Art Lasovsky

Hi, I'm Art Lasovsky – an Aarhus-based Creative Engineer and Founder.

Design, photography, color grading. Then software engineering. I've spent years standing between design and engineering, watching them come apart. Putting them back together is the best part of any project: hours recovered, conversations that finally land. It's why I started FoundationUI.

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Writing

Fine-Tuning macOS App Activation Behavior

Nailing the Activation Behavior of a Spotlight/Raycast-Like Command Palette

Dynamically toggle visibility of macOS app’s dock icon

Show and hide a macOS app's dock icon at runtime by switching its activation policy – without losing window focus or keyboard input.

Experience

FoundationUI ApS
Developer tools for Apple platforms, and a line of opinionated apps for iOS, macOS and watchOS.
2024 – now·Founder·Unison, Viewfinder, Næste
Leica Mobile AG
Design Systems, Prototyping, Image Processing (Swift, SwiftUI)
2024 – now·Leica LUX and Leica FOTOS apps
Heirloom Journal Ltd
App design & development (Swift, SwiftUI)
2026·Chapter One Journal
Multi Software Co. (acquired by OpenAI)
macOS integration & interactions
2023 – 2024·Multi app
Prequel
Colorist turned design engineer – built the internal macOS tools for the creative team
2019 – 2023·Prequel app

Prototypes and Experiments

Screenshots, demos and design assets from UI experiments

Photography

Synthesis of my personal research on color and light perception, drawn from my professional experience, extensive travels, and exposure to nature in the northern regions.