“Espera” is an illustrated book developed in the Contexts and Practices of Illustration curricular unit, under the supervision of Professor Rui Vitorino. The publication grows out of the imagination and the choice of three objects of great personal importance —…
Category: Editorial Design
Haircuts for men
Project 2 of the Project curricular unit, supervised by Professor Eduardo Aires, set out mainly to favor understanding of the process of creating the artifact over the final result.
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…
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…
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Limited edition
2025 marks the 125th anniversary of the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, a story that has shaped several generations with its timeless values and narratives.
The potential of design expression in the field of mental health
The potential of design expression in the field of mental health:Development of a conceptual variable display typeface to raise awareness about eating disorders.Joana Teixeira Online campaign + digital font + typographic specimen Leveraging the expressive power of typography, a variable typeface was developed to subtly reflect some of the sensations and characteristics of living with… Continue reading The potential of design expression in the field of mental health
Reinventing academic access
Reinventing academic access: design, digitalization, and dialogue at U. Porto Press and in the journal Espaço Público/Public SpaceFrancisca Fradinho Alves The digital era has profoundly transformed the field of academic publishing. In addition to democratizing access to knowledge, it requires adapting content for online formats and reinventing graphic design practices to meet new demands for… Continue reading Reinventing academic access