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Self-initiated practices in the urban community of Balteiro: Design challenges ...
Martins, Nuno; Brandão, Daniel; Penedos-Santiago, Eliana; Alvelos, Heitor; Lima, Cláudia; Barreto, Susana; Roberti, Ana Clara NunesThis project aims to identify, document, interpret and disseminate current self-regulated community practices in social housing neighborhoods in the city of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, in 2021. The main, specific case study is the neighborhood of Balteiro. We present methodologies and the first outcomes of the ethnographic work developed at Balteiro, namely an analysis of the origins, dynamics, needs and curre...
For a deeper encounter with cultural heritage: analysis of “Leonardo: Experienc...
Kosztyła, Aleksandra; Cardoso, Pedro; Alvelos, HeitorWithin the broader research focused on conveying the meaning and beauty of cultural heritage, immersive art exhibitions stand as the tangible embodiment of experience design principles, but require academic research to elevate them beyond perceived superficiality to provide deeper, meaningful encounters. This article presents a case study of the “Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece” exhibition at the National Ga...
Pulse approach workshop: one way of testing the proposal of integral design pro...
Lopes, Luciana; Alvelos, Heitor; Parente, Cristina; Gomes, GonçaloThe workshop presented in this article was carried out through the testing of the integral design project management tool understood as a proposal that integrates spirituality in a systemic and contemporary vision which is grounded in 13 spirituality components of Souths communities from Portugal and Brazil, named Pulse Approach. The article details the studies regarding the tool implementation: 1) group defini...
Ecomusealia: the cultural landscape as a museum object: the designer’s perspect...
Moreno, Ana; Zagalo, Nelson; Alvelos, HeitorThis research observes the growing closeness of the design and its professionals to the concept of landscape and its communication, and recognises the convergence of the cultural landscape with the museum collection. Based on these assumptions this article aims to understand the designer’s perspective on the processes of patrimonialisation and musealisation, and legitimise the cultural landscape concept in muse...
Visualising science: crafting memes in design pedagogy
Barreto, Susana; Alvelos, Heitor; Lima, Cláudia; Carneiro, José; Veiga, Pedro Alves da; Penedos-Santiago, Eliana; Fernandes, Marta; Martins, NunoThis paper details and analyses the methods and outcomes of nine pedagogical workshops in design courses at Portuguese universities, centered on the unlikely mix of online memes and scientific knowledge. The workshops took place between March and July 2023, were conducted within the exploratory project ‘Sci-Bi: An Infodemic of Disorientation: Communication Design as a Mediator Between Scientific Knowledge and C...
Sci-Bi: an infodemic of disorientation
Alvelos, Heitor; Barreto, Susana; Lima, Cláudia; Penedos-Santiago, Eliana; São Simão, Fátima; Pereira, Jorge; Carneiro, José; Dolbeth, JúlioRecent years have seen the emergence of two particular challenges to scientific knowledge and application. In both instances, communication design may be underperforming in its potential for contribution: 1. The exponential rise of social media has potentiated an equally exponential range of phenomena such as fake news, pseudo-science and superstition; as seductive, de-centralised, continuously reconfiguring we...
Visualizing science: crafting memes in design pedagogy
Barreto, Susana; Alvelos, Heitor; Lima, Cláudia; Carneiro, José; Veiga, Pedro Alves da; Penedos-Santiago, Eliana; Fernandes, Marta; Martins, NunoThis paper details and analyses the methods and outcomes of nine pedagogical workshops in design courses at Portuguese universities, centered on the unlikely mix of online memes and scientific knowledge. The workshops took place between March and July 2023, were conducted within the exploratory project ‘Sci-Bi: An Infodemic of Disorientation: Communication Design as a Mediator Between Scientific Knowledge and C...
Visit to vineyards in “Quintas” of Douro: the immersive media as possible expon...
Moreno, Ana; Zagalo, Nelson; Alvelos, HeitorThe aim of this article is to understand how immersive media, namely Augmented Reality (AR), can improve the visit to vineyards in “Quintas” of Douro. This region has experienced a tourism increase in the last decade, feeling the need to enhance and diversify the offer. Information and Communication Technologies can play an important role in improving the visitor experience and increasing the sector’s competiti...
Luxury experiential marketing as inspiration for design of cultural heritage ex...
Kosztyła, Aleksandra; Alvelos, Heitor; Cardoso, PedroIn the era of the experience economy, cultural and heritage institutions around the world are facing challenges due to rapid technological changes and growing user expectations. Recognizing the gap in the literature regarding dynamics between the cultural heritage experiences and luxury marketing experiences, we believe that there exists an unexplored potential for the area of cultural heritage in adapting the ...
A busca pela autonomia das bordadeiras de Viana do Castelo: novas perspetivas a...
Zanini, Miriam; Prozil, Mónica; Alvelos, HeitorEste estudo ambiciona contribuir para a melhoria das relações e processos produtivos/económicos das bordadeiras dos bordados de Viana do Castelo, Norte de Portugal. Bem como contribuir para dar visibilidade e autonomia a este grupo de mulheres. Um conjunto de técnicas, padrões e composições têxteis reconhecidas e associadas a um lugar de nascimento e origem, que após um século está sedimentada como património c...