Work

Designed and built.

A curated selection: real client work, live products, and self-initiated concepts. Each one designed and engineered by the same two people.

16 projects

01Live

madebyluis

Illustrator's portfolio

The home page for engenho's own illustrator: fourteen years of ink behind a single, confident 'pick a side'. Cheese That Hurt one way, the illustration work the other. The design half of the studio drew it; the engineering half shipped it.

WebEngineering

Illustration · Braga · 2026View

02Live

em-modshop

Retro hardware store

A storefront built from scratch for custom RGB cables: workshop voice, a live terminal status panel, PayPal checkout and a full commerce engine behind it.

WebIdentityCommerce

E-commerce · retro gaming · 2024–26View

03Live

Whispery

Self-destructing secrets

Share a password through a single-use, self-destructing link. Zero-knowledge by design: the key never leaves the URL, never touches the server.

WebAppIdentityEngineering

Security · privacy product · 2026View

04Client

Fisiodume

Physiotherapy clinic

A calm, editorial site and content platform for a physiotherapy clinic in Dume: every service and team member editable, reviews and bookings wired in.

WebIdentityCMS

Healthcare · Braga · 2026View

05Self-initiated

Nudgy

Medication companion

An Android app that reads the medicine box, builds a schedule that can change over time, and nags until each dose is confirmed. Everything stays on the phone.

AppIdentityEngineering

Health · personal tools · 2026View

06Self-initiated

beefy

Workout runner

You bring the workout, beefy walks you through it one item at a time. Type it in, or scan a handwritten list and let the phone read it. No accounts, no cloud, no fuss.

AppIdentityEngineering

Fitness · personal tools · 2026View

07Self-initiated

Prumo

Architecture atelier · concept

A self-initiated redesign for an architecture, engineering and construction atelier: warm paper, ink and a single oxblood accent, editorial serif headlines, and a works archive with an asymmetric grid.

WebIdentity

Architecture · construction · 2026View

08Self-initiated

Linha

Regional transit · concept

A self-initiated reimagining of a regional public-transport authority: an interactive network map, fare schedules, and a five-step ticket purchase, web and app from one core.

WebAppStrategyEngineering

Civic · mobility · 2026View

09Client

Fonte do Mundo

Repair shop + tracker

A site and a custom repair management platform for a Braga electronics shop, with a public, real-time 'track your repair' code.

WebIdentityPlatform

Repair · local services · Braga · 2025–26View

10Self-initiated

Pista

Roller-hockey portal · concept

A design-led reimagining of a national roller-hockey federation portal, a spotlight on an underserved sport: a live-match hero, standings with form dots, and a native companion app.

WebAppStrategy

Sports media · 2026View

11Self-initiated

Uploady

Private file sharing · product

A private upload and sharing app that runs on the owner's own storage: passkeys instead of passwords, new sign ins approved from a phone, and links the owner fully controls.

WebPlatformEngineering

Storage · privacy · 2026View

12Self-initiated

Widgety

Personal data dashboard · product

A dashboard of blocks with the numbers that change day to day: weather, sunrise and sunset, fuel prices in Portugal, electricity, currency and commodities, all from official and public sources.

WebEngineering

Utilities · data · 2026View

13Self-initiated

Ateneu

International school · concept

A self initiated redesign for an international school: two switchable looks, Heritage in navy and gold and Spectrum in four colours, with admissions, academics and community in English and Portuguese.

WebIdentity

Education · 2026View

14Self-initiated

Matrícula

Vehicle import agency · concept

A redesign concept for a vehicle import and legalisation agency: a warm ink and brass editorial look, a four step process timeline, a country grid and a quote request form, plus a second red and black direction on its own route.

WebIdentity

Automotive · services · 2026View

15Self-initiated

1º Capítulo

Bookshop, cafe and garden · concept

A prototype for an independent bookshop with a cafe and a garden inside a historic house: catalogue, cart and pickup orders, cafe menu, agenda and a companion app, on a paper and ink editorial system.

WebAppIdentityCommerce

Retail · culture · 2026View

16Self-initiated

Concelho

Municipal portal · concept

A design proposal for a city council portal and citizen app: a services catalogue with an A to Z index, agenda and news on a headless CMS, public consultations with working submissions, in three languages, on an ivory, azulejo blue and gold heritage system.

WebAppIdentityCMS

Public sector · civic · 2026View