The MDGPE Portfolio showcases both finished dissertations and project or internship reports we consider fine exemplars of the work done and to be developed by future students.
On this page, we also feature sample individual or group projects from the program’s courses. As well as projects that have either been developed within the scope of the master program or shortly after and that have been distinguished or are published “out there” and are worthwhile reviewing.
Master Dissertations and Reports
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
The potential of graphic industry waste
The potential of graphic industry waste reused in visual and experimental practices of graphic design.Catarina Santos Costa Ferreira Spolia (Latin: “spoils”; spolium) is a term used to describe the process of removing stones from old buildings and monuments in ruins to reuse them in new constructions and for decorative purposes. Originating from architecture, the term… Continue reading The potential of graphic industry waste
There is also an additional page where you may find examples of the MDGPE and other master courses’ dissertations and projects we have found interesting and relevant to our master course and students. We hope you find these useful.
Course Projects and Assignments
Ukrainian Findings
Ukrainian FindingsAnastasiia Zavalniuk Ukrainian Findings is a retrospective of 20th-century Ukrainian graphic art, featuring works by prominent artists who worked in styles such as Ukrainian Baroque, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Constructivism, Modernism, and Brutalism. The exhibition highlights unique examples of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet, particularly those that have remained unchanged since the reform of Peter… Continue reading Ukrainian Findings
Figurado in the Figurative Sense
Figurado no sentido figuradoAna Leite The history of Figurado ceramics catches a ride with the Earth’s continuous movement. On the potter’s wheel, this earth spins, and in the trance of this rotation, as the hands and clay get to know each other, we see a reflection of what we were and what we are, converging… Continue reading Figurado in the Figurative Sense
From Silence to Prominence
From Silence to ProminenceAna Pimenta For the Project Curricular Unit, students were asked to create a free object with a self-proposed theme. “From Silence to Prominence”, started from an interview given by NPR Music entitled “Nine Women In The Room: A Music Writers Roundtable”, I became curious about the journey of female music journalism and… Continue reading From Silence to Prominence
Highlights: Distinctions, Awards, and Work “in-the-wild.”
IJUP 2025
Celebrating a Growing, Engaged Academic Community in the 18th edition of IJUP – Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto —the annual Young Researchers Meeting of the University of Porto. This year the event counted with the participation of dozens of students from FBAUP, from the MDIP, MIEI, MDI and especially from the MDGPE… Continue reading IJUP 2025
IJUP 2024
In the last three days, the University of Porto has organized and hosted the U.Porto Youth Research Meeting – IJUP, at the amazing facilities of the FEP university: The U.Porto Young Research Meeting – IJUP, is an annual event, which takes place at the beginning of the second semester, and where U.Porto students have the… Continue reading IJUP 2024
Young Lions 2023
4 FBAUP students — 3 currently enrolled students in the MDGPE — have made it to the final stage of the 2023 edition of the Young Lions Portugal: Margarida Silva (together with the LDC alumnus Mariana Carvalhais) and Jorge Moreira with Alexandre Sousa. Although they didn’t take “the podium,” they proved to be feisty competitors going… Continue reading Young Lions 2023