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28.10.12 - It's out there. The Serena Chair, produced by Cadeiras Machado, was successfully exhibited on the Art On
Chairs event, organized the Paredes Center for Furniture Design.
25.09.12 - The General Directorate for the Arts, Ministry of Culture of Portugal, launched today the interactive book
"Rostos com Futuro", an interactive document, portraying 100 young portuguese talents in the fields of arts. The book
project was fully developed by me, David Francisco and Alexandre Neves.
14.09.12 - Today debuted the exhibition Art On Chairs, organized by the Centre of Furniture Design and the largest
chair exhibition in the World. The Serena Chair, will be exhibited there until the 18th November. Feel free to take a look
if you are near by Paredes, Porto. More info here
28.06.12 - Lately I've been supporting Mark Bendow Interior Environments. Check out at his great work, especially on
retail design.
04.06.12 - The Maraca money bank will be exhibited on "HIGH-RISK/LOW-TECH - Design in a time of crisis", an
exhibition organized by PlatFORM & SemiDomesticated as a part of DMY 2012 - International Design Festival Berlin.
Check out the facebook event for more info.
30.05.12 - The Serena Chair has started the first steps in the prototyping phase, supported by Paredes Centre of
Furniture Design. More details in September.
20.05.12 - Today Behance Porftolio Reviews took place worldwide and I was invited to present my work in Berlin
together with 4 other stunning creatives and artists with amazing works - Lucia Walter, Agnieszka Pakula,
Per Zennstrom and Francisco J. Nicolás Ruy-Díaz - in a meetup organized by Jacopo Severitano.
Photo by Raewyn Brandon
20.02.12 - HOORAY! I am so thrilled to announce that the Serena Chair was awarded 2nd prize of the category Making
Chairs of the international competition Art on Chairs 2012, be the IDC Paredes Portugal.
Among the jury were references such as James Irvine, Marti Guixé, Enrico Baleri and Fernando Brízio.
Besides the cash prize, the chair will now be prototyped and part of and international exhibition.
01.08.11 - I just joined the Berlin-based agency for product design and engineering Formfjord for a five-month period.
07.07.11 - Winner of Serralves' POPs 2011! The maraca money bank was awarded first prize in the Portuguese Original
Products competition, by the Serralves Foundation. It will remain in exhibition at the Serralves Museum and part of a
project that will be integrated in INSerralves, their business incubator.
Photo by Mario Guilherme
23.06.11 - The Maraca Money bank, the Trook hanger, and Pencil-clip are in the exhibition Portuguese Original
Products, in the Serralves Museum.
15.06.11 - I'm proud to say that the Function typeface was added to the collection of dafont.com.
You can download it for free here. You can check the projects page to learn how to draw it yourself too.
23.05.11 - Assisting portuguese designer Toni Grilo. Check out his amazing work, he's doing an excellent job turning
the spotlights of the design world to small companies.
01.10.10 - Won the national portfolio contest Interforma Make It Real.
As a prize I will be starting a 3 month internship at the best german home furniture manufacturer Hülsta!
Chairs event, organized the Paredes Center for Furniture Design.
25.09.12 - The General Directorate for the Arts, Ministry of Culture of Portugal, launched today the interactive book
"Rostos com Futuro", an interactive document, portraying 100 young portuguese talents in the fields of arts. The book
project was fully developed by me, David Francisco and Alexandre Neves.
14.09.12 - Today debuted the exhibition Art On Chairs, organized by the Centre of Furniture Design and the largest
chair exhibition in the World. The Serena Chair, will be exhibited there until the 18th November. Feel free to take a look
if you are near by Paredes, Porto. More info here
28.06.12 - Lately I've been supporting Mark Bendow Interior Environments. Check out at his great work, especially on
retail design.
04.06.12 - The Maraca money bank will be exhibited on "HIGH-RISK/LOW-TECH - Design in a time of crisis", an
exhibition organized by PlatFORM & SemiDomesticated as a part of DMY 2012 - International Design Festival Berlin.
Check out the facebook event for more info.
30.05.12 - The Serena Chair has started the first steps in the prototyping phase, supported by Paredes Centre of
Furniture Design. More details in September.
20.05.12 - Today Behance Porftolio Reviews took place worldwide and I was invited to present my work in Berlin
together with 4 other stunning creatives and artists with amazing works - Lucia Walter, Agnieszka Pakula,
Per Zennstrom and Francisco J. Nicolás Ruy-Díaz - in a meetup organized by Jacopo Severitano.
Photo by Raewyn Brandon
20.02.12 - HOORAY! I am so thrilled to announce that the Serena Chair was awarded 2nd prize of the category Making
Chairs of the international competition Art on Chairs 2012, be the IDC Paredes Portugal.
Among the jury were references such as James Irvine, Marti Guixé, Enrico Baleri and Fernando Brízio.
Besides the cash prize, the chair will now be prototyped and part of and international exhibition.
01.08.11 - I just joined the Berlin-based agency for product design and engineering Formfjord for a five-month period.
07.07.11 - Winner of Serralves' POPs 2011! The maraca money bank was awarded first prize in the Portuguese Original
Products competition, by the Serralves Foundation. It will remain in exhibition at the Serralves Museum and part of a
project that will be integrated in INSerralves, their business incubator.
Photo by Mario Guilherme
23.06.11 - The Maraca Money bank, the Trook hanger, and Pencil-clip are in the exhibition Portuguese Original
Products, in the Serralves Museum.
15.06.11 - I'm proud to say that the Function typeface was added to the collection of dafont.com.
You can download it for free here. You can check the projects page to learn how to draw it yourself too.
23.05.11 - Assisting portuguese designer Toni Grilo. Check out his amazing work, he's doing an excellent job turning
the spotlights of the design world to small companies.
01.10.10 - Won the national portfolio contest Interforma Make It Real.
As a prize I will be starting a 3 month internship at the best german home furniture manufacturer Hülsta!
