Graphic Design

• Graduated in Communication Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon.
• Master in Communication Strategies and Art Direction at Elisava, Barcelona.
• Creates and manages projects in the areas of Communication Design, Art Direction, Webdesign, Editorial Design and Fashion. Her study is driven to deepen mankind’s ability to communicate through diverse media, embracing the potential of visual discourses. To apprehend new languages within the practice of design, to face and develop conceptual responses in distinct creative ways, based on the direct confrontation between art, technology and humanity.
• Sessional Lecturer at Master’s Degree in Design and Communication at Elisava, Barcelona. Course Coordinator of the High National Diploma Course – Communication Design and Multimedia, at ETIC – Escola de Novas Tecnologias Inovação e Criação, in Lisbon. Work published by several editors and magazines, such as: Victionary, Laurence King, Rockport, Design2context, Design and Design, Sandu Publishing, Index Book, Wallpaper, Novum, NEO2, Slanted, among others.

www.joanaareal.pt

Ana is a graphic designer and creative director with 11 years of experience, working primarily in visual identity and communication, typography, packaging and editorial design. Having graduated from the Chelsea College of Art & Design in 2007, Ana has since worked in a number of studios between London, Lisbon and Brazil. In 2013, she completed a Post Graduate degree in Anthropology – Visual Cultures at FCSH and more recently an MA in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects at FBAUP. Today she splits her time teaching at the HND Communication and Graphic Design course at ETIC and working on a number of freelance projects. Professionally, she is known for crafting the visual identities for the Portuguese Public Institute of Blood and Transplants, Casa Bernardo Sassetti and the Graduate Music School of Lisbon.

www.many-islands.com

Holds a degree in Interior Design from ESAD – Escola Superior de Artes e Design, in Oporto, a master in Interactive Media from Goldsmiths College, London, and a postgraduation course in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects, from Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto. Works as a communication designer, developing editorial, graphic, identity and web design projects, in commissioned and auto-initiated projects. Projects include Cachorros Quentes Editora Ambulante (2012-2013, Porto and Santiago de Chile; FondArt 2012 grant by Fondos de Cultura de Chile) and Glote (2013-2015, Porto). She has worked in studios in Lisbon, Berlin and Santiago de Chile. Currently, she works at the studio Silva Designers in Lisbon and as a freelance designer. She is also studying anthropology at Universidade Nova, exploring the relations between anthropology, ecology and design.

One might say that being born in a german/portuguese family and growing up on a farm with horses and lots of GTA playing contributed to a quite eclectic range of references. Graduated in 2011 by the Fine Arts Faculty in Lisbon in Communication Design, moved in to São Paulo, Brazil, to work for almost 3 years with Fábio Prata and Flávia Nalon at ps.2 arquitetura + design and graduated from MA Spaces and Communication at HEAD Genève in 2017. A graphic designer by passion, but an alien at heart, created in 2019 the independent magazine Alien Magazine and the studio Frau im Mond, as a nod to her love for science fiction. Collaborates currently with maat – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology as its head designer.

Ricardo is a graphic designer/musician from Lisbon. He is working from visual identities to books and everything in between. Ricardo started in a different field related to sound and later in life found his love for letters and grids. First, he was the editor of a few books, curated exhibitions, and then graphic design appeared. The Master in Graphic Design from Elisava in Barcelona is an essential part of the journey. From that, he started working at Clase BCN and did a swiss typographic course at Design Werkstaat (BCN), and post graduation in web design from ESTAL (LIS). He then co-founded Desisto, a design studio and risograph lab, where he continues his design practice. His love for teaching lead him to ETIC, where he teaches in the HND and coordinates the web design course.

Sara Orsi is a web-designer, coder and researcher. Currently, she runs her own studio, is a PhD Student in Digital Media from FCT Nova, Lisbon and lectures at ESAD.CR and ETIC. Orsi co-founded Arquivo 237 — a cultural and educational project in Lisbon with a focus on Architecture, Design and Technology. With a background in Architecture from University of Porto, Orsi holds a master in Communication Design and New Media from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, with the dissertation From the Archive to the New.

www.saraorsi.com

Julie has over 25 years’ experience in education and has taught on several art, design and fashion courses.

Since graduating from Canterbury College of Art with a BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Julie spent several years as a freelance designer in the London, followed by a period of employment in a multi disciplinary studio as a senior designer.

Julie has extensive knowledge of curriculum development having successfully written and developed several new courses at Solent University. She has been a panel member on numerous validation events both internally and externally at universities in the UK and abroad; additionally she has been called upon to act on a consultancy basis as an HE Expert at a global validation event.

A keen interest in pedagogic issues, in particular the assessment of creative practice, formed the basis of her research topic whilst she was a teaching and learning fellow at Solent. This research was further developed whilst on the MA Education course at Kingston University.

Julie has been an external examiner both in the UK and abroad for over 20 years and is currently an external examiner for Manchester Metropolitan University School of Art and Nottingham Trent University for their BA (Hons) Graphic Design courses.