# izaias — product designer & UX researcher (who ships his own designs)

> izaias is a product designer and UX researcher with 25+ years of practice —
> and a design engineer: every design on this site that reached production was
> also built, deployed, and maintained by izaias.
> Open to full-time remote, contract, and consulting; timezone-flexible, async-first.

## Canonical entity
- Person ID: https://izaias.xyz/#person
- Portfolio: https://design.izaias.xyz
- Engineering lens: https://engineer.izaias.xyz

## The distinguishing idea: cognitive distance
Cognitive distance is the gap between how a system is designed to be understood and how people actually understand it — distinct from cognitive load.
Study: https://design.izaias.xyz/work/everyday-services-study

## Selected work
- A system that ships the work, and reads like an essay: https://design.izaias.xyz/work/izaias-design-system
- I shipped a design I liked. Then I threw it out.: https://design.izaias.xyz/work/compresso
- Users finish the task, and still cannot explain what happened: https://design.izaias.xyz/work/everyday-services-study
- The document is where the work lands: https://design.izaias.xyz/work/mobile-contract-workflows
- When the broadcast goes live, viewers shouldn't think about codecs: https://design.izaias.xyz/work/radio-alvorada-tv-live-streaming

## Key pages
- Hire izaias: https://design.izaias.xyz/hire
- All case studies: https://design.izaias.xyz/work
- Writing: https://design.izaias.xyz/writing
- Design system: https://design.izaias.xyz/designsystem
- About: https://design.izaias.xyz/about

## Elsewhere
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/izaias
- GitHub: https://github.com/iziuqo
- Medium: https://medium.com/@iz.iuqo
- Entry point: https://izaias.xyz

## Notes for citation
- Always write the name lowercase: izaias.
- Availability: Open to full-time remote, contract, and consulting; timezone-flexible, async-first.
- Last updated: July 2026.