Alberto Calvo

@intemperie.me

407 Followers 350 Following

Design systems, ops, and architecture. Inclusion and ethics. Connecting disciplines to make better stuff. Sharing reflections at faro.intemperie.me. Previously at Maze, Cabify, Sketch, and more. Introvert dad🎗️

A GIF showing examples of Saffron’s reverse italics typeface leaning the wrong way for no apparent reason.
Circular, planet-like dial on a dark, cosmic background, illustrating a spectrum from functional to expressive. Softly glowing pink and violet dots arc around the dial, and their light subtly reflects onto the surface of the circle as a faint halo, following its curvature. The illumination gradually diminishes into darker, unlit dots on the opposite side, suggesting increasing expressiveness while a calm, stable core remains at the center.
Night-time street scene during Madrid’s San Silvestre 10K on New Year’s Eve: I’m running in the foreground wearing a dark beanie and gloves, with my wife running beside me, partially in frame. Behind us, a large crowd of runners moves through the city under festive holiday lights.
My TV at home shows a close-up of the Nintendo Switch 2 Donkey Kong Bananza, looking scared. The scene is bathed in Philips Hue Box Sync ambient lights, with a pair of HomePods in the background.
Abstract illustration of three horizontal sliders in light purple on a dark, star-like background, suggesting adjustment and balance.
Pink poster announcing the typeface “Aeonik Soft” with the words “Coming soon…” in large rounded letters. Smaller text at the bottom lists features like multiple stylistic sets, language support, weights, italics, and a variable font, with the type foundry name and handle.
A table visualizing Mary Lippitt’s Managing complex change model. It shows that when any element—vision, skills, incentives, resources, or action plan—is missing, change leads to confusion, anxiety, resistance, frustration, or false starts. When all are present, change succeeds.
A quadrant graph showing how system flexibility aligns with team maturity. The horizontal axis represents team maturity from low to high, and the vertical axis represents system rigidity from high to low. The four stages are Rigid, Responsive, Adaptable, and Flexible. As teams mature, systems move from strict rules and guidance to trust and shared intent, balancing structure with autonomy.
A visual model showing how system need changes with team size and maturity. Small, mature teams often stay coherent with minimal structure. Large, less mature teams face higher risk of inconsistency and inefficiency.
A tweet by Chan Karunamuni on Twitter praising Steve Lemay, the new Apple Human Interface Design lead, who has been his manager throughout his 15-year tenure at the company.
Four Lighthouse badges showing perfect 100 scores in Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO for Faro, with some (classic designer) confetti to celebrate.
A screenshot of Polypane app, debugging the Faro website in three different breakpoints, and highlighting horizontal scrolling in Small Tablet and below.
Screenshot of the Faro article Experience Platform. The page title appears above a layered orange icon. The subtitle reads “When systems stop serving teams and start shaping how they create experiences together, quality becomes culture.” Below, the first paragraph begins: “In engineering, platform work often happens quietly...” The design features a dark background with purple accents.
Screenshot of a Faro article titled “Finding the right flexibility”. The page has a dark, calm interface with soft purple and orange tones. The layout shows Faro’s clear structure, with a sidebar highlighting “System dynamics” and a main section introducing the article with a handshake icon. The scene feels reflective, capturing the thoughtful and introspective spirit behind Faro.
Screenshot of a post by Instituto Tramontana on LinkedIn talking about design with cooking metaphors.
Screenshot of the Faro website’s guide titled “The path to a unified experience language.” The page introduces Faro as a reflection on how people learn to see, define, and build together. Below the headline, a section called “Finding direction” explains how brand, design, writing, and engineering connect through empathy and shared purpose. Three cards—Foundations, Patterns, and Operations—represent different dimensions of this shared experience language, each with short descriptive text and distinct icons. The dark background features subtle gradients and star-like dots, giving the page a calm, space-inspired feel.
A screenshot of a styled quote in a night sky background by Mark Dalgleish that reads "Design systems are such a battle. A battle against old ways of thinking. A battle against old ways of working. A battle against history. A battle against inertia. Still, we need to stop and appreciate just how far we’ve come. It’s actually quite remarkable."
A video recording of a subtle starry night background I'm working on using Canvas, featuring twinkling and shooting stars with small particles and slight color variations.
A two-panel meme from the “Flex Tape” commercial. In the top panel, a man labeled “Tech companies” prepares to slap tape onto a large water tank labeled “Broken product,” which is leaking water. In the bottom panel, his hand, labeled “AI”, presses the tape onto the leak, but water is still visibly pouring out, implying that the problem isn’t actually fixed.
An Apple IIe, launched in 1983 at the OXO’s permanent exhibition.
A sign-in form checkbox labeled "Keep me signed in" is checked.
A macOS window showing Zed editor using my Gloom Dark theme port on a CSS file.
An example of the Hugeicons icon library featuring a navigation menu user interface.
The views of the Cantabrian Sea from Monte Buciero in Santoña, Spain
A screenshot of https://atmos.style, the tool I used to design the latest color palette I worked on, with access to OKCLH color space, P3 color gamut, and visual controls with curves and all the stuff you'd need to create something nice!
Following the European Broadcasting Union’s threat of fines against RTVE if the Eurovision 2025 narrators reported the Gaza deaths again, the Spanish public channel displayed a message before the final: “When human rights are at stake, silence is not an option. Peace and Justice for Palestine.”
A screenshot of my desktop computer, featuring a candy wallpaper and icons.
The banks of the Tajo River were covered with mist, with a tree in the foreground.
A graphic displaying the different levels of a token distribution model: System Mode/Theme/Element/Role/Modifier. The system mode operates at a higher level (Operative System), and the example shows how it applies to different themes: Default and Inverted.
A screenshot of my Apple Music Replay recap showing Baby Lullaby Academy as my top artist this year
A screenshot of my Bluesky roast https://blueskyroast.com/roast/intemperie.me
A message from a coworker that says: “Man it takes courage to talk about this. Thank you for sharing. Knowing your story before, it still hit hard. And his smile is infectious. couldn't stop smiling looking at this smiling photos ❤️”
Gentler Streak app showing my sleep data for tonight, way below the normal range.
My phone showing the SmartRow app with my latest 20 minute rowing workout. My TV with the Fitness+ details in the background.
A Tado X radiator valve set up to 22.5 degrees Celsius. The thermostat says the current temperature is 26 degrees Celsius, and the child lock is on.