Seven designers, two cities.

Norte is a design studio in Lisbon and New York. We work by subscription because good design needs weeks of attention, not a single handoff.

Bright studio kitchen with a round table and two blue chairs — The kitchen table at the Lisbon studio.
Monday reviews happen here, with coffee.

Mountain goat on a rock, looking out over the valley

Norte means north.

In Portuguese it also means direction. Perder o norte is to lose your way.

That’s the job. Early teams have ten possible directions and a deadline. We help pick one, then design it properly, week after week.

2019

Founded in Lisbon

Teams subscribed

7 mo

Average stay

How we work

Four rules we keep, whatever the plan.

One lead designer, start to finish.

You talk to the person doing the work. No account managers, no hand-offs between teams halfway through.

Work shows up twice a week.

Tuesday and Friday, in your Figma, with a short note on what changed and what’s next. No big reveal at the end.

We say when we’re the wrong team.

If a request needs a specialist we don’t have, like illustration or native iOS, we tell you and introduce someone who’s better at it.

Your files are yours from day one.

Everything lives in your Figma and your Framer, named and organized for whoever works on it next.

Everyone here led design in-house before joining Norte.

Rita AlvesFounder, design director

Lisbon 18:13

The team

Rita AlvesFounder, design directorLisbon
Head of design at a Series C fintech
Daniel OkaforDesign directorNew York
Product design lead at a health app
Sofia MendesBrand designerLisbon
Six years at an independent brand studio
Leo ParkProduct designerNew York
Design systems at a payments company
Inês CarvalhoProduct designerLisbon
Mobile design for a travel booking app
Maya ChenWeb designer, FramerNew York
Built more than 80 Framer sites as a freelancer
Tomás SilvaMotion and 3DLisbon
Launch films and product motion for agencies

Two cities, one day

Lisbon starts your work before New York wakes up. You get a live call in the hours we share.

Wooden pier over the Atlantic at sunrise

Lisbon

18:13

Rua do Alecrim 12, 1200-018

9:00 to 18:00

Stacked stone blocks on a dark background

New York

13:13

55 Water Street, NY 10041

9:00 to 18:00

Four shared hours

Every client gets a weekly call slot in this window, wherever they are.

Lisbon time

8:00

12:00

16:00

20:00

24:00

Lisbon

Calls

New York

Calls

We hire twice a year.

The next round opens in March 2027. Send your work any time, and we’ll write back when there’s a seat.

jobs@norte.studio