I'm Luděk ("Lood-yek")
My approach balances user needs with business goals. In other words, design should create value, not just look good.
From unpacking complex problems to delivering intuitive products, I enjoy challenges that demand a clear vision from start to finish. The bigger the challenge, the better.
I lead and mentor design teams with the same mindset. To me, good leadership is about offering clarity, empathy, transparency, and creating space for people to do their best work.
When designers feel supported and inspired to grow, great design naturally follows.
How I got here (the short version)
The Matrix flipped a switch for me. Before that, computers were just something to do after I had to quit tennis. Suddenly, I cared about how interfaces worked… and yes, I started wearing more black.
At 16, I built my first (very ugly) website in FrontPage: a fan site for The Matrix Reloaded, obviously. I skipped the traditional path: one semester of university, then straight into freelancing. I learned by doing, breaking things, and starting over.
No courses, no mentors—just View Source, reverse-engineering, and the thrill of discovering CSS Zen Garden and Cameron Moll's work. That's when I realized how technology, structure, and storytelling could come together to make something genuinely useful.
I was never "the artist." I cared about speed, clarity, and usability — about how good products are built, and why they work.
Off-screen
When I'm not leading design teams or thinking about product strategy, I try to spend time offline: reading or staring at buildings that somehow got approved.
I live in Prague, Czech republic. I'm into architecture (clean lines, a touch of brutalism, and well-worn Bauhaus books), stories in every form — music, games, and films (I even built a ludeon.app to keep track of everything I've watched).
Lately, though, "offline" often means diving deep into AI tools — experimenting in Cursor, playing with no-code, and building small things that make design work smoother.
I'm also into coffee, probably too much of it. And yes, I do enjoy a good Pilsen. Balance matters.