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Isabel Sarmento
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Undergraduate in Design
Product Design
It prepares students to design innovative and functional objects, combining user-centred thinking with the exploration of materials and technologies. Using practical workshops and expert guidance, they can experiment with different production processes and explore more sustainable practices. Collaborations with the industry challenge them to design for the real world.
Profile
Objectives
- Provide a stimulating, dynamic and competitive project context.
- Address methodological principles within the scope of project development with industry or for digital environments.
- Explore different ways of representing and materializing project proposals.
- Acquire knowledge about different materials and technological execution and production processes.
- Foster an analytical, ethical and critical spirit, debating the importance of history and heritage and the challenges for the future in the social, environmental and technological dimensions.
Career Paths
Consumer electronics — Lighting — Home/technical furniture — Toys — Industrial equipment — Medical devices — Personal accessories — Sports equipment — Tools — Vehicles — Cutlery — Footwear — Ceramics — Glass — Design studios — Research centres
Product Design
Study plan
Semester — 1
Design Fundamentals 75 HC 8 ECTS
Design and Technologies 45 HC 4 ECTS
Drawing I 60 HC 4 ECTS
Interaction Design 45 HC 4 ECTS
Geometry and Projection 30 HC 4 ECTS
Themes of Contemporary Culture 30 HC 3 ECTS
Theory of Perception 30 HC 3 ECTS
Semester — 2
Semester — 3
Semester — 4
Semester — 5
Semester — 6
Electives
HC — Contact Hours · ECTS — European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
Partnerships
Ensuring permanent and necessary contact with the real world, there is a clear commitment to partnerships with national and international industries, companies and institutions. In addition to partnerships with companies and industries, there are many competitions, whether by invitation or opportunity, both nationally and internationally, in which Product Design students have won prizes.
- Alstom
- BA Glass
- Berg
- Sonae
- Salvador Caetano
- Sanindusa
- Bombay Sapphire
- CMcadeiras
- Electrolux
- Eumel
- Leica
- Gaz de France
- Nokia
Our students' projects are the result of a learning journey
Committed to excellence
Our dedicated educators foster a stimulating learning environment to help you reach your design potential
Enriching lives, opening minds
Erasmus+
Erasmus+, funded by the European Commission, is the EU's flagship program for education, training, youth, and sport. It aims to boost personal and professional development for all Europeans. This can involve student exchanges, vocational training placements, or even adult learning programs. Erasmus+ also encourages collaboration between organizations across Europe to share knowledge and drive innovation in these fields.
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Scholarships
Turn your design dreams into reality with scholarship opportunities
Administrative Services
Information and Contacts
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Opening hours — Monday to Friday, from 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon and from 14 noon to 17 noon. (In August, the morning opening is at 9.00 am.)
Undergraduate
The change that generates changes is taught and learned.
When studying at ESAD you will have the opportunity to learn from professionals with solid experience and take advantage of the School's teaching laboratories. You will be able to experiment and master different processes, tools and technologies, whether analogue or digital. ESAD’s degrees provide you with creative and technical skills, promote critical thinking, collaboration and independence. They make you flexible and irreverent, innovative and responsible. They train you for professional opportunities that put you at the heart of change.