DESIGNOBS - Key Persons


Afonso Borges

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

Antonio Modesto

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

Beatriz Marques

Graduated in Art and Design and holds a master's degree in Communication Design and New Media at Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon. She is a PhD design candidate, at the Universidade de Aveiro, ID+ developing her thesis on the topic of Information Visualization, with a focus on Augmented Reality. ORCID: 0000-0003-1827-8396

Nina Costa

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

Raul Cunca

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

Rui Costa

Job Titles:
  • Co - IP, UA, ID
  • Designer, Professor
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

Vasco Branco

Job Titles:
  • Investigador Principal ( IP ), UA, ID
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