, Engineering and Data Science.

I run on R G B

Digital has always been my first love. I’ve been making things on screens for as long as I can remember. I draw inspiration from everywhere, especially where computers meet craft. 3D printing still feels a bit like a Star Trek replicator. Creative drive follows me everywhere — and occasionally haunts me. It turns into code, 3D art, data tools, painting, sewing, linoprint and whatever catches my curiosity next.

Screenshot of an interactive Equal Earth map projection lab showing a world map, projection controls, a small rotating globe and formula sliders comparing Equal Earth with Mercator.
  • Vibe coded
  • Data visualisation
  • Map projection

Equal Earth

A small interactive map lab showing how Mercator distorts scale — and why Equal Earth makes Africa appear at its proper size.

Explore the map
  • Tiny fixes
  • 3D printing
  • Everyday systems

Small problem, custom-printed solution

A small everyday friction translated into a custom 3D-printed object — from need to model to physical solution.

Pixel-art interpretation of a starry night in blue, yellow and green.
  • Hand coded
  • Image processing

8-bit van Gogh

Turning pixel images into instructions for making them by hand.

Check it out
  • Tiny fixes
  • Problem solving
  • 2D to 3D

Engineering a place for the cookie

A flat sheet, a cutting machine and one oddly specific storage problem — solved in cardboard.

  • Printmaking
  • Packaging
  • Handmade system

A handmade packaging system

A handmade lino-print texture turned into a repeatable packaging system.

  • Sketching
  • Watercolour
  • Perspective

From sketch to watercolour

A small study in structure, perspective and the discipline of not overworking things.

A small custom cookie holder being made and used.
  • Vibe coded
  • Schedule
  • FIFA World Cup

Matchwatch

I got tired of checking five different places for matches, scores and broadcasts — so I designed and built Matchwatch.

Check it out!
  • Tiny fixes
  • Laser cutting
  • Repair

Repairing instead of replacing

A broken sledge part recreated and laser-cut from wood instead of replacing the whole thing.

  • Conference
  • Tech culture
  • Community

Chaos Communication Congress

A temporary city of hackers, artists, activists and beautifully nerdy ideas — right in Hamburg.

  • Tiny fixes
  • Organisation
  • Making

Turning chaos into a system

A custom holder that turns loose pens into a small, usable organisation system.

  • Sewing
  • Self-drafted
  • Ambiguity

Designing from scratch under ambiguity

No pattern, no instructions — just one desired outcome. Turns out, vampires are terrible at documentation.

  • 3D
  • Character art
  • Blender

Studying character through 3D

A Blender study in shape, proportion and character. I always forget its name.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Tool design
  • Canvas UI
  • SVG tool

Adapixel

A compact canvas app exploring toolbars, colour states, project files and SVG export in a playful pixel editor.

Go pixel!
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Generative art
  • Code
  • Pattern system

Where code gets to play

A hand-coded pattern generator where simple rules make room for surprise, play and endless visual variation.

Download yours!
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Data viz
  • SVG export
  • Hand coded

Donut chart generator

One of many tiny tools I’ve built to make data easier to see, share and reuse.

Make your own donut
Randomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Generative art
  • Pattern system
  • Hand coded

Random geometric tiles

A hand-coded generator for modular geometric patterns.

Generate now!
  • Crochet
  • Architecture
  • Algorithms

Crocheting is algorithmic

Feels like a sweet hobby. Runs on geometry, repetition and algorithmic change.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • React
  • Interaction design
  • Component

Designing a better tag input

A hand-coded React tag-input pattern focused on clarity, feedback and satisfying interaction.

Create yours
  • Tiny fixes
  • Digital fabrication
  • 3D printing

Designing order into a messy system

A custom 3D-printed insert system that turns sewing clutter into a usable, modular setup.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Data viz
  • SVG export
  • Hand coded

Line chart generator

A hand-coded charting tool for turning multi-series data into clean, editable SVG line charts.

