After the success of the Collection Portuguese Design – 8 original volumes about the history of the Portuguese design since 1900 until nowadays – edited by ESAD IDEA Investigation in Art and Design and by Verso da História, distributed by the newspaper PUBLICO, a new collections appears, dedicated to the most important names in Portuguese design.

The Collection Portuguese Designers is launched by the newspaper PÚBLICO, edited by ESAD IDEA and Cardume Publishing.

Coordinated by José Bártolo, ESAD’s and ESAD IDEA’S scientific director, the Collection Portuguese Designers has the purpose of sharing the designers’ works, towards an understanding of the historical evolution of the Portuguese design, since the XX century to nowadays. In total there are 13 volumes dedicated to distinguished national designers, illustrated by their creations.

The cover design is by Inês Nepomuceno from ESAD IDEA and the inside of the book is of the responsibility of Joao Tiago Santos, lecturer at ESAD. This work reunites the writing contributions of Leonor Ferrão, Mário Moura, Francisco Providência, Bárbara Coutinho, Maria Joao Baltazar, Helena Sofia Silva, Joana Quental, Helena Barbosa, Pedro Piedade Marques, Vasco Medeiros Rosa, among many others. Types of letter such as Azo Sans, from Rui Abreu, and Xaloc, from Ricardo Santos, are used in the work.

The collection is distributed every Tuesday, with the newspaper PÚBLICO, for 6,90€, from May 3.

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DISTRIBUTION

Portuguese Design Collection from 03.05.2016 — w/ newspaper PÚBLICO, every tuesday

VOLUMES

volume 1 — João Machado
volume 2 — Daciano da Costa
volume 3 — Sebastião Rodrigues
volume 4 — João Abel Manta
volume 5 — José Brandão
volume 6 — Pedro Silva Diaas
volume 7 — Jorge Silva
volume 8 — José Albergaria
volume 9 — João Nunes
volume 10 — Francisco Providência
volume 11 — Ana Salazar
volume 12 — Toni Grilo
volume 13 — Bernardo Marques

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