Th(ink) in Type

Th(ink) in Type is a typographic manual for designers, students and typography enthusiasts. The project is a compilation of excerpts by various authors from the fields of graphic design and type design, intended to serve as a specialized guide to…

Form and freedom: Modernism and deconstruction in graphic design

“Form and freedom” is a work produced for the Advanced Studies in Editorial Design and Typography curricular unit, supervised by Mário Moura, which sets out to explore a monochrome, purely typographic editorial object, without any non-typographic images, in order to…

Magnenat revival typeface

The brief for Project 2 was to revive the typeface created by the Colombian artist Sergio Magnenat and used on the posters of the Bolivarian Games (1938).

A moss-covered grimoire: An archival tribute to dungeon synth artwork

“A Moss-Covered Grimoire: An Archival Tribute to Dungeon Synth” is a book that gathers and presents artwork and other visual elements from releases in the dungeon synth music genre.

Ao sopro da terra

(Because of the personal nature of this project, the synopsis was written in the first person) Developed from the selection of three objects representing three different people — my grandfather, my mother and myself —, Ao Sopro da Terra grows…

Conference & Workshop with Diego Vainesman at FBAUP

What happens when designers stop drawing and the letters start talking? Chaos, wit, and a wall full of typographic stories. By the end of the afternoon in PS45, our studio wall looked like a living dictionary. Words turned into images—CLOCK that actually read like time; DISCORD split by the slightest spacing decision; FORBIDDEN reduced to… Continue reading Conference & Workshop with Diego Vainesman at FBAUP

Student Distinctions at IJUP 2025

The Master in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects (MDGPE) is proud to announce that two of our students, Rita Melo and Bruno Barros, have been honored with distinguished awards at the 2025 edition of the Young Research Meeting of the University of Porto (IJUP). Their outstanding work, presented in the Arts category, captivated the audience… Continue reading Student Distinctions at IJUP 2025