Create yours
  • Blender
  • Rapid making
  • Paper art

From 3D idea to real-world object

A one-day making sprint: turning a 3D idea into papercraft and a real-world object — for the kind of client who asks for magic.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Codepen
  • Editorial design
  • Hand coded

The CodePen that never stopped travelling

An early hand-coded editorial layout experiment that became my most-viewed CodePen, with 153k+ views and ongoing recognition years later.

Read the paper
Screenshot of an interactive Equal Earth map projection lab showing a world map, projection controls, a small rotating globe and formula sliders comparing Equal Earth with Mercator.
  • Vibe coded
  • Data visualisation
  • Map projection

Equal Earth

A small interactive map lab showing how Mercator distorts scale — and why Equal Earth makes Africa appear at its proper size.

Explore the map
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • React
  • Interaction design
  • Component

Designing a better tag input

A hand-coded React tag-input pattern focused on clarity, feedback and satisfying interaction.

Create yours
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Generative art
  • Code
  • Pattern system

Where code gets to play

A hand-coded pattern generator where simple rules make room for surprise, play and endless visual variation.

Download yours!
  • Conference
  • Tech culture
  • Community

Chaos Communication Congress

A temporary city of hackers, artists, activists and beautifully nerdy ideas — right in Hamburg.

  • Tiny fixes
  • Problem solving
  • 2D to 3D

Engineering a place for the cookie

A flat sheet, a cutting machine and one oddly specific storage problem — solved in cardboard.

  • Blender
  • Rapid making
  • Paper art

From 3D idea to real-world object

A one-day making sprint: turning a 3D idea into papercraft and a real-world object — for the kind of client who asks for magic.

  • Crochet
  • Architecture
  • Algorithms

Crocheting is algorithmic

Feels like a sweet hobby. Runs on geometry, repetition and algorithmic change.

  • 3D
  • Character art
  • Blender

Studying character through 3D

A Blender study in shape, proportion and character. I always forget its name.

A small custom cookie holder being made and used.
  • Vibe coded
  • Schedule
  • FIFA World Cup

Matchwatch

I got tired of checking five different places for matches, scores and broadcasts — so I designed and built Matchwatch.

Check it out!
  • Tiny fixes
  • 3D printing
  • Everyday systems

Small problem, custom-printed solution

A small everyday friction translated into a custom 3D-printed object — from need to model to physical solution.

  • Tiny fixes
  • Digital fabrication
  • 3D printing

Designing order into a messy system

A custom 3D-printed insert system that turns sewing clutter into a usable, modular setup.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Data viz
  • SVG export
  • Hand coded

Donut chart generator

One of many tiny tools I’ve built to make data easier to see, share and reuse.

Make your own donut
  • Tiny fixes
  • Organisation
  • Making

Turning chaos into a system

A custom holder that turns loose pens into a small, usable organisation system.

  • Printmaking
  • Packaging
  • Handmade system

A handmade packaging system

A handmade lino-print texture turned into a repeatable packaging system.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Codepen
  • Editorial design
  • Hand coded

The CodePen that never stopped travelling

An early hand-coded editorial layout experiment that became my most-viewed CodePen, with 153k+ views and ongoing recognition years later.

Read the paper
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Tool design
  • Canvas UI
  • SVG tool

Adapixel

A compact canvas app exploring toolbars, colour states, project files and SVG export in a playful pixel editor.

Go pixel!
  • Tiny fixes
  • Laser cutting
  • Repair

Repairing instead of replacing

A broken sledge part recreated and laser-cut from wood instead of replacing the whole thing.

Pixel-art interpretation of a starry night in blue, yellow and green.
  • Hand coded
  • Image processing

8-bit van Gogh

Turning pixel images into instructions for making them by hand.

Check it out
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Data viz
  • SVG export
  • Hand coded

Line chart generator

A hand-coded charting tool for turning multi-series data into clean, editable SVG line charts.

Create yours
Randomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Generative art
  • Pattern system
  • Hand coded

Random geometric tiles

A hand-coded generator for modular geometric patterns.

Generate now!
  • Sewing
  • Self-drafted
  • Ambiguity

Designing from scratch under ambiguity

No pattern, no instructions — just one desired outcome. Turns out, vampires are terrible at documentation.

