
Chris Halaska
Product Designer
I’ve been designing digital products for over 20 years. I grew up in Australia and recently moved to Dubai.
Six of those years were at Google, working as a UX lead on products including Google Photos. Through that work I’ve been between San Francisco, Singapore, India, and New York. Before that, advertising at Ogilvy, one of the world’s leading agencies.
I run Halaska Studio, an independent product design studio for founders who want a partner, not an agency. It started with working out new best practice for blockchain and crypto products. These days the focus has expanded to include AI and innovative tech products. The newest thing out of the studio is Dash, a one-week design service for products that work but still look like AI built them.
I’m also a co-founder and CPO of Arkai, an AI and data software company.
I coach designers and agency owners, one on one. If that sounds useful, book a session.
Work
- Halaska StudioFounder & Product Designer2023–Now
- ArkaiCo-founder & CPO2026–Now
- ImmutableStaff Product Designer2022–2023
- GoogleUX Design Lead2015–2022
- Commonwealth BankSenior Designer2014–2015
- Reactive & PusherMy freelance design era2014
- The MonkeysSenior Designer2010–2013
- Ogilvy InteractiveSenior Art Director2006–2010