rafael
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I’m a product designer from Manila + Design at Swarm.

Rafa, the designer:
I started dabbling with UX when I was 18. I got my bachelor's degree in information design last Summer 2023. 🎓

As you're reading this, I'm learning about design systems and no-code development.

Tools: Figma, Webflow

Rafa, the human:
  • 🍵 green tea and cinnamon lover, for life
  • 🍣 never says no to japanese cuisine
  • 🎮 always the assassin/rogue in a team
  • 🎧 now playing: 'yes, and?' by Ariana Grande
  • 🎳 hitting the bowling alley since 2008
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craft with intentions*
design for delight~
* Rafa doesn't just push pretty pixels (°~°)
Designing a mobile app for Swarm, the fractional platform for top tech consulting teams
As one of the pioneer designers of Swarm's product team, I designed user interfaces, systems, and experiences of a $1.1M pre-seed funded professional tech network startup
Parallax – The fast and cheap way to get paid globally
2022 – I worked with Parallax fractionally to shape its design system and orchestrate the early MVP product design for a $4.5M funded crypto startup
Addressing hustle culture-caused burnout through mechanisms that facilitate hobby sustainment and memory recollection
2023 (Coming soon) – For my thesis, I designed a digital time capsule to neutralize a hustling-focused lifestyle and help make hustlers have a more meaningful relationship with their hobbies.
Revamping League PH — a passion project
2022 – By far, the web design project I'm most proud to have worked on! A bold, striking, energetic rebrand to make things pop (+ my love for duotones)!
Developing a typeface foundry with no-code
2021 – Typebae Foundry is my first no-code project! I built this site over a weekend to make a home for all the fonts created in my typography class.
Designing a high-contrast display typeface
2021 – Jinx is a high-contrast display typeface formed through various combinations of sharp-edged shapes, curves, lines, and angles. Get it for free!
Creating a marketplace for online food businesses
2020 – Spork, in this context, means spark—to start, to grow. I find this fitting because I’m catering to businesses that just started and are excited to bloom.
braindumps~
Learning the value of aesthetics in product
People think visual design is just aesthetics or 'to make things prettier'. Nope. It's way more than just that.
Keeping your mental design game strong
All we really need is a little bit of love from friends who didn’t leave us in our ups and downs.
Designing buttons — a crash course
Learn all about buttons and some tips and tricks on making your own!