I take ideas all the way to live.
I'm a Brazilian designer, currently in Paris, who could never leave a thing half-understood, so I learned to build what I design.
Six years of brand systems, interfaces, and production sites for startups and small brands.
Design and build
Mimoo Baby · EverSafe · SHELF Beauty · ALAND · Swiftic
Content and creative
Luma · Gamma · Network Solutions · myKotty · Petsnowy · Niika · Sun & Silo · x-design · designkit
One person, from the first decision to live.
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no 01.
Brand system
An identity meant to hold up for years. Rebranding every eighteen months is expensive and usually means the first one was chasing a trend, so we build something you grow into instead.
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no 02.
Product and interface
The experience gets decided long before the interface does. Every part of a platform connects to every other part, so from the first brainstorm I'm thinking about how someone moves through the whole system, and about what your business needs that movement to do.
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no 03.
The build
Built by me on WordPress or Shopify, designed from scratch every time. I don't start from templates, so what you approved is what goes live. Fast, responsive, and maintainable by whoever comes after me.
I've always wanted to know how things actually work.
I left home at twenty and I've lived in five countries since, and the part I love most is always the same: the stretch where you're still working out how a place actually runs. It's the same instinct that meant I could never look at a website I'd designed without wanting to know what was happening underneath it, so I learned to build.
I build with AI in the loop now, which is a big part of how one person ships what used to take a small team. I'm optimistic about that, and I think optimism only counts for something if you check your work, because building fast makes it very easy to ship something fragile. I'm finishing an MBA in AI for Business this December, and a cybersecurity certificate is next.
A few things I've built.
In their words.
Honestly, I can't thank you enough for creating a brand identity I'm proud of! It means a lot to me! Looking forward to our next project together.
I'm so happy with my new Brand ID! Thank you so much for your wonderful work!!
It was amazing to have you working with us to develop our beautiful website! Thank you also for the friendship! We wish you all the best in your business!
I take on four projects a year.
One a quarter. Four is the number that leaves room for the other half of what I do, which is building things of my own: content for my own pages, and a first business that sits outside my personal brand. That time earns its keep, because it's where I get to try things without a client's money on the line, and a lot of what I bring to a project I learned there first.
Projects start at $5,000 and cover the full arc, from the first conversation about your business through to a launched site you can actually run.
I document the whole thing as I go.
I love that this industry is ever-changing. The tools I built with three years ago are gone, the ones I use now will probably be gone soon enough, and most people talk about that shift as though they arrived fully formed on the other side of it. I'd rather show the middle of it. So I make videos about what's changing, what I'm getting right and wrong this month, and what it looks like to keep rebuilding your own job while you're still doing it.
I've also been making content professionally for brands since 2021, including Luma, Gamma, Niika, Sun & Silo, myKotty, and SHELF Beauty. That work has its own home and its own way of being hired.
Tell me what you're building.
I'd love to hear about it, even if the timing is wrong or you're still at the "it's just an idea" stage. I read everything myself, and you'll have an answer within 48 hours at the latest.
hi@mayara.design
Currently in Paris, and reachable wherever the wifi is decent.