Product designer

Aleksander Maznichenko • Peerlist

Photos, personal letters, and testimonies from people living along the Georgia / South Ossetia border — known locally as the "Zone of Fear." I joined as a freelance web designer and developer. My task was not to explain or narrate, but to frame the material in a way that does it justice. What I built: * An editorial-style grid layout inspired by print magazine spreads, designed to pace reading and let the visuals speak * Bilingual typography (English & Russian) — full typographic fine-tuning and language-aware rendering across both scripts * A responsive site optimized for desktop and mobile, including low-height screen adaptation * End-to-end development and deployment on Framer The subject is heavy, and I knew from the start that this website would not be one I'd be eager to revisit casually. That's exactly why the design had to be quiet, deliberate, and unwavering.

The Sorrows of This Field Are Yours : Documen

<h3>How well do you know what Russian censorship has banned this week? </h3><p>Babushka Quiz is a satirical quiz from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline link" href="https://novayagazeta.eu/en"><strong>Novaya Gazeta Europe</strong></a>, and it doesn't open like a quiz. It opens like a scam: an inheritance letter in your Junk folder, from a grandmother you've never met, warning that other greedy cousins are already proving their claim. Click through and you're in a chat with Marusya Petrovna, who just wants to check that you really are her grandson. Twelve questions drawn from a pool of fifty; every answer comes back with her verdict and a hand-drawn sticker. </p><p>The site is entirely static — no database, no trackers, no cookies. Readers leave no trace on any server, which is also why it needs no consent banner: there is nothing to consent to. </p><p>Concept, art direction and development by Aleksander Maznichenko.</p>