Portrait of Guilherme Bayara. Photo by Estêvão Andrade.
currently @
localiza&co

All about the big picture and always thinking about details.

By the way... You can call me Gui

Bio

Design shapes my world view, from my understanding of public transport to how I see human rights policy. The design mind, one might call it, it’s how mine functions. Most things exist in a multi-connected system, or systems, with links that we sometimes cannot easily see. Those connections are key for effective understanding and creating.

I see connecting dots as paramount. Not only in my work, but in life.

Apart from my design work I also act as an event producer. I have produced events at Minerão Stadium, Mangabeiras Park, O Mercado and concerts for artists like Pabllo Vittar, Elke Maravilha, Copacabana Club, Glória Groove, Jão, Alyssa Edwards, and Latrice Royale.

Which is just another type of design, where I think about multiple interactions and experiences. Delivering great experiences is what most excites me.

Colleagues have said

"His communication is great, offering detailed vision of the work in addition to his good articulation of the objectives."

Manuella Nejaim
design principal @ Thoughtworks

"Presents very fluently and objectively, which makes it very easy to capture their ideas and arguments."

Laura Agostini
UX researcher @ Hatch

"Simplicity - By simplicity here, I mean clarity. It is easy to follow the work you share with us and the way the contents are organised."

Ashish Acharya
senior experience designer @ Thoughtworks

"Always in search of their best version,  never gets tired of learning and, consequently, never cease to teach us (even if it does not intend to do so)."

Carol furtado
group project manager @ Townsq

"Gui's arrival opened up a much more harmonious and productive communication channel, which has been very important for the project."

Bruno da Silva
lead project manager @ Thoughtworks

"(…) Very smart, super up-to-date in terms of the market and technology and extremely proactive — always looking to improve and develop professionally."

Elisa renault
senior branding analyst @ arquivei
design principles
Everything is part of a system

Nothing exists in a vacuum. No matter how specific or comprehensive, design should always consider the wider context. Culture, politics, economics, environment all play a role. An electric car doesn't exist isolated from public transport. Single point solutions aren't solutions at all.

Acknowledge what I don't know

What I don't know is as important as what I do to any design. Recognising what I lack is the first step in the pursuit for more information, for other perspectives. Focusing on what I don't know allows me more space for exploration.

Don't design in isolation

Empathy can only take you so far. Designing with others will yield better outcomes than designing for others. Involving people from different backgrounds, specialities, is key even if is hard.

Tools are just tools

Softwares, workshops, techniques aren't as important as the reasons why we use them or what we do with them. A workshop shouldn't always be the default answer for solving something. What matter is what we want to achieve or solve. When answers aren't automatic we become free to find better solutions.

Question everything

Question designs, decisions, results, the original question itself. Approach everything with a certain level of doubt and curiosity. Allowing space for doubt is allowing space for new information, new possibilities and perspectives.

Symptoms aren't problems

Every problem has its root causes, finding and fixing them is the best way to achieve good results. Treating symptoms might lower pain points, but it won’t eliminate them. That’s only achieved by finding and fixing the underlying issue.

values
Quality over flashiness

In other words: mass transit over any car, even electric ones. Public transportation is a passion of mine. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel, just use it better.

I’m all for a new solution, but only when they apply. And I never think one single thing is the end all be all for anything. A high-quality solution, innovation, can be flashy, but it need not be.

Diversity and inclusion

Being queer is a big part of who I am. It is one of the main pillars of my worldview. Being a mixed-race, albeit very light skin, Latin American is another. That experience informs my perceptions, crafts my opportunities, creates some challenges.

Intentional inclusion
is a tool to bridge the gap prejudice has created, to give people what the world, unfairly, denies them. In the process, we achieve better results in every part of life, whether that’s better work or, more importantly, a better world.

Collective responsibility

There is no freedom, justice, without a shares responsibility. There is no healthy society without public healthcare, there is no educated society without education investment, there is no end to any prejudice without collective action.

We live our lives but never separated from that of others. Humans are, by nature, social beings and we’re only ever as good as those who have the least. It is all of our jobs to make sure “the leave” comprises every single human right.

KEY COMPANIES I'VE WORKED WITH
thoughtworks logoBelgo Bekaert logoLogo Fundação Dom CabralInhotim
work experience
2023

Senior Product Designer

Localiza&Co

nov/2023 to current

2021

Senior Product Designer

Thoughtworks

Jun/2021 to ago/2023

2020

Product Designer

Tom Comunicação

Aug/2020 to May/2021

2019

Lead Designer

BeautyClass

Oct/2019 to Aug/2020

2016

Senior Visual Designer

Filadélfia Comunicação

Oct/2016 to Aug/2019

Art Director

Löwin Agência

Jan to Oct/2016

2015

Graphic Designer

Science Without Borders

Jun to Aug/2015

2013

Partner - Designer - Producer

@bsurda

Apr/2013 to current

Graphic Design Intern

Filadélfia Comunicação

Feb/2013 to Aug/2014

2012

Graphic Design Intern

NUH/UFMG

Mar/2012 to Aug/2013

2021

Senior Experience Designer

Thoughtworks

Jun/2021 to current

2020

Product Designer

Tom Comunicação

Aug/2020 to May/2021

2019

Lead Designer

BeautyClass

Nov/2019 to Aug/2020

UX/UI Designer

Mereo

Sep/2019 to Oct/2019

2016

Visual Designer

Filadélfia Comunicação

Oct/2016 to Sep/2019

Art Director

Löwin Agência

Jan to Oct/2016

2015

Graphic Designer

Science Without Borders

Jun to Aug/2015

2013

Partner - Designer - producer

@bsurda

Apr/2013 to current

Graphic Design Intern

Filadélfia Comunicação

Feb/2013 to Aug/2014

2012

Graphic Design Intern

NUH/UFMG

Mar/2012 to Aug/2013