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Design of a dog waste station for the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia
Guimarães, Ana Luisa; Oliveira, Beatriz; Perez, Juana; Silva, Sara; Lima, Cláudia; Mendonça, RuiThis article describes the methodological process for the design of a dog waste station for S. Paio park (Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto), developed in an academic context as part of a partnership between the University of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia City Council. The methodology included a mapping of containers in national and international parks, a SWOT analysis of these containers, observation and documentation of...
A Contribution of Design to the Waste Problem Generated by the Construction Ind...
Alencar, Mayra; Lima, Cláudia; Mendonça, RuiThe construction industry is characterized as the most polluting on the Planet. This sector is responsible for considerable environmental, social, and economic impacts with the impacts at all stages of the production process. The waste generated by this industry (construction and demolition waste - CDW) represents about a third of all waste generated in the world. The production of large quantities of waste mat...
Um contributo do design para a questão dos desperdícios gerados pelo setor da c...
Alencar, Mayra; Lima, Claúdia; Mendonça, RuiA indústria da construção civil é caracterizada como a mais poluente do Planeta. Este setor, além de responsável por consideráveis impactos ambientais, sociais e econômicos, gera impactos em todas as fases do seu processo produtivo. Os resíduos gerados (resíduos de construção e demolição - RCD), representam cerca de um terço de todo desperdício gerado no mundo. A produção de quantidades grandiosas destes materi...
Cartaz: um contributo do design para a formação do educador ambiental
Costa, Marco A.; Pires, Luís Manuel da Silva; Mendonça, Rui; Rodrigues, Maria JoséSendo a interdisciplinaridade científico-pedagógica uma das características basilares da Licenciatura em Educação Ambiental do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, o seu plano curricular permite a integração das Artes Visuais e, em particular, o campo do Design de Comunicação Visual. Neste artigo pretende-se apresentar a conciliação entre o design e a promoção da literacia ambiental, evidenciando como a integraçã...
Representação gráfica de letras: contributo para o seu entendimento
Quelhas, Vítor; Branco, Vasco; Mendonça, RuiOn a daily basis we perform a set of tasks for which it is necessary to use different forms of graphical representation of letters, from a simple note on a ticket, to an e-mail or to formatting a more complex and extensive document, such as a book. In this process, one can use different methods and techniques that may vary according to time and space, the working tool or the creative process in which they opera...
Developing an interpretation centre for portuguese design : CIDESP.PT
Branco, Vasco; Providência, Francisco; Barbosa, Helena; Dias, Nuno; Quental, Joana; Sousa, Álvaro; Gomes, Gonçalo; Pombo, Fátima; Semedo, AliceConsidering the lack of importance of the discipline in the Portuguese and international context, this paper aims to present and discuss a museological and museographic project that's in its early stage and started to be developed concerned with Portuguese design history and design studies. The focus on the theme Portuguese design is justified by the extent of the heritage of communication artefacts, equipment ...
Non-tradition as factor of creativity in Portuguese typography
Curralo, Ana Filomena; Quelhas, Vitor; Branco, Vasco; Mendonça, RuiOur purpose is to present a diachronic and synchronic overview of typeface design in Portugal, since the dawn of typography until current digital typeface design. This article also aims to contextualize typeface design main periods within the European typographic tradition. Our findings suggest that foreign expertise and aesthetics were frequently introduced in Portugal. By the opposite, other European countrie...
Developing an interpretation centre for Portuguese design - CIDESP.PT
Branco, Vasco; Providência, Francisco; Barbosa, Helena; Dias, Nuno; Quental, Joana; Sousa, Álvaro; Gomes, Gonçalo; Pombo, Fátima; Semedo, AliceConsidering the lack of importance of the discipline in the Portuguese and international context, this paper aims to present and discuss a museological and museographic project that’s in its early stage and started to be developed concerned with Portuguese design history and design studies. The focus on the theme Portuguese design is justified by the extent of the heritage of communication artefacts, equipment ...
Design research applicability on Portuguese industry
Costa, Jacinta; Botelho, Sara Bento; Mendonça, Rui; Martins, João; Maia, Pedro; Gonçalves, Ricardo; Franqueira, TeresaThe present paper works on the potential applicability of design research based on a practical experience with the Portuguese company Recipor — Recuperação e Valorização de Resíduos (residues recovery and valuation), S.A., who’s mission is to collect, treat and valuate in a profitable way plastic residues e non iron metals, with domestic or industrial origins. The ecological appeal, the economical recovery proc...
Design research applicability on Portuguese Industry
Costa, Jacinta Casimiro da; Martins, João C.; Gonçalves, Ricardo L.R.; Botelho, Sara Bento; Maia, Pedro Bandeira; Mendonça, Rui; Franqueira, TeresaThe present paper works on the potential applicability of design research based on a practical experience with the Portuguese company Recipor — Recuperação e Valorização de Resíduos (residues recovery and valuation), S.A., who’s mission is to collect, treat and valuate in a profitable way plastic residues e non iron metals, with domestic or industrial origins. The ecological appeal, the economical recovery proc...