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When I was about 4 or 5 years old, I got busted drawing on the wall. My mom was not happy. "Take this Kleenex and wipe this mess off my wall, boy."


That was the beginning.
 

A few comic books and cartoons later, I found my way into design — and a few years before I graduated, my dad said something that stuck: "Your profession is that one of love at first sight." I didn't fully understand it then. Years later I had my Eureka moment: I wasn't just designing things. I was designing love at first sight. And a couple of decades after that, I completed the thought — Designing Love at First Sight, iteratively.
 

That's still what I do. Every project, every brief, every system.

Over 25 years, I've worked at the intersection of brand strategy and product design — the place where what a company stands for becomes what a product actually feels like to use. With McKinsey across 450+ global projects. With AI platforms, B2B SaaS, and enterprise education clients building brand systems that scale. With teams that needed operational complexity turned into something a room full of people could actually understand and act on.


The format changes. The challenge is always the same: find the visual logic, make it land.
 

I work across brand systems, product UI, executive visual communication, illustration, and infographics. That breadth isn't accidental — it's what allows me to own projects end-to-end, from strategy through final delivery, without the thread breaking.

Outside of work I'm a full-time father, a lifelong nerd, and someone who genuinely believes that getting comfortable with discomfort is the only way to keep growing. I'm always learning — and I'm always designing.


Your interface is your most-used brand touchpoint. Make it count.

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Testimonials

Gustavo is one of our longest standing freelancers and is truly part of the Ludic team. He works with us for several years already in a very of design projects and is very familiar with most of our client’s branding and style. He’s also our main “go to” person when we have a a new rich picture – a lot of our portfolio is actually done by his hands. His strengths lie on illustration and design of graphics. in our team, he’s known for being super quick on the illustrator.

Luis Rosenthal

Senior Manager in Collaboration & Innovation at KPMG UK

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