Industrial design
I design objects that have to be made ten thousand times
Fourteen years between the workshop and the factory floor, mostly furniture and tools, always with the people who will build it in the room.
- 14
- Years in practice
- 38
- Products in production
- 6
- Factories worked inPortugal, Poland and Vietnam
- 2
- PatentsBoth on hinges
Background
Where the time went
Work
2021 — present
Independent practice
Porto
Four clients at a time, from first sketch to the first thousand units off the line.
2017 — 2021
Senior designer
Vila Nova Furniture
Led the seating programme, including the chair that is still their best seller.
2013 — 2017
Designer
Ferro Studio
Hand tools and workshop equipment, drawn for people wearing gloves.
Study
2011 — 2013
Master in industrial design
University of Porto
Thesis on repairability in flat-pack furniture.
2008 — 2011
Degree in product design
ESAD
Worked with
- Vila Nova
- Ferro Studio
- Casa Mota
- Norte Tools
- Atelier Rua