Significa Blog

We created a Handbook

We love Handbooks but we never needed one. Now that we do, we might as well share it.

Rui Sereno·Strategy·January 2020

Function over emotion

An iceberg sank the Titanic. But what’s that got to do with text hierarchy?

Pedro Teixeira·Design·July 2019

Automating releases for UI Kits

How to automate release logs and builds for your style guides.

Isabel Sá·Development·July 2019

Advanced blog system in Gatsby

Create a complete blog from scratch in Gatsby with pagination, categories, featured post, author, SEO and navigation.

Danilo Woznica·Development·May 2019

First article on a series of … I don’t know how many yet, about Oopsie and how it became our longest running project. We’ll cover problems we had, successes we’ve accomplished and other I’m-not-sure-about-what stories around Oopsie and the awesome people behind it.

Rui Sereno·Strategy·February 2019

On creating synergies

Significa is a design-led company that takes on product creation from concept to launch. Sounds simple, but behind the scenes there’s more to it: we currently share office space with 2 other…

Pedro Brandão·Strategy·January 2019

Dark UI — Why, When & Where?

After defining the product structure, it’s time to start working on the look and feel. At this point the designer should think, amongst other things, on the appropriate color scheme to target the product’s audience.

Filipe Almeida·Design·July 2018

i18n with Gatsby

Taking advantage of Gatsby nodes to add internationalisation to a Gatsby project.

Pedro Brandão·Development·July 2018

ERGO — Interview with Head of Mobile Innovation

An interview with the Head of ERGO Mobile Innovation, Markus Kiessling.

Rui Sereno·Interviews·January 2017

CSS Only Slider

Today I’d like to guide you on how to create a responsive card slider using CSS and HTML only — not a single JavaScript line! On this tutorial we’ll make use of radio buttons to achieve a fully-working CSS only slider.

Rui Sereno·Development·January 2017

We’ve made it! Now what?

Facebook is an intrinsic part of our daily routine, and it has been since 2004. As of the time of writing this article, it’s on version 62.0 (and counting), ever-changing and constantly adapting to present days, yet always prepared for the days to come.

Pedro Teixeira·Design·December 2016

Snipl’s Book covers. Illustration by Mother Volcano.

Snipsl — Founder’s Interview

An interview with Max Schulze, the founder of Snipsl

Rui Sereno·Interviews·November 2016