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Twine

Graduated in Product Design since 2006, from ESTG of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. He started in 2006 with a curricular internship in a private industrial design office where he worked as a product designer

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Graduated in Product Design since 2006, from ESTG of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. He started in 2006 with a curricular internship in a private industrial design office where he worked as a product designer with the aim of developing alternative projects for the client PROCALÇADO S.A. In the same year, he also did a professional internship as a graphic and product designer at the company José Borda & Ca Lda. After finishing his internship in 2007, he was invited to stay with the aim of

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Graduated in Product Design since 2006, from ESTG of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo.

He started in 2006 with a curricular internship in a private industrial design office where he worked as a product designer with the aim of developing alternative projects for the client PROCALÇADO S.A. In the same year, he also did a professional internship as a graphic and product designer at the company José Borda & Ca Lda. After finishing his internship in 2007, he was invited to stay with the aim of starting a process of integration, modernization and internal development of the creative area with projects in different areas, in a constructive process that lasted for 10 years.

During this journey, he also learned and took on more diverse projects: design and patent of the process for the production of doors_Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_); training in Trends and Marketing Integration (2009); training in Culture and Fashion Design (2009 at the former CITEX); exhibition of projects in “Digital Art” by the Professional School of Foreign Trade – Porto (2010); creation of DINC, online trade and promotion of art on t-shirts (2012); finalist of the Passport for Entrepreneurship promoted by IAPMEI with the Customizable Doors project (2014); training in Market Prospecting, Marketing Plan and Management and Planning_Phone details not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_); creation of the Sisamu® brand, a collection of customizable doors for housing and commercial spaces; Certificate of Pedagogical Skills (2018).

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Skills

Ca
Catalogue
We
Web Design
Pr
Product Design
Pr
Presentation Design
Po
Poster
Ma
Magazine
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Experience Level

Catalogue
Expert
Web Design
Expert
Product Design
Expert
Presentation Design
Expert
Poster
Expert
Magazine
Expert
Logo
Expert
Flyer
Expert
Email Marketing
Expert
Email Design
Expert
Costume Design
Expert
Business Card
Expert
Brochure
Expert
Branding
Expert
Artwork
Expert
Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
Adobe Illustrator
Expert
3D Model
Expert
Infographic
Expert
Adobe Dreamweaver
Expert
3D Design
Expert
Adobe XD
Expert
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Language

Portuguese
Fluent
English
Advanced

Education

Market Research, Marketing Plan and Management and Planning at IAPMEI
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
Trends and Marketing Integration at AEP - Associação Empresarial de Portugal
March 1, 2025 - March 26, 2025
Workshop - Fashion Culture and Design at Citex (actual Modatex)
May 1, 2009 - May 31, 2009
Degree (two-stage, Pre-Bologna) in Product Design at Higher School of Technology and Management – ​​Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo
September 1, 2001 - September 1, 2006
Arts at Eça de Queirós Secondary School – Póvoa de Varzim
September 1, 1998 - September 1, 2001

Qualifications

Certificate of Pedagogical Skills
June 1, 2018 - August 31, 2018
Internationalization via E-Commerce - PRR in Portugal by EU funds
November 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023
Project execution, by the company Alexandre Viana Castro Ltda, with the Sisamu project, with a total investment round of 20.376€.
Passport to Entrepreneurship, promoted by IAPMEI
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Winning finalist of the Passport to Entrepreneurship program, promoted by IAPMEI, with the Mutable Sandwich System (Sisamu) project in the production of doors, co-authored with an architect.

Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Professional Services, Real Estate & Construction, Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Wholesale & Distribution
    uniE621 Natalia Franco Therapies
    At the beginning of a new professional phase in the area of ​​holistic therapies, Natália Franco wanted an identity that would culminate all types of treatments she would provide. In all of them, the link was their hands, a concept that served as the basis for the development of Natália Franco
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    uniE621 Sweet Sea Pastry Shop
    The evolution of Pastelaria Doce Mar's business in the surrounding areas required a visual identity plan that could make them easily identifiable. https://www.twine.net/signin
    uniE621 Refuge – Study Center and Academy
    With the company's restructuring in 2017, a new image became essential to communicate the group's strategy, which would communicate the 2 business areas: Study Center and Academy (currently Novas Marés) and Business Skills Center with Virtual Reality (VR). https://www.twine.net/signin
    uniE621 Evita wooden tricycle
    Development of a new product that was born with Alexandre Castro's new role, being a father. In a new phase of life, Alexandre creates a new product to accompany the development of motor skills in the first years of life. The concept would be to create a new modular (dis)assembleable tricycle
    uniE621 Vila do Conde City Council
    Brand study project for internal and external communication. The aim was to create a modern image that would fit into a gradual process of transforming the city hall's communication structure and that at the same time would represent everything that symbolizes the city of Vila do Conde
    uniE621 Joao Coutinho Physiotherapy
    With the expansion of the space, new services came into being, which is why João Coutinho Fisioterapia decided to redesign the communication of his office, both internally and externally, while maintaining the sobriety that characterizes it. https://www.twine.net/signin
    uniE621 Clouds and Shells Home Textiles
    After some time producing dresses and doing textile repairs, Manuela and her sister decided to take a leap in the business, opening their own space with a professional image. The challenge was to combine the activity with one of the main symbols of the town of Labruge (the shell), which already had a
    uniE621 Restaurant O Diogo
    Restaurante Diogo was born from a dream, a life project that took a few years to come to fruition! This dream was born on May 1, 2016, by the hand of a team that, behind a door, every day has the three B’s as a backdrop: Good Service – Quality Welcome – Sympathy Good Will – Trust Taste, enjoy and
    uniE621 HPM – Engineering and Construction
    HPM Engenharia e Construção is a company dedicated to public construction in the B2A business type such as School Park. https://www.twine.net/signin
    uniE621 Home Solutions – Home Repairs
    Hélder Almeida, a self-taught man, who after years of extraordinary DIY work, doing interior and exterior domestic repairs, tarring, carpentry, electricity and painting, decided to set up a company and dedicate himself 100% to the business. To achieve this, the challenge was to create a visual identity
    uniE621 LINK4S
    LINK4S – LINK FOR SUSTAINABILITY is more than an R&D project in the technological area, it is the principle of technology applied to society's daily life with a vast team of researchers and companies committed to transforming people's lives. https://www.twine.net/signin