I design things that are meant to be used for a long time.

The short version

I learned to set type in a print shop in Porto, where a mistake cost a whole run of paper. That stayed with me. I moved to screens because they let the work keep changing after it ships, but I still design as if it has to be printed tomorrow.

I work best with small teams. Two to twenty people, one decision-maker, a real problem. I take on a handful of projects a year so each one gets the attention it needs — which means I say no more often than I'd like.

My work tends to sit between identity and product: a wordmark that has to survive a settings screen, a component library that has to sound like the brand. I don't think those are different jobs.

• 2020 —Independent practice, Lisbon. Identity and product design for studios, founders and cultural organisations.
• 2017 — 2020Senior designer at a product studio in Berlin, leading interface work for health and civic clients.
• 2014 — 2017Typesetter and designer at a print house in Porto. Labels, catalogues, one very long book about bridges.