Serbay Sivrikaya
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2026 · Self

Roots of the World

An Interactive Digital Archive of the World History & Cultural Heritage

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Role
Full-Stack UI/UX Designer & Creator
Year
2026
Tags
designuiuxweb
self.app/roots-of-the-world
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Problem

Driven by a personal passion for world history, I found traditional digital historical resources often feel fragmented, overly text-heavy, or visually outdated. Exploring key historical figures, groundbreaking discoveries, and pivotal World events typically meant digging through disconnected tools, making it difficult to visualize context, chronology, and connections effortlessly.

Process

As a self-initiated project driven by my personal passion for history, I leveraged AI-assisted workflows to efficiently curate and structure historical milestones, key figures, and groundbreaking discoveries. Instead of manual content gathering, I used AI tools to aggregate and categorize complex historical data, allowing me to focus entirely on full-stack architecture, clean UI/UX design, engaging typography, and intuitive interaction design.

Solution

Roots of the World is an interactive, design-focused web application that brings pivotal moments, figures, and breakthroughs of Continents history together in a single fluid experience. By replacing dense text blocks with structured, visually balanced content components, it offers history enthusiasts and curious minds a clean, modern way to explore historical evolution.

From zero to production

Discovery
1 week
Design
2–4 weeks
Build & ship
4–6 weeks

I run the full loop research, design, and the production front-end code so the artifact you see above is the artifact you ship.