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Marketing Design

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Print Design

Ruby Bacanovic

Founder/Designer

Multidisciplinary designer with over 12 years of experience building thoughtful, award-winning, and high-impact design across brand, web, and digital products. I specialize in crafting strategic, user-centered design solutions that are both beautiful and functional, spanning early-stage startups to global brands.

I’ve worked independently and within global studios, agencies, and product teams, including Authentic, Elevate Labs, Graveflex, FIVE (now Endava), and PowerToFly. Through my independent practice, ONNO, I’ve partnered with clients like Google, REI, Juiced Bikes, GE, Magnolia Market, 2Betties, Avalanche, Best Made Company, and This Saves Lives—shaping brands, scaling products, and launching successful campaigns across web and mobile.

Most recently, at Authentic, I’ve designed elevated, conversion-focused websites for luxury real estate developments, creating scalable design systems, marketing assets, and brand collateral that help properties lease faster and stand out in competitive markets.

Previously, as Senior Product Designer at Elevate Labs, I led brand and product design for the Balance meditation app—from UX/UI across platforms to visual identity, growth campaigns, and social design. During my time there, Balance won Google’s Best App of 2021, multiple MUX Awards, and was featured three times by Apple. The app surpassed 25+ million users, earned a 4.9 App Store rating, and grew its social following from 100 to 200,000+.

Outside of client work, I’m the founder and curator of The Design Blog, a design platform that highlights inspiring design work from around the world.

Google’s Best App of 2021
2020 Award of Excellence by Communication Arts
3x MUX Award, 2019
Best Design Media Award by A’ Design & Awards, 2016
Best Poster Design at Behance Portfolio Reviews, 2013
App of the Day by Apple’s App Store, 2019, 2020
1x Honorable Mention by Awwwards
4x Featured in Interaction & Graphic Design by Behance
4x CSS Design Awards
3x Site of the day by CSSNectar
3rd Product of the Day by Product Hunt

2011 Designers Love Japan, Belgrade, SER
2011 Design Day, Zagreb, CRO
2011 Heart & Art Exhibition, Zagreb, CRO
2012 High5 at Mixer Festival, Belgrade, SER
2014 Plakatiranje, Zagreb, CRO
2014 Zabranjeno Plakatiranje Exhibition, Zagreb, CRO
2014 Guests in Lauba, Zagreb, CRO
2016 Croatian Design 1516, Zagreb, CRO
2016 UnderCover Exhbition, Zagreb, CRO

 

Los Logos 8 by Gestalten
LogoLounge Book 12
Muzli by Invision
Underconsideration
Communication Arts
Mindsparkle Mag
Creative Boom
Abduzeedo
Land-Book
Dribbble Weekly Replay
One Page Love
DesignTaxi
Toptal
AIGA
Vizkultura
Shopify Blog
Shutterstock Blog
Shillington Education