About me

Designing clarity
from chaos.

I'm Francesco — a UX/UI designer and Localization QA specialist based in Madrid. I care deeply about the spaces between pixels: the interactions people barely notice but always feel.

I grew up in Abruzzo, Italy — a region most people can't place on a map, which probably explains why I've always been drawn to making things clearer. I got into design the hard way: by using software that frustrated me until I figured out how to fix it myself. No epiphany — just a low tolerance for bad interfaces and a Computer Science background that made me dangerous with code.

I moved to Madrid and built a career at the crossroads of two disciplines: UX/UI design and Localization QA. One asks me to think in systems and empathy; the other asks me to think in precision and edge cases. Together, they make me unusually good at catching what shouldn't ship.

Outside the screen, I'm producing music, rewatching the same games I've loved for fifteen years, and photographing corners of cities most people walk past.

Francesco Gerbasio as Spiderman

Yes, I'm Spiderman. No, I will not be taking questions.

Things I believe in

04 principles
01

Details are the design.

The best interfaces are the ones people don't notice. They just work — and work beautifully. I obsess over the things most people skip: spacing, micro-copy, transition timing, error states.

02

Questions before answers.

Great design starts with asking why three more times than feels comfortable. A clear problem statement is worth more than a hundred wireframes.

03

Ship early, learn faster.

Perfection is a moving target. I'd rather get something real in front of people and iterate than spend months refining something no one's validated yet.

04

Context is everything.

A good solution in one language, culture, or context can be a bad one in another. My multilingual background has taught me to always ask: for whom, and where?

Right now

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Location

Madrid, Spain

Open to remote & relocation

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Currently playing

Stray · Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Always open to recommendations

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On repeat

Italian rap & Latin urbano

Lazza · Bad Bunny · Rauw Alejandro

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Last trip

Wrocław, Poland

Always planning the next one

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Languages

🇮🇹 Italian Native 🇬🇧 English Fluent 🇪🇸 Spanish Fluent

Want to work together?
Let's talk.