I make things.
Some load, some dry.
UX/UI designer and artist based in Riga, open to work in Stockholm.
Hello
I'm Lāsma — a curious Latvian artist, a designer in the making, and someone who'd rather be out in nature on the weekend than anywhere else.
I've spent 3+ years shaping UX/UI for one brand, but really, creativity has been my companion for 20+ years. Textile design and painting taught me to see texture, feel rhythm, and obsess over the little details that make a product sing.
UX/UI
By day, UX/UI design is my craft and career. I'm a UX/UI generalist, translating messy complexity into interfaces that are clear, friendly, and oddly satisfying to use. Over the past 3+ years, that's meant owning research, information architecture, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes end-to-end — building things that don't just function, but genuinely make people's day a little easier.
I'm currently open to freelance projects and full-time opportunities alike, and eager for my next chapter to unfold in Stockholm.
Let's make things people actually enjoy!
Ravētava
I recently launched my own studio, Ravētava — a cozy, hands-on space for people who want to stretch their fingers after work and create something with their hands.
It started as a simple idea: after years of working through screens, I wanted a place where creativity could be slow, tactile, and a little messy again. Ravētava became that place — a studio where I teach paper flower making, craft paper lamps, and wool felting, guiding people through techniques that trace back to my own training as a textile designer.
Running masterclasses here means owning every part of the process, from curriculum and creative direction to the everyday realities of running a small business. But more than anything, it's about the people who walk through the door — many arriving unsure if they're "creative enough," and leaving with something they made entirely with their own hands. I've learned that the goal was never to teach perfect technique. It's to help people set their imagination free, and walk away with something meaningful, something truly their own.
Liesma
Long before UX entered my life, painting was how I made sense of the world. I signed my works as Liesma, that is how my friends started to call me in my first solo exposition. (In Latvian Liesma means flame.) I trained as a painter at the Art Academy of Latvia, working large-scale in oil on wood panels I cut and prepared myself — a process that taught me as much about patience and material as it did about color and composition.
Over the years, painting has become less about capturing what I see, and more about exploring what I remember, imagine, or wish existed. My Master's thesis, Saderība, and an earlier series, Empty Film, both grew from that instinct — one rooted in botanical curiosity and imagined connections between plants, the other in memory, loss, and the fragments left behind by an empty camera roll.
Let’s talk
Whether it's pixels or paper flowers, I'm always up for a new project.
