https://kkania.com/writing.html Essays and case studies on UX research, design, and management by Krzysztof Kania. en Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kkania.com/work/hardcore-gamer-study.html https://kkania.com/work/hardcore-gamer-study.html Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An in-depth interview study with the hardcore players of a hardcore genre, for one of the world's largest game companies. Why recruiting real pros and sourcing the hardware was the hard part. https://kkania.com/writing/redefining-ux-in-practice.html https://kkania.com/writing/redefining-ux-in-practice.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A commissioned study arrived as Figma screenshots in a PowerPoint. How AI, twenty years of reading code, and my own research platform turned it into a live prototype before the kickoff call. https://kkania.com/writing/redefining-ux-in-light-of-ai.html https://kkania.com/writing/redefining-ux-in-light-of-ai.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An honest reckoning with AI - what it takes from the craft, what it can't touch, and why the human factor is still the whole job. https://kkania.com/work/confectionery-shopping-study.html https://kkania.com/work/confectionery-shopping-study.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 A large-scale 2022 remote study of how US shoppers buy confectionery online versus in store, for a major candy manufacturer. https://kkania.com/work/building-research-practice.html https://kkania.com/work/building-research-practice.html Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 How I built and led StepStone Continental Europe's UX research practice from 2015 - competency profiles and hiring, a qual-led continuous-monitoring framework, embedded researcher-designer dyads, and a closed discovery-to-monitoring loop across five European markets.