Elevate Your Business
with Expert App Design
Get a fully custom UX/UI app design tailored to your vision, including all essential assets and documentation to seamlessly kick off your development process.
More than UX/UI design
At Wizard Cat Design, we mix smart UX/UI design, eye-catching visuals, and solid project management to create work that looks great and works great. Our mission? Designs that are as practical as they are pretty—easy for devs to build and aligned with your business needs. That means smoother handoffs, less surprises, and cheaper development.
My app design process
DISCOVERY
Define the core idea, features, business goals, and scope.
Design
Translate ideas into intuitive interfaces via mockups that focus on usability, clarity, and visual appeal.
PROTOTYPE
Build an interactive prototype to simulate the app experience. Validates flows so we can refine before development.
Handover
Deliver developer-ready design assets and documentation detailing styling and feature behaviour.
Client Projects
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ConsultMD | UX/UI Designer, Project Manager, Product Manager
A medical web app for general physicians to request consultations from specialists for rapid patient care.
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Taste the City | UX/UI Designer, Project Manager, Product Manager
A booking app for folks to reserve curated tasting events.
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MyLeader360 | UX/UI Designer, Project Manager, Product Manager
A web app for conducting leadership surveys + reports.
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Calgary Economic Development WIL Catalog | UX/UI Designer, Project Manager
A web app for organizations and businesses to find suitable students for work-integrated learning opportunities.
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Public Art Map (PAM) | UX/UI Designer
A web app for discovering public art and guided tours in Calgary, Alberta.
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Digitote | UX/UI Designer & Product Manager
A project management app for media agencies and social media influencers.
Design Services
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App Design
Wizard Cat Design works with you to conceptualize, refine, and design, your app or website and includes flowcharts, wireframes, mockups, clickable prototype, and everything you need for development handover.
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CONSULTANT
Have an existing design or product and need professional insight to improve usability and functionality? I will review your product and work with you to enhance it.
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Wizard Cat Design creates logos, character design, and graphics for swag and marketing collateral to make your brand pop!
Benefits of working with Wizard Cat Design
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Manages a dev team
As a skilled UX/UI designer who leads a development team, I make sure your app's design is not only attractive but also practical, functional, and realistic.
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Product manager
As a product manager, I bridge the gap between user needs and business goals ensuring designs are not only beautiful, but strategically aligned.
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Proven Experience Across Industries
As a UX professional, I have designed over 10 successful apps spanning various industries. From healthcare to tasting events, I understand the unique challenges and opportunities each sector presents.
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Graphic Design and Brand Identity
With extensive experience in graphic design and a deep understanding of brand identity, I ensure your app not only looks stunning but also aligns with your brand’s vision. From logos and typography to cohesive colour schemes, I create designs that tell your story and strengthens brand loyalty.
About
Wizard Cat Design is Ryan Fairweather, an award-winning professional creative specializing in digital product design and project management.
Earning a BFA in glassblowing in 2005, Ryan started Bee Kingdom Glass, a glassblowing studio, with two other artists. Bee Kingdom Glass ran for 15 years and and exhibited in galleries and museums in cities including Athens, New York, Monterrey, Cheong-Ju, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Seattle and enjoyed residencies in Istanbul and Tacoma.
Ryan pivoted to tech in 2021 with a focus on UX/UI design and works as senior UX/UI designer and project manager at Pixeltree in Calgary, Alberta.
Ryan has a wife, a daughter, two rescue dogs, and likes cute shit, video games, yoga, music production, weightlifting, dogs, cats, pink, space, and sci-fi.
Achievements
8 apps launched (with more on the way!)
Avenue Magazine Top 40 Under 40
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award
Award for Artistic Excellence - Alberta Craft Council
1 published ghost story
20+ exhibitions national and international
2 magazine front covers
Featured in 3 art and design books
Pilchuck Glass School Centrepiece Designer
Guest speaker and artist at Berlin’s Pictoplasma Festival
2 huge inflatable characters designed for Beakerhead
Beltline Urban Mural Project muralist
1 electronic album
Services
UX/UI Design
Prototypes
Web Design
Graphic Design
Illustration
Branding
Past & Present Clients
Taste the City
Calgary Economic Development
Level52
ConsultMD
City of Calgary
Big Rock Brewery
Telus Science Centre
Mount Royal University
Snap Auto Wheels
GroovyLife