Kick-off Event
workshops
The DESIGN FUTURES project had its Kick-off event on February 26th 2024, featuring a program of presentations, a workshop, and a round table discussion on the topic. The kick-off event held at Mouraria Creative Hub also featured the participation of a group of guest speakers, who presented their most recent projects and experiences in the field of materials for sustainability and circular economy.
presentations
discussion
networking
Guest speakers
André Gouveia
INNGAGE
André Trindade
BY THE END OF MAY
André Gouveia, an industrial designer since 2006, specializes in strategic, human-centered product design. Founder of INNGAGE and a university lecturer, he blends design thinking, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration to align user needs with market goals, aiming to improve lives and business performance through holistic, context-driven design solutions.
André Trindade, co-founder of BY THE END OF MAY, is a multidisciplinary designer and researcher focused on sustainable, speculative urban projects. With a background in computer science, he integrates engineering, design, and open methodologies to promote regeneration and self-sufficiency, and supports the Distributed Design Platform in Lisbon.
Francisca Simões
FBAUL
Inês Soares
Novonovo
Francisca Simões, a system designer and master's student in Design for Sustainability, focuses on transition design and material exploration. Her projects, like "Coop" and "Trazer a Água de Volta às Ribeiras," aim to foster regenerative systems. She explores sustainable packaging solutions and supports climate resiliency through design.
Inês Soares is a versatile professional with a background in performing arts, conservation, and cultural project management. She co-founded Novonovo, focusing on material recovery, and designs business models for reusing marginalized materials. Her work emphasizes problem-solving, creativity, and understanding the cause-effect relationships in systems for conserving value.
Davide Onestini
BY THE END OF MAY
Davide Onestini, MA in Design from the University of San Marino, is Head of Design at BY THE END OF MAY. He explores systemic, post-consumerist design through digital fabrication, biomaterials, and crafts, creating speculative projects that promote local, planet-centered, self-sustaining practices and support Distributed Design activities in Lisbon.
Stéphanie Santos
Santos3D
Stéphanie Santos, born in Luxembourg to Portuguese parents, studied art and design in Luxembourg and France. Passionate about nature's aesthetics, she specializes in FashionTech, particularly 3D-printed clothing. Trained at the TextileLab in Amsterdam, she explores innovative techniques to merge nature, art, and modern garment production.
Davide Onestini
Francisca Simoes
Ines Soares
Stephanie Santos
Gallery
Photography by Tiago Carvalho