  • Sketching
  • Watercolour
  • Perspective

From sketch to watercolour

A small study in structure, perspective and the discipline of not overworking things.

Screenshot of an interactive Equal Earth map projection lab showing a world map, projection controls, a small rotating globe and formula sliders comparing Equal Earth with Mercator.
  • Vibe coded
  • Data visualisation
  • Map projection

Equal Earth

A small interactive map lab showing how Mercator distorts scale — and why Equal Earth makes Africa appear at its proper size.

Explore the map
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Tool design
  • Canvas UI
  • SVG tool

Adapixel

A compact canvas app exploring toolbars, colour states, project files and SVG export in a playful pixel editor.

Go pixel!
  • Tiny fixes
  • 3D printing
  • Everyday systems

Small problem, custom-printed solution

A small everyday friction translated into a custom 3D-printed object — from need to model to physical solution.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Generative art
  • Code
  • Pattern system

Where code gets to play

A hand-coded pattern generator where simple rules make room for surprise, play and endless visual variation.

Download yours!
Pixel-art interpretation of a starry night in blue, yellow and green.
  • Hand coded
  • Image processing

8-bit van Gogh

Turning pixel images into instructions for making them by hand.

Check it out
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Data viz
  • SVG export
  • Hand coded

Donut chart generator

One of many tiny tools I’ve built to make data easier to see, share and reuse.

Make your own donut
  • Tiny fixes
  • Problem solving
  • 2D to 3D

Engineering a place for the cookie

A flat sheet, a cutting machine and one oddly specific storage problem — solved in cardboard.

Randomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Generative art
  • Pattern system
  • Hand coded

Random geometric tiles

A hand-coded generator for modular geometric patterns.

Generate now!
  • Printmaking
  • Packaging
  • Handmade system

A handmade packaging system

A handmade lino-print texture turned into a repeatable packaging system.

  • Crochet
  • Architecture
  • Algorithms

Crocheting is algorithmic

Feels like a sweet hobby. Runs on geometry, repetition and algorithmic change.

  • Sketching
  • Watercolour
  • Perspective

From sketch to watercolour

A small study in structure, perspective and the discipline of not overworking things.

A small custom cookie holder being made and used.
  • Vibe coded
  • Schedule
  • FIFA World Cup

Matchwatch

I got tired of checking five different places for matches, scores and broadcasts — so I designed and built Matchwatch.

Check it out!
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • React
  • Interaction design
  • Component

Designing a better tag input

A hand-coded React tag-input pattern focused on clarity, feedback and satisfying interaction.

Create yours
  • Tiny fixes
  • Laser cutting
  • Repair

Repairing instead of replacing

A broken sledge part recreated and laser-cut from wood instead of replacing the whole thing.

  • Tiny fixes
  • Digital fabrication
  • 3D printing

Designing order into a messy system

A custom 3D-printed insert system that turns sewing clutter into a usable, modular setup.

  • Conference
  • Tech culture
  • Community

Chaos Communication Congress

A temporary city of hackers, artists, activists and beautifully nerdy ideas — right in Hamburg.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Data viz
  • SVG export
  • Hand coded

Line chart generator

A hand-coded charting tool for turning multi-series data into clean, editable SVG line charts.

Create yours
  • Tiny fixes
  • Organisation
  • Making

Turning chaos into a system

A custom holder that turns loose pens into a small, usable organisation system.

  • Blender
  • Rapid making
  • Paper art

From 3D idea to real-world object

A one-day making sprint: turning a 3D idea into papercraft and a real-world object — for the kind of client who asks for magic.

  • Sewing
  • Self-drafted
  • Ambiguity

Designing from scratch under ambiguity

No pattern, no instructions — just one desired outcome. Turns out, vampires are terrible at documentation.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Codepen
  • Editorial design
  • Hand coded

The CodePen that never stopped travelling

An early hand-coded editorial layout experiment that became my most-viewed CodePen, with 153k+ views and ongoing recognition years later.

Read the paper
  • 3D
  • Character art
  • Blender

Studying character through 3D

A Blender study in shape, proportion and character. I always forget its name.

