In nature, looks express how it works. That's my design approach
Books & Research papers
Books of Gonçalo
As a designer I need to be always asking for the "why", reaching all layers of why. And this lead me to write several books:
The Experience-Driven Country (EN) - A speculation of the end of the nation-state, and the emergence of the Experience state. Wellbeing Design Best Practices For Digital (EN) - Recommendations that we can make the digital experience of users more geared towards wellbeing. Design anything without coding (EN) - Learn how to just design and make it happen, without any sort of coding. Read Research papers
I was 9 years old when I discovered design, making social pages for all my friends (hi5).
As a teen, I loved studying, but I was not passionate about any program in Portugal. After travelling throughout Europe, I decided to study in the Netherlands (I didn't knew 1 person). I studied Innovation in the Netherlands. Design in ESNE Spain. Master in Amsterdam in Design. I did my degrees while doing some part-time jobs, and then started working in design jobs. Was hard. Really hard.
During the time living in Amsterdam, I felt in love with Product Design. Creating awesome products to people is what makes me wake in the morning.
Having the courage to follow my dreams was the best decision of my life.
Education PhD in Artificial Intelligence (Computer Science at UAB, Barcelona, Spain) focus on the intersection between design & AI MSc Digital Design (HVA Amsterdam, NL) Bachelor's in Innovation (BBA in Amsterdam) Erasmus Graphic Design (ESNE Madrid, Spain) Skills Adobe Creative Cloud Webflow Sketch Figma After Effects / Animation Programming python and javascript Portuguese, English, Spanish, Dutch (B1)
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