Ben Murga

Ben Murga
UI/UX Designer

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"Take a deep breath and start building"

Web Projects

Design System Exploration

2021-2023
This project contains many explorations and design concepts over the past 2 years for a large-scale CMS. This includes a wide range of components from inputs to entire table structures.

Included in the Figma file as well is and exploration in typography, color, and screen mockups. There are additional explorations using the latest Figma variable updates as of 6/20/23.
Figma file accessible here
Design System 1
Dashboard Concept
Design System 2
Profile Concept
Color Exploration
Color Exploration
Typography Exploration
Typography Guide

GoHard Energy Website

GoHard Energy
GoHard Promo
2022
GoHard Energy was an exciting project to work on for many reasons. One of the biggest reasons was the freedom to explore different design concepts and styles. Working with the wonderful Kate Chaparro at Zeal IT Consultants, we devised a highly kinetic and nostalgic 90's vibrant and slightly brutalist design scheme to house all of GoHard's content.

This task required taking an existing website and salvaging the most important elements to maintain the most of what made sense for the existing brand. Built in Webflow, the final site can be viewed here. Meanwhile, the Figma design file can be viewed here.

FC Dallas Social Media Banners

2020
FC Dallas Social Media Banners were just a small part of my contribution to Lifeblue Marketing team. I built many animated banners through Adobe Photoshop and After Effects that played through Google Ads after being refined to optimal web sizes.

I had to apply a close attention to detail in order to make sure all the separate sizes and text versions were consistent between experiences, not only in Figma, but also in the final executed product.
Figma file accessible here
FCD Banner 1
Wide Banner
FCD Banner 2
Tall Banner
FCD Banner 3
Square Banner

More Web Projects

Cytracom Mobile App Mockup

Cytracom Figma
Mobile App Mockup
Jan 2019
This was a simple mockup to show potential designs for a new mobile app. The goal was to take the original app designs and improve in terms of UI and UX. I pulled colors and design from their existing site and integrated that into the new mockup. I wanted to achieve stronger readability while still maintaining a strong brand.

You can click the preview image to view the Figma design files. From there you can see any assets and original designs this mockup was based off of.

Antera Software CMS

May 2018 - Dec 2018
The Antera Software CMS was a business solution focused on the promotional products vertical. It allowed you to manage clients, products, stock, and monitor business metrics & needs.

As the sole designer on this project, I was tasked with creating wireframes, mockups, branding documentation and marketing docs.

In a typical day, I would meet with shareholders, discuss business needs, mockup potential solutions, iterate, and work with engineers throughout the design process before handing it off to them for final buildout.
A live version of this app is inaccessible by the public
Antera 1
Desktop Dashboard
Antera 2
Tablet Account List
Antera 3
Color Guide
Antera 4
Mobile Order

DocuRep Web App

DocuRep 2
Desktop Dashboard
DocuRep 3
Mobile Registration
DocuRep 1
Email Promo
Dec 2016 - Apr 2017
The DocuRep Web App was intended to facilitate monitoring of sales rep visitors to health care facilities. It's goal was to track authorization through documentation in order to report to federal auditors.

As the lead designer on this project, I focused on creating wireframes, mockups, branding, and marketing. These designs would be the baseline for the layout of the DocuRep App.

I would create mockups, iterate and improve on those designs with shareholders. We worked through several versions based on their data requirements. My intention was to design a system that was easy for all parties to use.
A live version of this app is inaccessible by the public

Spoons Full of Sugar

Oct 2015 - May 2016
Kylee Tindle always had a strong business from word-of-mouth and local sales, but she was looking to develop a more serious web presence.

I worked with her to recognize her goals and build a she is proud of to this day.

We built her site on the Squarespace platform in order to fill her ecommerce needs. We worked through several designs and settled on a grid-based minimalist design that highlights her great photography that she does for her unique pieces.
Main Site
Storefront
Kylee Tindle

"Just keep building stuff!"

Odds & Ends

Bravo Art Gala Spheres

Feb 2016
Murgaman Art and Fabrication was contracted to create 15 spheres to be a display piece for the Bravo Art Gala in Des Moines, IA.

The project was a great challenge as my dad (Steve) and I had to figure out how to consistently build 3 different sized sets of 5 spheres. We determined aluminum would have best combination of weight and strength since they needed to be suspended above the dance floor.

The entire project was rewarded when we saw the final display during the Gala as the hue-changing lights transformed them into something else entirely.
DocuRep 2
Final Display
DocuRep 3
Fabrication
DocuRep 1
Steve Shrugged

Additional Projects

"These free-ish tools let me focus on design"

pexels logo
Pexels has the best stock images
figma logo
Figma for mockups and prototyping
Skeleton is a super minimalist boilerplate
animista logo
Animsta takes the guess work out of animations
Coolers lets you figure out colors and move on
Lorem Picsum has a ton of images for mockups

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