Full professor in Design at the Communication and Art Department of the University of Aveiro. Director of ID+ (Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture). Member of international advisory boards: The Design Journal [UK], I+DISEÑO [Spain], Cadernos de Estudos Avançados em Design [Brasil] | ORCID: 0000-0003-3855-1919

Rui Costa is a designer, professor (communication and art department at Universidade de Aveiro) and researcher (ID+, Research Institute of Design, Media and Culture). PhD in Design with the dissertation entitled Communication Design as Knowledge (2014), his areas of interest are investigation through project, and information representation. He is co-principal researcher of the Project DesignOBS.: for a design observatory in Portugal. | ORCID: 0000-0002-8881-3174

Researcher based in Aveiro University, integrated member at the Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture (ID+). She currently is the main assistant researcher at the DesignOBS project. Her PhD, developed within the MIT-Portugal program, in collaboration with MIT and INESC TEC, focused on integrating Product-Service system Design and Service Design approaches. She has worked in collaboration with companies in different sectors (EDP commercial, Laborial). | ORCID: 0000-0002-2680-2752

Communication and industrial designer. Professor at the University of Beira Interior; invited Professor at the University of Porto, and member of ID+ research institute. PhD in design, he is a researcher of everyday objects. | ORCID: 0000-0002-3071-7980

Designer and associate professor at the Fine Arts Faculty of University of Lisbon. Member of several Scientific Committees, referee of the magazine i+Diseño. Developed design activities in different areas since 1986, collaborating with companies and institutions in Europe. | ORCID: 0000-0002-6837-7176

Studied art and design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto University, where he is an Associate Professor. Beyond the academic activity, he researches and works in design and art. He has been an art director in his own design studio for more than 15 years. | ORCID: 0000-0002-5890-0074