01Week 1
Discover
We start with a workshop about your goals, your audience and what success looks like. I dig into your analytics, competitors and brand until the brief is crystal clear.
Independent web designerLisbon--:--Portfolio 2017–2026
Websiteswith a pulse.
I'm Nico, an independent designer crafting bold, fast and memorable websites for brands with something to say. Strategy, art direction and build, all under one roof.
- Available for new projects
- Booking new projects from January 2027
- Based in Lisbon
- Working worldwide
- Available for new projects
- Booking new projects from January 2027
- Based in Lisbon
- Working worldwide
- Available for new projects
- Booking new projects from January 2027
- Based in Lisbon
- Working worldwide
- Web design
- Art direction
- Front-end development
- Brand identity
- Motion & interaction
- Design systems
Selected work
Recent obsessions(06)
A few recent projects I'm proud of. Each one started with a brief and ended with a website people actually remember.
Services
Everything your site needs, nothing it doesn't.
One designer from strategy to launch, so nothing gets lost between the idea, the mockup and the live site.
- 01
Web design
Art-directed websites that look like nobody else's, from the first moodboard to pixel-perfect layouts for every screen size.
- Art direction
- UX/UI design
- Prototypes
- 02
Development
Hand-built, fast and accessible sites in Next.js or Webflow, set up so your team can update them without calling me.
- Next.js
- Webflow
- CMS setup
- 03
Brand identity
Logos, type systems and color palettes designed to work hardest on screens, where your customers actually meet you.
- Logo
- Typography
- Guidelines
- 04
Motion & interaction
Micro-interactions and scroll stories that reward curiosity and make people linger a little longer than they planned to.
- Interaction design
- Animation
- Scroll stories
- 05
Design partnership
Ongoing monthly support for teams that ship often: campaign pages, new features and care for your design system.
- Retainers
- Landing pages
- Design systems
Process
From first call to launch day
Clear steps, honest timelines and one person you can always reach. Most projects take between six and ten weeks.
Plan your project- 02Week 2
Direction
You get two distinct creative directions with moodboards, type and color, so you can react to something real instead of trying to imagine it.
- 03Weeks 3–6
Design
Full designs and clickable prototypes for desktop and mobile, refined together in short, focused feedback rounds. No endless revisions, no surprises.
- 04Weeks 6–10
Build & launch
I develop, test and launch the site, then hand it over with a content editor you will actually enjoy using and a walkthrough video for your team.
Home base, Lisbon
Hi, I'm Nico!
About
For nine years I've helped brands trade forgettable for impossible to ignore.
I started out designing club flyers in Porto, spent three years at agencies in Amsterdam and London, and went independent in 2020 to work closer to the people I design for.
Today I partner with founders, studios and marketing teams who want a website with a point of view. I design and build everything myself, so nothing gets lost between the mockup and the launch, and you always talk to the person doing the work.
- years designing for the web
- 9+
- websites launched
- 80+
- countries with happy clients
- 14
Kind words
Clients, unfiltered
Nico understood our vibe before we could put it into words. Within one season, bookings through our own site overtook every platform we used to rely on.
Contact
Got a project? Let's make it loud.
Tell me a little about your idea. I'll reply with next steps, a rough timeline and honest advice, even if I'm not the right fit.
- Booking new projects from January 2027
- Replies within two business days
- Based in Lisbon, working with clients worldwide