Screenshot of an interactive Equal Earth map projection lab showing a world map, projection controls, a small rotating globe and formula sliders comparing Equal Earth with Mercator.
  • Vibe coded
  • Data visualisation
  • Map projection

Equal Earth

A small interactive map lab showing how Mercator distorts scale — and why Equal Earth makes Africa appear at its proper size.

Explore the map
A small custom cookie holder being made and used.
  • Vibe coded
  • Schedule
  • FIFA World Cup

Matchwatch

I got tired of checking five different places for matches, scores and broadcasts — so I designed and built Matchwatch.

Check it out!
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Tool design
  • Canvas UI
  • SVG tool

Adapixel

A compact canvas app exploring toolbars, colour states, project files and SVG export in a playful pixel editor.

Go pixel!
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • React
  • Interaction design
  • Component

Designing a better tag input

A hand-coded React tag-input pattern focused on clarity, feedback and satisfying interaction.

Create yours
  • Tiny fixes
  • 3D printing
  • Everyday systems

Small problem, custom-printed solution

A small everyday friction translated into a custom 3D-printed object — from need to model to physical solution.

  • Tiny fixes
  • Laser cutting
  • Repair

Repairing instead of replacing

A broken sledge part recreated and laser-cut from wood instead of replacing the whole thing.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Generative art
  • Code
  • Pattern system

Where code gets to play

A hand-coded pattern generator where simple rules make room for surprise, play and endless visual variation.

Download yours!
  • Tiny fixes
  • Digital fabrication
  • 3D printing

Designing order into a messy system

A custom 3D-printed insert system that turns sewing clutter into a usable, modular setup.

Pixel-art interpretation of a starry night in blue, yellow and green.
  • Hand coded
  • Image processing

8-bit van Gogh

Turning pixel images into instructions for making them by hand.

Check it out
  • Conference
  • Tech culture
  • Community

Chaos Communication Congress

A temporary city of hackers, artists, activists and beautifully nerdy ideas — right in Hamburg.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Data viz
  • SVG export
  • Hand coded

Donut chart generator

One of many tiny tools I’ve built to make data easier to see, share and reuse.

Make your own donut
Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Data viz
  • SVG export
  • Hand coded

Line chart generator

A hand-coded charting tool for turning multi-series data into clean, editable SVG line charts.

Create yours
  • Tiny fixes
  • Problem solving
  • 2D to 3D

Engineering a place for the cookie

A flat sheet, a cutting machine and one oddly specific storage problem — solved in cardboard.

  • Tiny fixes
  • Organisation
  • Making

Turning chaos into a system

A custom holder that turns loose pens into a small, usable organisation system.

Randomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Generative art
  • Pattern system
  • Hand coded

Random geometric tiles

A hand-coded generator for modular geometric patterns.

Generate now!
  • Blender
  • Rapid making
  • Paper art

From 3D idea to real-world object

A one-day making sprint: turning a 3D idea into papercraft and a real-world object — for the kind of client who asks for magic.

  • Printmaking
  • Packaging
  • Handmade system

A handmade packaging system

A handmade lino-print texture turned into a repeatable packaging system.

  • Sewing
  • Self-drafted
  • Ambiguity

Designing from scratch under ambiguity

No pattern, no instructions — just one desired outcome. Turns out, vampires are terrible at documentation.

  • Crochet
  • Architecture
  • Algorithms

Crocheting is algorithmic

Feels like a sweet hobby. Runs on geometry, repetition and algorithmic change.

Radomness has always been my favourite art tool
  • Codepen
  • Editorial design
  • Hand coded

The CodePen that never stopped travelling

An early hand-coded editorial layout experiment that became my most-viewed CodePen, with 153k+ views and ongoing recognition years later.

Read the paper
  • Sketching
  • Watercolour
  • Perspective

From sketch to watercolour

A small study in structure, perspective and the discipline of not overworking things.

  • 3D
  • Character art
  • Blender

Studying character through 3D

A Blender study in shape, proportion and character. I always forget its name.