Fintech · Product Design
UX✦ DESIGN · BUILD · PLAY
Alex Rivera is adigital product designerbased in Lisbon.
[01] — Work
Selected projects & experiments
Branding · Visual System
VisualDashboard · UX
UXCreative Coding · Play
PlayProduct · Interface
UXType Design · Visual
VisualWebGL · Play
PlayI'm a designer who treats curiosity as a tool — collecting odd fonts, broken UIs, and late-night ideas.
For eight years I've shipped products that feel calm, fast, and unmistakably human.
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
— Steve Jobs, via my Senior Quote Collector duties
The things I use to make things.
◆Expertise
Product DesignDesign SystemsPrototypingUX Research
✦Tools of Trade
FigmaFramerNext.jsTailwindBlender
◇Currently Exploring
WebGL / Three.jsGenerative AIMotion Design
✶Interests & Inspiration
Brutalist WebType SpecimensFilm PhotographySynthwave
What people say
“Alex turned a tangled product into something our users actually love. Rare blend of taste and rigor.”
“The most thoughtful designer I've worked with. Every pixel has a reason, every animation a purpose.”
“Ships fast without cutting corners. Our conversion jumped 34% after the redesign.”
“Equal parts engineer and artist. Alex speaks dev fluently, which made handoff effortless.”
“Brought a calm, confident vision when we had none. The brand finally feels like us.”
“Generous with knowledge, brutal with deadlines — in the best way. A true craftsperson.”