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Ronald Alves

Product designer who builds

Berlin, Germany

Portfolio — 2026

Ronald Alves

I design things you can tap (Brazuka · Research case study), touch (Touch and Bloom case study) and download (Brazuka case study).

Brazilian, based in Berlin, studying UX/UI Design at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences. I take ideas from the first survey question to the App Store — and sometimes off the screen entirely.

Brazuka — live on the App Store and Google Play

Selected work

2 projects, 2026

  1. [01]

    Brazuka

    A Portuguese-language community app for Brazilians in Germany, from a 22-person survey at university to the App Store.

    iOS · Home, Chegando, Brazuka Pro · demo data
    • UX research
    • Product design
    • iOS / SwiftUI
    Role
    Research, design, iOS, Android, backend
    Year
    2026

    View case study: Brazuka

  2. [02]

    Touch and Bloom

    Touch a living plant and a digital lavender of about 12,000 particles grows from sprout to bloom; let go, and it drifts apart.

    Interactive
    • Interactive installation
    • Arduino
    • p5.js / WebGL
    Role
    Co-creator, team of three
    Year
    2026

    View case study: Touch and Bloom

2026, in releases

11 entries

From research to release.

  1. BrazukaUX case study: desk research and competitor auditUser Experience Design, supervised by Prof. Thomas Noller
  2. BrazukaSurvey of Brazilians living in GermanyBilingual, 11 questions, shared in community groups; 22 answers as of 3 Oct 2026
  3. BrazukaPitch: value proposition, business model and 90-day validation planProfessional Practice
  4. Touch and BloomTouch and Bloom: a living plant wired as a touch sensorArduino + p5.js, team of three, tested in class
  5. BrazukaRe-start web app built and liveNext.js, Supabase, Netlify · payments in test mode
  6. BrazukaNative iOS build in SwiftUIBecame the foundation of Brazuka
  7. BrazukaBrazuka live on the App Store
  8. BrazukaBrazuka for Android enters Google Play closed testing
  9. BrazukaBrazuka for Android passes Google Play’s 12-tester requirement
  10. BrazukaBrazuka 1.3.4 for iOS released
  11. Latest: BrazukaBrazuka for Android live on Google Play

What I do

05 disciplines

What I do

  1. 01

    Research & strategy

    Surveys, personas, journey maps and competitive audits, then the business side: value proposition, business model, MVP scope and a validation plan with kill criteria.

    • Google Forms
    • Journey maps
    • How-Might-We
    • VPC / BMC
    • Keynote
  2. 02

    Product & interface design

    Information architecture, flows, design systems and hi-fi mobile UI, prototyped in Figma and in code, with Dynamic Type, dark mode and 44 pt targets built in.

    • Figma
    • Design tokens
    • HTML prototypes
    • Accessibility
  3. 03

    Native mobile

    SwiftUI on iOS, Kotlin and Jetpack Compose on Android, in-app subscriptions on both stores, and 1:1 ports that keep the two platforms in step.

    • Swift
    • SwiftUI
    • Kotlin
    • Jetpack Compose
    • StoreKit 2
    • Play Billing
  4. 04

    Backend, web & release

    Firebase with emulator-tested security rules and Cloud Functions, Next.js with Supabase, CI on Xcode Cloud, and App Store and Google Play submissions.

    • Firebase
    • Cloud Functions
    • Next.js
    • Supabase
    • Netlify
    • Xcode Cloud
  5. 05

    Physical computing & creative code

    Co-built a plant-as-sensor installation in a team of three: capacitive sensing on Arduino, Web Serial into the browser and particle systems in p5.js.

    • Arduino
    • CapacitiveSensor
    • Web Serial API
    • p5.js
    • WebGL
    • TouchDesigner

About

Berlin, Germany

I’m Ronny. I research, design in Figma, build with AI and keep going until real people are using it.

My projects usually start with research, like a survey of 22 Brazilians in Germany, and end with something that runs: a live web app, a native app on two platforms, or an installation wired to a living plant.

I like understanding every step from research to release, because it makes me a better teammate: I can talk design with designers and code with developers. On Brazuka that meant designing the screens in Figma, then building the iOS and Android apps and the Firebase backend with AI as my pair. On Touch and Bloom it meant building with a team of three, where a flowering stem became the only input.

Based in
Berlin, Germany
From
Brazil
Studying
BA UX/UI Design, University of Europe for Applied Sciences
Languages
Portuguese (native), English (fluent), German (A2)
Currently
Building Brazuka: live on iOS and Android

Contact

Berlin, Germany

Let’s make something people use.

Got a product, a role or an odd idea that needs a designer who also builds? Send me a message and I’ll get back to you.

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