Antonio Pires

Olá, I'm Antonio. Brazilian, goofy-footed and curious-about-everything kind of designer. Someone who likes noticing things most people walk past.

Working from Rio de Janeiro, BR.

Crafting products at scale for over 10 years. Currently leading design at Wave.

I think good design is less about answers and more about paying close attention. To people, to systems, to what's actually missing.

Things i have learned in my life so far.

Selected work from each experience.

2025 - today Wave
Products Algar app
I've learned that

a great team can turn structural constraints into design opportunities. Rebuilding Algar's app from scratch, we improved store ratings, grew monthly active users, and reduced support calls. All at once.

2021 - 2024 Mosaico
Products Buscapé
Zoom
I've learned that

a well-designed product concept can become strategy. At Buscapé, a vision of where the solution could go ended up guiding the roadmap for the next three years.

2020 - 2021 Globo
Products Globoplay
I've learned that

a young product inside a giant company has to earn its own rules. At Globoplay, that meant designing a notification system built around friction and timing.

2018 - 2019 Stone
Products Stone Portal
Banking app
I've learned that

making three complex things feel like one is harder than building each from scratch. Six months to turn banking, acquiring, and credit into a single experience for millions of merchants. Built to scale.

2016 - 2018 Oi
Products Oi main website
Sales platforms
I've learned that

you can build something important and still watch it not be enough. The lessons survived even when the company didn't.

say hello via email
my neglected linkedin profile
shots at unsplash
musings on substack
copied!
case study soon