llnur Kalimullin

Product Designer living in Serbia

Issue #481 April 26, 2025

About

llnur Kalimullin is a design enthusiast with over 10 years of experience.

He is currently a Product Designer at Icons8 and Generated Media. He is behind the designs of almost all interfaces in the company, including Icons website, Illustration Generator, and Generated Photos that are seen and used by 1,500,000+ designers and developers around the world.

He has 50+ launches on Product Hunt with 21 of them finishing in the top 5 of the day.

Pomodoro timer. Physical one, not an app.

Photos

3 images

Gear

22 items

Lighting IKEA FLOTTILJ lamp Buy

Speakers IKEA FREKVENS portable speaker

Accessories Twist & Lock Blocks fidget toy Buy

Camera Pentax Spotmatic film camera

Accessories Moleskine Notebook Buy

Accessories Muji pen Buy

Headphones Apple AirPods Buy

Laptop Stand Laptop stand from Ali Express

Keyboard Apple Magic Keyboard Buy

Keyboard Microsoft Modern Mobile Mouse (spare) Buy

Accessories Siku Massey Ferguson toy tractor Buy

Accessories PO-33 K.O! micro sampler Buy

Software Figma

Accessories Pichon by Icons8

Software ChatGPT

Software Bitwarden

Software Notion + Calendar

Software Things

Accessories Eagle

Accessories Cursor

Software Lightroom

Accessories GenYOU

Software

10 apps

Figma

Pichon by Icons8

ChatGPT

Bitwarden

Notion + Calendar

Things

Eagle

Cursor

Lightroom

GenYOU

Interview

5 questions

› What is the most recent item that you've added to your workspace?

Pomodoro timer. Physical one, not an app.

› What’s one change you’d like to make to your current workspace?

I’ve been itching to try a standing setup, so I’d swap out my desk legs for adjustable ones.

› How do you spark creativity?

Depends on the day—sometimes music does the trick, sometimes a quick scroll through Pinterest or Arena, and other times I’ll just mess around with Claude or ChatGPT.

› What does your typical day look like?

Morning routine (meditation, breakfast, shower)Work (messages, tasks, calls)Walk break (park + coffee)More work (quieter stretch, fewer distractions)Tennis (occasionally)Chill time (movies, cafes, catching up with friends, etc.)

› What do you enjoy most about working from home?

Spending more time with my wife, having the freedom to set my own schedule, and skipping the commute—both the time and the cost.