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Hubble Ultra Deep Field: thousands of distant galaxies

VARGA

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Ines Varga / product designer

Open for projects from January

Missions:

48

Teams:

21

Sectors:

Logistics, health, research

Base:

Lisbon, 38.72 N 9.14 W

Reply time:

Same working day

Product designer for

Product designer for

Product designer for

hard, useful

hard, useful

hard, useful

software.

software.

software.

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INES VARGA

INES
VARGA

I design software for

I design software for

I design software for

logistics, health and research.

logistics, health and research.

logistics, health and research.

Eleven years, 48 missions, 21 teams.

Based in Lisbon. Scroll to look outside.

INES VARGA

Lisbon 14:32:07

Product designer, independent

Chapter 01 / Crew file

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As an

As an

As an

independent product designer,

independent product designer,

independent product designer,

I help logistics,

I help logistics,

I help logistics,

health and research teams

health and research teams

health and research teams

turn messy, manual work

turn messy, manual work

turn messy, manual work

into software people

into software people

into software people

trust on a bad day.

trust on a bad day.

trust on a bad day.

(Crew file)

My name is Ines. I research with the people who use the product, draw the interface, build the prototype and stay with the engineers until it ships.

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MISSION I

Field Ledger

Field Ledger

Field Ledger

A live ledger for Ostrel Freight. Dispatchers now see the one load that needs them. Delivery errors fell 31 percent in a quarter.

MISSION LOG

2026

2026

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2024

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MISSION II

Careline

Careline

Careline

Patient intake for Northgate Clinics: a twelve-page paper form became four short steps on a phone. Intake now takes four minutes.

MISSION LOG

2026

2026

2025

2025

2024

2024

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MISSION III

Tidemark

Tidemark

Tidemark

Berth scheduling for Brevik Port. Seventy-two hours on one timeline, shared by every planner. Two ports were live within a year.

MISSION LOG

2026

2026

2025

2025

2024

2024

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The first thing I design is the question.

The first thing I design is the question.

The first thing I design is the question.

Software that still works on the worst day of someone’s week.

Software that still works on the worst day of someone’s week.

Software that still works on the worst day of someone’s week.

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_How a project runs

Four steps, the same every time.

You always know what happens next, and when.

You always know what happens next, and when.

01_ BRIEF :

01_ BRIEF :

A two-day working session to agree the problem, the people and what success looks like.

A two-day working session to agree the problem, the people and what success looks like.

Week 1

Week 1

02_ SKETCH :

02_ SKETCH :

Rough flows and screens, shared every day, while they are still cheap to change.

Rough flows and screens, shared every day, while they are still cheap to change.

Weeks 2 to 3

Weeks 2 to 3

03_ BUILD :

03_ BUILD :

A clickable prototype tested with real users, then finished screens and notes for engineers.

A clickable prototype tested with real users, then finished screens and notes for engineers.

Weeks 4 to 8

Weeks 4 to 8

04_ LAUNCH :

04_ LAUNCH :

I stay with the team through release and check the first weeks of real use.

I stay with the team through release and check the first weeks of real use.

Week 9 onwards

Week 9 onwards

(Missions)

(Missions)

(Missions)

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_Signals

What the teams say afterwards.

Short notes from the people on the other end of the missions.

Short notes from the people on the other end of the missions.

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Ines cut through six months of arguments in two days. We shipped the thing everyone had been debating.

Marta Kowal

Ostrel Freight

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Our patients finally finish the form. The team stopped dreading intake days.

Dr. Aidan Rowe

Northgate Clinics

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She sat with our researchers for a week before drawing anything. It shows in every screen.

Prof. Lena Aasen

Halden Institute

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The planners trusted it because it was built with them, not for them.

Tor Brevik

Brevik Port Authority

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Support tickets halved. I did not think a design project could do that.

Hana Idris

Plainpay Ltd

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Our first designer, and still the standard we hold new hires to.

Joao Ferreira

Kestrel Services

_Questions

Before you transmit.

Before you transmit.

Before you transmit.

The questions I hear most in a first call. If yours is not here, send it over.

01

How soon can you start?

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Do you work with small teams?

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How do you price a project?

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Can you work alongside our engineers?

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What happens after launch?

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Tell me what you are

Tell me what you are

Tell me what you are

building next.

building next.

building next.

A short note is plenty. I reply within one working day with a plan and a price range.

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