Grow your UX career with expert insights

Curated articles, research, and interviews made for UX designers — covering career paths, portfolio building, skill development, and what the market actually expects from you.

Designers

5/11/26

History of Graphic Design: From Lead Type to the Prompt

For Graphic Designer's Day, see how the designer's role changed from Gutenberg's press to AI, the tools that defined each era, and what stays the same.

Victoria Kiomy

From Gutenberg's press to generative AI: six centuries of tools, disruptions, and what remains at the heart of a designer's work.

Human Resources

3/7/26

Hiring People in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: What We Gain and What We Risk Losing

How to balance technological efficiency and human insight to build more diverse, integrated, and resilient teams.

Pipo Magalhães

A design leader shares how to hire well in the AI era: use technology to widen your view, never to replace human judgment.

Skills

26/3/26

Is Having an English Portfolio Enough for an International Role?

Translating your material is important, but it is far from what truly determines whether you are ready to work globally.

Victoria Kiomy

Translating your portfolio is only the start: see what Brazilian designers must show to win international design roles.

Career

17/8/20

The value of guidance in the recruitment process

How to respond when being guided through your UX/UI Design evaluation.

Mao Barros

Learn why following recruiter guidance strengthens your application and how to tailor your portfolio and story to the role.

Portfolio

6/4/20

High-quality project documentation for UX portfolios

Building a sustainable process to create and constantly evolve your UX Portfolio

Mao Barros

A practical system to document UX and UI projects as you work, so your portfolio case studies are always ready.

UX Design

3/10/23

"Zero UI": The future of interface design and the human-computer revolution

A new paradigm in human-computer interaction, in which devices are designed to be so discreet and intuitive that interaction becomes almost invisible

Victoria Kiomy

Zero UI explained: how nearly invisible, sensor-driven interfaces are reshaping UI design and what designers must consider.

Career

27/11/24

I'm "still" a Junior UX Designer

Essential tips and expert advice for designers currently at the Junior level, exploring the best pathways to advance

Mao Barros

Practical advice for junior UX/UI designers on building a portfolio, networking and creating real opportunities.

Behaviour

1/1/21

Is a Sense of Urgency Necessary?

Learn how UX/UI Designers can prepare themselves and move fast in hiring processes — before a great opportunity slips away.

Mao Barros

Why speed, preparation and clear communication help designers win hiring processes, and how each stage is judged.

Career

19/2/21

Find Your Own Professional

Stand out as a UX Designer by understanding what makes you unique — and learning how to turn your culture, skills, and experience into a compelling professional identity.

Mao Barros

UX Design

10/7/24

Understanding the mobile first approach in web design and development

Discover what Mobile First means, its core principles, key benefits, and how to implement it to build faster, more responsive, mobile-optimized digital products.

Victoria Kiomy

Why designing for mobile first leads to faster, more accessible products, and how to plan, build and test that way.

Behaviour

1/3/21

How to fail a UX/UI Designer hiring process

Avoid the classic mistakes that get UX/UI Designers rejected — from ignoring job descriptions to showing up unprepared. Here's what not to do.

Mao Barros

Six classic mistakes that get UX/UI Designers rejected in hiring processes, and how to avoid each one.

Behaviour

23/3/21

Create your own professional experience

Learn how early-career UX/UI Designers can boost their employability by applying UX thinking to small businesses and building real portfolio cases.

Mao Barros

How early-career UX/UI designers can build real portfolio cases by spotting and solving problems in small businesses.

Portfolio

9/10/24

Your portfolio is you. You are your portfolio.

Your UX/UI portfolio isn't just a collection of work — it's your professional identity. Learn how to build one that truly represents who you are.

Mao Barros

Why a UX/UI portfolio should be a living, authentic case built for the evaluator who reviews it.

Career

20/4/21

Why give up on a selection process?

How attitudes can harm the professional image of UX Designers

Mao Barros

Why dropping out of a hiring process hurts your professional image, and how transparency protects your reputation.

Human Resources

3/7/26

Hiring People in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: What We Gain and What We Risk Losing

How to balance technological efficiency and human insight to build more diverse, integrated, and resilient teams.

Pipo Magalhães

A design leader shares how to hire well in the AI era: use technology to widen your view, never to replace human judgment.

Highlights

Portfolio

29/1/2025

Your portfolio is you. You are your portfolio.

Mao Barros

Read

29/1/2025

Why a UX/UI portfolio should be a living, authentic case built for the evaluator who reviews it.

Skills

26/3/26

Is Having an English Portfolio Enough for an International Role?

Victoria Kiomy

Read

26/3/26

Translating your portfolio is only the start: see what Brazilian designers must show to win international design roles.

UX Design

3/10/23

"Zero UI": The future of interface design and the human-computer revolution

Victoria Kiomy

Read

3/10/23

Zero UI explained: how nearly invisible, sensor-driven interfaces are reshaping UI design and what designers must consider.

Career

20/4/21

Why give up on a selection process?

Mao Barros

Read

20/4/21

Why dropping out of a hiring process hurts your professional image, and how transparency protects your reputation.