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Hello, career switchers! I want to know you

Updated 21 January 2022

4 min readSep 21, 2021

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I’ll stop learning when I’m dead

In a busy Farringdon pub on a Thursday night, my colleagues and I talk about everything under the sun — but more often than not, about how…

6 min readMar 10, 2024

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Tania Ostanina

The Ghost of Architecture

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (to be precise, up until three years ago here in London), I used to be an architect.

6 min readJul 13, 2022

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The Dark Wave, 2022

DISCLAIMER

3 min readApr 10, 2022

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Climate Stories, or how designing a mobile phone app helped me learn about climate psychology…

PREVIOUS IN SERIES: Part I — A soup with three ingredients

9 min readJul 29, 2022

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A podcast interview with me: the Business of Architecture UK

I’m going to take a break from my mini-blog project to announce that the podcast I was talking about at the end of last year is finally up!

2 min readJan 29, 2022

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Climate Stories, or how designing a mobile phone app helped me learn about climate psychology (Part…

This story is part of a mini-blog series showcasing my MSc dissertation in Human-Computer Interaction Design at City, University of London…

12 min readJan 4, 2022

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Still Standing

This blog has started as a living document of my journey from architecture to UX. I am happy to keep it this way for the time being — I…

4 min readSep 20, 2021

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"Also, candidates might have different life circumstances.

A child-free 20-year old who is between jobs, can afford to spend 18 hours per day on a challenge that I, as an older, full-time-employed…

1 min readMay 25, 2021

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Birmingham plane & Swiss cheese | Understanding what really causes system accidents

In this Friday’s news, a Tui plane took off precariously from the Birmingham airport, because the pilot underestimated the plane’s weight…

4 min readApr 10, 2021

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Birmingham plane & Swiss cheese | Understanding what really causes system accidents

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Tania Ostanina

Tania Ostanina

A UX designer who has switched from architecture. I write about UX, design, architecture, art, and the social impact of technology.

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