Daria Kudryavtseva

Web designer · In the business since 2021

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I'm quite a private person and at the same time a very open one, when it comes to topics and hobbies I love.

I spent my childhood with boys: I was the only girl in our yard, so my interests grew up boyish too. We played active games, were always climbing somewhere and went to motocross. When I started school, I realised things were somehow calmer among the girls.

I love nature, active sports, hiking in the mountains, greeting sunrises and seeing off sunsets.

It has always amazed me how, in fairly similar conditions, in the same surroundings and at the same time, such different people grow up, and how differently everyone sees things.

It annoys me when my settled views change because of a situation that doesn't depend on me.

There are mountains all around my home, and since childhood I'd watched guys ride down the road on cool bikes. I looked at them and dreamed that one day I'd ride down a mountain on one myself. The dream came true, and it was an unreal feeling.

If I had another life and could become anyone, I'd probably try the life of a hermit traveller or a surfer by the ocean.

I love myself for being demanding, diligent and responsible. If I make a promise, I know I'll keep it.

It's hard for me to open up to people. Sometimes I regret not being able to talk to interesting people because of my shyness.

I believe that something good always comes after something not so pleasant.

I often go away somewhere, but I always come back to the people close to me.

Beauty is what is in harmony with a person, an object or a place. It's a balance of the inner and the outer.

A person is a unit that walks its own path, changing direction and building itself up through mistakes and experience. Like a skeleton that walks through life and gathers mass, building a person out of itself.

Once, my "crazy" friend and I decided to climb snowy Chatyr-Dag at sunset and come down with a torch that was supposed to work.

I like films based on true stories.

I don't care about the weather outside. It has never stopped me.

I need enough money to be able to support my loved ones whatever the situation.

I don't feel joy watching a sunrise alone, but I can feel that moment through someone else's joy.

I don't know what I'd do without my mum.

I'm used to always having a four-legged friend by my side. I can't imagine my life without a dog.

I'd like to unlock my potential, take wider steps and be of use.

Relationships are there to support and understand each other, and to know you have someone to share the good and the bad moments with.

Most people live their lives by a template, the way others expect them to, and don't do what they really can and want to.

Since childhood, my circle has been made up of people who support me.

Usually, until I get closer to people, they think I'm strict and reserved. And then they're surprised that I'm actually sociable and know how to have fun.

Life is a series of choices we make every day.

Love is how you accept everything around you: yourself, the world, people and what you do. When you accept all of it completely, not just certain moments.

At the very start of my career as a designer, I joined a top company with almost zero experience. Within six months I grew to lead designer there, and some time later I came to Crazy Studio.

In seventh or eighth grade I made something in design for the first time, without even realising it was design.

I'd wish our clients never to keep ideas to themselves, to get in touch more often, to talk and share their expectations and feelings. Through dialogue we understand where to move.

A rigid brief dictated by the industry often kills the soul of a project.

In my work, I like turning people's ideas into a product that works properly and is useful to the user. I like knowing that we breathe life into an inanimate idea.

Thanks to my work, I get to know many fields and business niches. Each time it's like gaining experience in a new profession.

My strength is that I love difficulties. The harder the project, the more interesting it is for me to work on.

I'm glad I have a job I don't want to step away from for long.

When a hard project is finished, I feel satisfied, as if the backpack behind me has gained one more useful book.

The hardest projects are those where we're expected not to come up with interesting solutions, but to act as a tool in the client's hands.

Design is first and foremost a feeling and the transfer of an emotion. When a person sees a design, they should feel its mood. Emotion comes first; structure, animation and effects come second.

When I came into design, I expected a huge list of skills and duties. In fact, you just need to be a thinking person and want to learn.

What makes a project fail is the client's attitude: when they aren't passionate about it and don't want to make something new.

I'm ready to take on a project that inspires me for less money. In return, I'll pour my soul into it, recharge and be very happy.

My work is strongly affected by how I feel about myself, by the person I am when I come into that working day.