Enkel Design by Erik Jansson
Certified specialist, educator, and coach in UX design and digital accessibility.
About me
I work as a development coach, educator, and mentor at Bolagsverket's IT department. I help our development teams create accessible and usable digital services for the web. I serve as the development lead for our design system as well as tools supporting UX design and digital accessibility.
Born in in Stockholm, with roots in Northern Sweden. Since , I have been living in Söråker on a lakeside property with my wife, two children, three cats, and zero mice. I enjoy playing chess and table hockey. I've also been involved with web development since the 1900s.
My academic background includes Cognitive Science (Master's degree) and Theoretical Philosophy (Bachelor's degree) – both degrees from Lund University. In practice, my expertise is problem-solving and design at the intersection of people and digital services.
My competencies
- UX design
- Digital accessibility
- WCAG 2.2 and EN301549
- Service design and user research
- Usability testing and analysis
- Expert reviews in UX and web accessibility
- Wireframing and lo-fi prototyping
- Component-based, interactive prototypes
- Design system management
- HTML, CSS, WAI-ARIA
- Agile methodologies
- Design sprints/studio
- Educator and lecturer
- Figma, Adobe XD, Balsamiq
Enkel Design in brief
Enkel is a Swedish word with several meanings – among them "simple", "clear" and "uncomplicated".
No one has ever said that a website was too easy to use. In an era where more and more aspects of society are becoming digitized, enkel design is essential to ensure that we build a web for everyone.
Enkel design is intuitive and easy to understand. It is accessible to all users and purposeful without being complicated.
It is both aesthetically pleasing and comfortable to use. Simply a great user experience.
The design philosophy
Make it easy for the user. No content that is unnecessary or difficult to grasp, no extra div elements with classes when semantic elements exist, and no needless JavaScript. Enkel design is compatible with all conceivable devices and connections, and accessible to everyone.
What I'm saying is that all the problems we have with websites are ones we create ourselves. Websites aren't broken by default, they are functional, high-performing, and accessible. You break them.
Enkel Design is inspired by David Bryant Copeland's Brutalist Web Design, which he likens to the architectural style Brutalism. It is function-, content- and user-focused. It's simple and it works.
This page you are reading right now is built according to the principle of progressive enhancement and is my attempt to find a balance between brutalist web design and modern UX – a balance that does not compromise accessibility, which is my most important design principle.