Hi, I’m Vanessa Costa
A Brazilian experience designer passionate about solving complex problems and always seeking knowledge. I also love sharing content, teaching, and I’m happiest when I help people and businesses succeed through design, technology, and collaborative approaches.
I believe that minds working together go further.
To learn more about my personal and professional journey, check out my social media and CV.
View ResumePrinciples
People at the Centre of Creation
Everything starts and ends with people. Understanding each person’s value with humility and respect is the starting point for creating harmonious solutions. It’s about listening, recognising everyone’s pace, and finding what truly matters beyond immediate desires.
Creativity with Genuine Connection
Creativity comes alive when fuelled by true connections. When we listen with empathy and work collaboratively, we create a space where ideas emerge authentically. It’s about innovating with purpose, focusing on what truly transforms, together.
Beauty with Functionality
Beauty is not just what we see but how it works well. When form and purpose walk hand in hand, we create experiences that delight and make sense. It’s about blending the pleasant with the useful, turning the ordinary into something extraordinary.
Education that Empowers
Learning is what makes us grow. With access, dedication, and guidance, curiosity turns into knowledge, and knowledge turns into power to transform people and businesses. When we share what we know, we grow as individuals and as a society.
Skills
Strategic Design
Integrating strategic vision into design is essential in addressing the complex challenges of the global world. Analysing problems, determining methodologies, and proposing systemic solutions is crucial to add positive value to users, businesses, and ensure technical feasibility. This represents a forward-thinking approach, aiming for intentional value-driven results.
Technical Leadership
Elevating design maturity, regardless of business size. Expanding design analysis and coordinating efforts to ensure proposed solutions align with market best practices and technical standards. This includes a detailed view of symbols and forms, extending to product, interaction, and service.
Visual Design
Utilising visual design skills to create appealing and intuitive interfaces. Recognising that even small changes in colour and shape can directly impact people’s lives and influence behaviours. Therefore, applying graphic design principles is essential to communicate effectively and enhance user experience through visual elements.
UX Research
Placing the user at the centre of the solution and validating hypotheses to deeply understand their needs, behaviours, and expectations. Using methods such as interviews, usability testing, and data analysis for continuous iteration, ensuring solutions meet real-life demands.
Facilitation
Actively involving the team in co-creating solutions, stimulating collective intelligence. With visual techniques, active listening, and clear communication, I facilitate workshops for more productive meetings, fostering innovative ideas.
Service Design
Conceiving, planning, and improving service delivery with a holistic view, optimising user journeys and making interactions tangible to guide positive transformations in consumer behaviour.