Designianos
Product design for an EdTech platform teaching technical English to Brazilian UX/UI designers. A concept and specification project, from design system to development spec.
Year:
2025
Timeframe:
14 months
Tools:
Miro, Figma, Jitter, Granola
Category:
Product Design
Overview
Bridging design skill and the language gap.
Designianos is an educational platform built to help Brazilian UX/UI designers master the technical English specific to their field. Originally developed as a capstone project at Instituto Infnet, I led the product design from concept to specification: design system, four core MVP screens (Dashboard, Technical Glossary, Conversation Practice, and an AI Assistant), database schema, and the development spec driving a Lovable-based build. Collaboration with Rujo Design.
Problem
Skilled Brazilian designers were being held back not by their craft, but by the language barrier. Generic English courses ignore the vocabulary and conversational context of UX/UI work, leaving designers underprepared for international teams, interviews, and documentation, with no product addressing this specific intersection of design and technical English.
Solution
A desktop-first platform that combines four learning loops: a contextual technical glossary, microlearning, peer-to-peer conversation practice, and an AI tutor. The most important decision was scope. I deliberately cut auth, live rooms, and payments from the MVP to validate the core learning experience first, rather than diluting effort across a full, unvalidated platform. The specification was structured from design system to database schema to a 12-sprint roadmap, ready for development handoff. Completed as a capstone project at Instituto Infnet, the specification is now driving an MVP build in progress, moving the concept from validated spec to a working product.
