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Gaya

Publish what you make, keep what inspires you.

Gaya is the inspiration platform for creative professionals: a portfolio that reaches the right people and a library of references you can find by colour, by theme or by who made them. No ads, no shops, just the work. I created the product from the first idea to launch.

  • Gaya · gaya.design
  • Creator: product, design and development
  • Designers, photographers, illustrators and creative studios
  • 2026
gaya.design

What it is

A space to show and discover creative work across ten disciplines, from photography and illustration to architecture and fashion. Each person has a portfolio, follows other creators and organises references in collections, alone or with their team.

The Gaya home page: “Onde referências viram repertório”
The home page gallery with search by colour and saving to a collection

The idea

Creative people spend hours hunting for references scattered across networks full of ads, shops and noise. Gaya was born from the wish for a calmer place, where attention goes to the work and to who made it, with the feel of a museum catalogue rather than a feed.

The Explore gallery filtered by architecture
The Explore gallery in the dark theme

The proposal

Find the right reference faster and give each work the space it deserves. The gallery opens straight away, can be searched by colour or theme, and each work opens almost full screen, with its author, discipline and the collections it was saved to, on the computer or on the phone.

A work open in the viewer, in the dark theme
Gaya on a phone: the gallery in two columns with the bottom bar
Gaya on a phone: a work in the full-screen viewer

The goal

Become the repertoire of creative professionals: one place to build a portfolio, gather inspiration and work with the team. Gaya Pro adds shared collections, statistics and a verified profile, and every new work is reviewed before it appears, to keep the space safe and the focus on quality.

The Gaya Pro page with the free and Pro plans

Results

10

Creative disciplines to explore

3

Ways to view the gallery, like a light table

0

Ads, brands or shops

14

Days to try Gaya Pro for free

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