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.
2020 - Present
Status: Active
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.
2020 - Present
Status: ON PAUSE
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.
2023 - Present
Status: PLANNING
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.
PROJECTS Archive
2012 - 2019
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.
2017 - 2020
Led a team who organized free, exclusive hidden concerts with up and coming music projects, once a month in multiple locations around Coimbra, Portugal.
Maybe you want to work together, ask about my take on the latest software, invite me to bore you to death with my opinions, or maybe, just maybe, you actually think I'm cool enough to just have a talk. Either way, here's my email: hello@bfigas.design