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Strategy, craft, and 15 years of practice.

I'm a senior multidisciplinary designer based in Zagreb. I help teams ship digital products and brand systems that feel as considered as they function.

Portrait of Filip Gal
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[01] BACKGROUND

I started in classical guitar performance at the Vienna Academy. That discipline — daily practice, attention to phrasing, structural thinking — still shapes how I approach design today. After Vienna I moved through design studios in London, Zagreb, and Belgrade, working with clients including Kaufland, Siegwerk, Muraplast, and Denon, before founding GALLAXI in 2024.

[02] TODAY

I run GALLAXI as a focused studio practice for selected clients across Europe. My work spans the full visual stack: product UI, design systems, identity, web design and development, packaging, photography, and video. I work in English, Croatian, and German.

[03] HOW I WORK

I take projects end-to-end — strategy, design, and delivery. I don't specialise by deliverable; I specialise by problem. The best work happens when one designer can move between research, system, surface, and motion without handing off between disciplines.

I design and code. I deploy and maintain the sites I build — WordPress, Webflow, or hand-coded Astro — and stay on as a retainer when clients want one source of truth instead of a handoff chain.

[04] OUTSIDE WORK

I still play classical guitar. I shoot regularly — landscape, street, and commercial. I read about systems thinking, type history, and Eastern European design heritage. These things show up in the work, even when I don't plan for them to.

Winter lake under bare branches — Maksimir Autumn forest bridge Vienna in black and white — Stephansplatz horse carriage Autumn red canopy — Tuškanac → See selected photography

PRODUCT

  • UX research
  • Information architecture
  • Wireframing & prototyping
  • UI design
  • Design systems
  • Developer hand-off

BRAND

  • Identity systems
  • Logo & wordmark
  • Brand guidelines
  • Packaging
  • Editorial & print
  • Campaign design

WEB

  • Design (Figma)
  • Development (Astro, Webflow, WordPress)
  • SEO setup
  • Performance optimisation
  • Accessibility
  • Maintenance

IMAGE

  • Commercial photography
  • Stock photography (10K+ catalogue)
  • Portrait & product
  • Event coverage
  • Light video / motion
  1. 2024 — Today
    Founder & Principal Designer · GALLAXI Studio · Zagreb
  2. 2023 — 2025
    Graphic & Media Design Specialist · Vacom d.o.o. · Zagreb
  3. 2023
    Designer & Technical Support · Arben Grafični Sistemi · prepress · Zagreb
  4. 2022 — 2023
    UX/UI & Graphic Designer · Borovac & Bence · Zagreb
  5. 2018 — 2021
    Designer & Photographer · Digital Specialists + parallel freelance · London, UK
  6. 2014 — 2018
    Freelance Photographer · Shutterstock · Dreamstime · iStock — 10K+ commercial sales · Global
  7. 2010 — 2015
    Classical Guitar Performance · mdw — Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien · Vienna
    Freelance design & photography in parallel

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Master CV · English · updated 2026