This study analyzes the collection of Luso-African vinyl records (1960–1992) held by the Fonoteca Municipal do Porto, resulting in two editorial objects: a visual and analytical catalog and a project report.
Category: Master Dissertations and Reports
The revival of Tia Lira
Technological advances in type design have contributed to the growth of type revivals — the practice of updating and reinterpreting typefaces from the past. In this context, the work of Manuel Pereira da Silva, a Portuguese designer, typographer and researcher,…
A Mulher Negra na Cultura Visual de Portugal Colonial
This project investigates the impact of racist representations of Black women in Portuguese visual culture of the colonial period. It seeks to understand how editorial design can contribute, politically and pedagogically, to a critical and conscious reading of these images.
A Imagem e Não-Imagem da Censura Queer
From feelings of devaluation and marginalization come responses and reactions that make up what we might call queer resistance. It emerges, among other forms, through the re-signification and reclaiming of languages and meanings, many of which are expressed through images,…
Towards a Forensic Atlas for Threshold Territories
This research proposes alternative representations of the U-1277 submarine wreck, scuttled by its own crew off Leixões in 1945, through graphic and editorial design. Drawing on sonar imagery, bathymetry and visual records, it constructs a speculative cartographic system that opens…
Design Gráfico Queer-Feminista: A zine sáfica como ferramenta de resistência e identidade lésbica
This work aims to analyze, understand and promote queer-feminist design through historical and practical research, investigating the intersection of feminism, queer theory, the practice of graphic and editorial design and its use as a tool for resistance and community-building.
CAMOUFLAGE
CAMOUFLAGE is part of a research project exploring how vivipary in plants, particularly the facultative type, can be metaphorically associated with phenomena such as affective computing, which continues to expand significantly in the field of Human–Computer Interaction.
Prática Editorial como Reativação
Scientific archives are fundamental repositories of human knowledge, yet often remain inaccessible due to challenges of cataloging, digitization and cultural mediation. Following a curricular internship at the Desmond Morris scientific archive, held at the Museum of Natural History and Science…
Artificial intelligence as a creative tool for type designers
Digital fonts were first introduced worldwide during the later decades of the 20th century when typography transitioned from metallic letters to digital ones. From that point on, the idea of a foundry changed.
O espaço do silêncio
This work analyzes the importance of empty space in editorial design, particularly in communicating landscape architecture projects, taking the Parque da Alameda de Cartes (PAC) as a case study.