Communities & side projects

Because one can never have to many 5 to 9's.

So... I can't call myself an ADHD fueled idea builder without building a few ideas, and in between those ideas I tend to find myself building communities and spaces for design, music and culture. I guess one cannot have a few too many hobbies, at least this one.

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2020 - Present

Status: Active

Friends of Figma, Portugal

Acting user group City Lead. Running one of the most prolific chapters, organizing monthly meetups, webinars, livestreams, talks, workshops and masterclasses for the Portuguese design community.

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2020 - Present

Status: ON PAUSE

Design is for Everyone

Podcast and research project, developed around the premise that Design is a tool for everyone and not just professional designers, and how the availability of design in education makes us more critical as a society, moving the needle to build a better world using the toolkit of design.

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2023 - Present

Status: PLANNING

TM2 - Too Many Tunes Magazine

Online music magazine, with a quarterly editorial schedule. The only goal: break through the noise and help people understand where they can find some of the best new music around.

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2020 - Present

Status: ACTIVE

UX/UI training

Since 2022 I've been collaborating FLAG, EDIT and other schools and universities teaching UX/UI and Figma classes to new generations of designers in Portugal.

PROJECTS Archive

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2012 - 2019

Culturarte

Portuguese online cultural magazine. Acted as Design & Video director, and  Editor in Chief (starting 2015). Built the brand, video, comms and strategy, website and helped develop social media presence.

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2017 - 2020

Sofar Sounds Coimbra

Led a team who organized free, exclusive hidden concerts with up and coming music projects, once a month in multiple locations around Coimbra, Portugal.

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