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  • 01.03.2021

Interviews with design students of the Design Master course, Aveiro University – representing design companies in Portugal

Master students from the design course at Aveiro University participating in the "Representation of Knowledge" course were challenged to work with the "design companies in Portugal" database, for one semester. Their objectives were to create representations and metaphors; and convey carefully thought messages about the sector. The course resulted in five posters, presented in late February 2021.
  • 18.11.2021

REDE#03

A terceira REDE, Reunião de Escolas de Design, irá decorrer no próximo dia 3 de Dezembro, na Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa. Pretendemos com esta reunião dar a voz aos professores que ativamente têm contribuído para uma reflexão sobre o ensino do design em Portugal. Para tal, contamos com a colaboração de sete oradores convidados, que compõem um painel representativo de várias escolas de design de áreas geográficas e subsistemas de ensino diferentes.
  • 01.03.2021

Interviews with design students of the Design Master course, Aveiro University – representing design companies in Portugal

Master students from the design course at Aveiro University participating in the "Representation of Knowledge" course were challenged to work with the "design companies in Portugal" database, for one semester. Their objectives were to create representations and metaphors; and convey carefully thought messages about the sector. The course resulted in five posters, presented in late February 2021.
  • 01.11.2020

Dataset available: design doctorates undertaken in Portugal

We published the first curated dataset covering a specific vector of the design ecosystem model proposed by Ana Whicher: design reseach, more specifically, doctoral research.
  • 01.11.2020

A closer look at doctorates in design. Participation in the phenomenology of design course

"In the particular case of academic design research, written theses are the most commonly known ways of capturing the whole research process of the study in a single, stable, endurable and searchable medium (...) this enduring record is what enables other researchers to criticise or use any results of the research" Durling, 2002.
  • 25.10.2020

REDE#02 National Design Schools meeting: we are back!

The event REDE#02 National Design Schools meetings occurred on October 31st 2020 at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado e do Ave, Barcelos, Portugal. In total, 26 design schools and 49 participants contributed to develop and discuss multiple topics related with design education and models of collaboration with companies.
  • 06.03.2020

We started field activities with design schools in the Portuguese territory

We started fieldwork in the Portuguese territory! Destination: the Polytechnique Institute of Portalegre. Our host, professor Vera Barradas, invited us to talk about the DesignOBS mission, objectives and main results achieve this far.
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National project that looks at design as a factor of innovation as well as cultural and socioeconomic development. The project collects and interprets data from the Portuguese Design ecosystem to promote its knowledge and to influence public policies.

2021 Observatório de Design. Towards a Design Observatory: models, instruments, representations and strategies. Supported by Lisbon Regional Operational Programme (Lisboa 2020) and the Competitiveness and Internationalisation Operational Programme (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032445), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology.
Code + Design by  K I C K V O I D L Ö O P ,  Communication + Design Cooperative. 

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Campus de Santiago
Universidade de Aveiro
3810-193 Aveiro
Portugal

Nina Costa designobs@ua.pt