About

👋 I'm Daria, I’m a design leader, a culinary enthusiast, and an all-things-Ghibli lover from Toronto, Canada. I grew up in Moscow, where I discovered my creative spirit, fell in love with Scandinavian and Japanese aesthetics and inherited a deep affinity for all things potato. I am fortunate to have travelled the globe, but now I’m happy to call Toronto home.

At the age of 18, despite my parent’s wishes, I left a prestigious law school in favour of design education in Moscow. It was there that I tackled branding and identity work, photography, typesetting, and illustration. I was introduced to my now heroes Jan Tschichold, Erik Spiekermann, Paula Scher and Eddie Opara.

After graduating, I was fortunate to work with a variety of companies participating in a wide range of design projects. I am grateful to have worked alongside some incredibly talented and caring people from whom I gained a wealth of knowledge and who shaped me into the design leader I am today. 

I’m now a Senior UX Manager at Shopify. When I'm not at my desk, you can find me making sweet and savoury foods, baking sourdough, having adventures with my husband and my pup, and sometimes trading sheep for wood in Catan.

Want to design something together or just say hello? I'd love that, let's chat!