I'm Aline Machado, UX & Product Designer.
I spent a decade behind a camera, a canvas, and a page: that's where Narrative, Emotion, and Function became how I think. Now I design products with the same instinct.

My recent work

UFRGS Research Portal
Client project · Redesign

Screenshot of the UFRGS scientific periodicals portal website showing sections for newspapers, manuals, news, and debaters, with various colorful content tiles.

A FULL REDESIGN STRUCTURE FROM ZERO

Redesigning a complex, content-heavy academic portal, from fragmented to structured and discoverable.

Case Study

Live Site

Éire Sounds
End-to-end · Live product

Computer monitor displaying a sign with a green tree and the words 'Éire Sounds' in front of a green gradient background.

IrISH Music Discovery Platform

Field research to final build, a live platform celebrating Irish traditional music, usability-tested before launch.

Case Study

Live Site

Multiple smartphones displaying the user interface of the My AI app, including sign-up screens, character selection, story activities, and parental control settings.

MYLI
Founder & Designer · Building

What if a story didn't end when the book closed?

Founder and designer, taking a product from problem to build, currently in development.

Case Study

Screenshot of Resonata website featuring natural pottery and orange-themed decor with a promotional banner.

RESONATA
Self-Initiated Concept

Resonata
E-commerce Experience.

A self-initiated concept exploring how e-commerce can feel more human and emotionally considered.

Case Study

Before UX

Hands typing on a vintage blue typewriter with papers and electrical components nearby on a dark desk.
Abstract black overlapping triangular outlines on a light purple background.
A minimalist notebook cover featuring a line drawing of a hand holding an orange with plant sprouting from it, and a yellow elastic band on the right side.
A whimsical illustration of a blue bird with long, flowing tail feathers standing on a grassy hill, smiling and looking up at pastel-colored clouds and a yellow sun in a colorful sky with purple, pink, green, and blue hues.
Multiple overlapping black circles on a light purple background.
My Story Before UX.
Abstract drawing of overlapping black rectangles on a light purple background. 
WHO AM I?

Not a scattered generalist, a designer who sees the product from angles a pure specialist can't reach.

About
Portrait of a woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a white shirt, set against a purple background.
Line drawing of various geometric shapes including a triangle, a circle, and a square.

Design isn't decoration. It's how people feel, and how business works.

I didn't start in UX, no. Actually, I started behind a camera, in front of a canvas, and writing for kids. Product design is where those three lenses converge, and it's why my work looks at a screen differently than a specialist who only ever learned one of them. I am different, I think differently.

NARRATIVE

The user is the hero of the story, not the brand. Every flow needs tension, rhythm, an arc.

EMOTION

Clarity that delights. Simple enough for a child to understand, real enough for anyone to feel.

FUNCTION

Emotion becomes trust, trust becomes conversion. Beauty is always tied to a number.

A woman with brown, wavy hair wearing a white shirt in front of a purple background.

Let’s Work Together