Kirill Zakharov

Designer and Developer

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I’m a Montreal-based designer specializing in interrelating people and technology through reductive design and code. In short, I help people build companies, develop brands and digital products with a focus on simplicity, usability and scalability.

Currently shaping the future of open photography as the Head of Design at Unsplash.

Previously, I helped Crew²⁰¹⁴ build a marketplace of highly-vetted freelancers and raise a $7M round to build a new economy around photography. We then built the world’s most beautiful co-working space and café²⁰¹⁶ before getting acquired by Dribbble²⁰¹⁷.

Find me elsewhere on the web: Twitter, Instagram, Dribbble, LinkedIn or e-mail me at ⤷ info@kirillz.com.

❍ Outside of my day-to-day, I enjoy traveling, good wine, house music and taking photos with my pocket camera-phone.

Projects

I’ve been lucky enough to be part of pretty much every project and feature at Unsplash. Here are some of my favorites.

Unsplash Awards ↗

A yearly celebration created to recognize the powerful impact Unsplash contributors have made through their generosity and artistry.

In collaboration with Charles Deluvio, Unsplash

Unsplash for Brands ↗

Advertising on Unsplash: a new kind of advertising for the Internet.

In collaboration with Unsplash

Unsplash for Developers ↗

The Unsplash API is used in over 8,000 third-party applications, including Facebook, Google, BuzzFeed, Medium, Zoom, Mailchimp, Trello, Adobe, Typeform and Product Hunt.

In collaboration with Charles Deluvio, Unsplash

Unsplash for iOS ↗

Official Unsplash app for iOS.

In collaboration with Olivier Collet, Charles Deluvio

Unsplash Instant ↗

With over 80,000 installs, Unsplash Instant is a Google Chrome extension that shows a random beautiful photo from Unsplash every time you open a new tab.

In collaboration with Luke Chesser, Charles Lalonde