About

Designing the future by connecting people and technology.

I'm a product designer focused on AI, emerging technology, and complex digital products.

My background in UX taught me to start with people and work backwards from their needs. Working with emerging technology has added another layer: understanding what the technology can actually do, where it creates value, and where it introduces new problems.

Today, I work at the intersection of user experience, AI product design, and product strategy.

My approach

Three principles, in order

01

Understand the system

Good product design starts with understanding the problem, the people, and the technology behind it.

I spend time learning how a system works before deciding how it should work for users.

02

Design for people

Technology shouldn't dictate the experience.

I use research, mental models, prototyping, and interaction design to create products that fit the way people actually think and work.

03

Build responsibly

Emerging technology creates opportunities, but also new responsibilities.

I consider transparency, accessibility, inclusivity, user control, and potential misuse alongside business and technical requirements.

How I work

My simple loop

Step 01

Research

Understand users, business goals, technical constraints, and the wider product ecosystem.

Step 02

Explore

Turn assumptions into prototypes and use them to test ideas, communicate direction, and uncover better solutions.

Step 03

Align

Bring product, engineering, design, and business stakeholders together around shared problems and decisions.

Step 04

Deliver

Create scalable experiences that work within real technical constraints and can evolve with the product.

Off screen

I spend a lot of my time thinking about how people interact with the world around them.

I often spend my time in museums, or watching videos about technology and the ways design shapes how we understand information.

That curiosity is a big part of how I approach product design: look closely, ask why, and find a better way to explain complex things.

Marco Manuel

© 2026 Marco Manuel. All rights reserved.

Marco Manuel

© 2026 Marco Manuel. All rights reserved.

Marco Manuel

© 2026 Marco Manuel. All rights reserved.

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