Canvas

Summary

Canvas, a startup based in San Francisco, backed by Sequoia, hired me to design a UI/UX of an app which makes it easy for companies to create dashboards, without coding, using data in other apps and databases.

Old design

This was Canvas product design before I started redesigning it. Some of the main problems were that it looked outdated, it was not easy to figure out how to use and what's possible to do with it, and it was not possible to quickly move from one dashboard to another — user had to click 3-4 times just to go to another dashboard.

New design

A few mockups from my redesign of Canvas product. To make it easy to go from one dashboard to another, CEO of Canvas suggested making it similar to Notion, where user can click on each dashboard in a sidebar to be able to go to another dashboard in 1 click. Overall, I focused on making it easy for users to create, find and use dashboards, and made it visually more simple and minimal so user can focus on data and insights rather than having the UI get in the way of what they want to do and distract them.

Results

After changes were implemented, Canvas became #1 product of the month on ProductHunt.

Luke Zapart

CEO at Canvas

"Adis acted as a true founding designer on our team. He needs very little direction, and I have honestly never met anyone this proactive, productive, and pragmatic at the same time. He has a real knack for UX design, and seeing user problems before they occur.

He's basically the startup CEO's dream. He redesigned the v2 of our app from the ground up, knowing exactly what to redo, as if he was an expert in our domain (data analytics). We received raving reviews of the redesign from both existing and new users, and I believe it was instrumental in us getting #1 on Product Hunt."