CLIP 01 / 09 — FILED — BERLIN · 2024
DRV
Government nNsurance company platforms in React + Ionic + GraphQL. Webinar tooling, accessibility passes, Mapbox-based routing panels.
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FIELD GUIDE — SELECTED WORKS · 2012→2026
CORTESDEV✚
Fourteen years. Two hemispheres. One studio that ships clean software, type-led interfaces, and the kind of generative systems that pay off three years later. This is the field record — coordinates, plates, and field notes from every build.
SCROLL TO DESCEND — 52.4820°N → 41.3879°N
PROLOGUE / HOW TO READ THIS CORTES
Every build in this website is treated the same way:from the brief, through the system, until the workstops being a feature and becomes the interface itself.
PROJECT 01 / 03PROJ · 100 / 2024.XX
PROJECT 02 / 03PROJ · 200 / 2024.XX
PROJECT 03 / 03PROJ · 300 / 2026.XX
THE ROUTE / TEN STOPS — FOURTEEN YEARS
One line through
fourteen years of builds.
LEG 00 / 100 YR
THE LEDGER / ALL COMMITTED WORK
Top experiences,
filed by year.
CONTACT SHEET / LIVE BUILDS
FIELD FOOTAGE / RAW ARCHIVE
Filed en route.
CLIP 02 / 09 — FILED — BERLIN · 2024
MANX DESIGN
Patient platforms in React + Ionic + GraphQL. Webinar tooling, accessibility passes, Mapbox-based routing panels.
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CLIP 03 / 09 — FILED — BERLIN · 2022
NTT · EPO
Internal products at the European Patent Office — accessibility retrofits, search-result anchors, design-system grounding.
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CLIP 04 / 09 — FILED — BERLIN · 2024
MDZN
Brazilian × European cultural campaigns — event banners, social-media videos, diaspora partnerships that cut across three cities at once.
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CLIP 05 / 09 — FILED — BERLIN · 2023-2026
BAILECRIA
Brazilian × European cultural campaigns — event banners, social-media videos, diaspora partnerships that cut across three cities at once.
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CLIP 06 / 09 — FILED — BERLIN · 2026
SOCIAL MEDIA
Brazilian × European cultural campaigns — event banners, social-media videos, diaspora partnerships that cut across three cities at once.
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CLIP 07 / 09 — FILED — BERLIN · 2013-2026
PORTFOLIO SITE
platforms in Angular tooling, accessibility passes, Mapbox-based routing panels.
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CLIP 08 / 09 — FILED — BERLIN · 2025
WEB3 | SAFESWAP / MAGMA
platforms in Angular tooling, accessibility passes, Mapbox-based routing panels.
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CLIP 09 / 09 — FILED — BERLIN · 2018-2021
BERLIN AGENCIES
Patient platforms in React + Ionic + GraphQL. Webinar tooling, accessibility passes, Mapbox-based routing panels.
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CLIP 10 / 09 — FILED — BERLIN · 2024
BERLIN AGENCIES
Patient platforms in React + Ionic + GraphQL. Webinar tooling, accessibility passes, Mapbox-based routing panels.
VIEW RECORD — 10 OF 9 →
Stack used on this portfolio:
RECOGNITION / WHAT THE RECORD SAYS
“A portfolio that reads like a working library.”
— DEZEEN
“The kind of engineer you wish you'd hired earlier.”
— A LIST APART
“Quiet confidence in every shipped commit.”
— SMASHING MAGAZINE
“Reads less like a CV, more like a chart of intentions.”
— WIRED
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CORTESDEV — A FIELD GUIDE TO SELECTED WORKS — EDITION I
52.4820°N → 41.3879°NCORTES
✚A FIELD GUIDE TO
SELECTED WORKS
✚A FIELD GUIDE TO
SELECTED WORKS
CAREER
The whole career,bound in digital.
- PRINT18 YEARS
- DEVELOPMENT15 YEARS
- SOCIAL MEDIA4 YEARS
- DIGITAL14
- BIRTH YEAR1984
- BASEDBERLIN
PROJECTS150
FAQ / COMMON QUESTIONS
How this work usually begins.
Most projects start with a clear gap: a launch that needs a stronger voice, a website that needs a better system, or a brand that needs to feel more precise and alive.
What kind of work do you take on?
I work on design-led websites, cultural campaigns, brand systems, motion-led launch pages, and thoughtful frontend builds for founders and organisations that want clarity and presence.
Do you work with small teams or solo founders?
Yes. I often collaborate with founders, studios, and small teams that need a sharp point of view and reliable execution without unnecessary overhead.
Can you help with both strategy and implementation?
Absolutely. I can shape the concept, build the interface, and carry the work through to production so the experience feels coherent from first impression to final interaction.
How do projects usually start?
Most conversations begin with a rough idea, a deadline, or a feeling that the current presence is not yet doing enough. From there we define the scope and build from the strongest part of the brief.
What does a typical engagement look like?
It usually starts with a short discovery phase, followed by concept direction, implementation, and refinement. The process is paced to keep the work focused and moving.
EPILOGUE / FIELD NOTE 07
Software does not apologise. It records — the brief, the deadline, the hand of the build — and waits to be used.