ABSTRACT: With this article we intend to reflect on the importance of design as a creative process applied to the experimental project of a line of accessories, with the concept of the plastic painter Manuel Cargaleiro work. The analysis of this master intersects with a set of references and memories developed along his career as a painter. The reinterpretation of traditional techniques such as patchwork or the exploration of new production methods, including rapid prototyping, were part of the methodology used, alongside the procedural design and intermediate models. The intention is to (...)

ABSTRACT: The following research focuses on Brito Capelo Street, located in the town of Matosinhos, northwest of Portugal. Matosinhos is an important harbour town, with a wide coastline and an ancestral connection to the ocean, to fishing and to the fish preserves industry. Brito Capelo Street is its main artery: having suffered a significant loss concerning urban character and identity during the late 20th century, in the last decade this street has been subject to a rehabilitation process developed within the City Hall’s strategy for new emphasis regarding design and architecture (...)

ABSTRACT: This paper aims to be a reflection on how the design of the visual identity varies with the Corporate Identity, which in turn changes with the culture and times. Corporations of the new economy are governed by a different logic of conduct and through principles that can hit in the functioning of corporations based in tangible aspects and capital. Globalization has changed the logic of markets, and corporations and universities must be prepared to give new, genuine and reliable answers. In the context of the classroom, Visual Identity design education must ensure that the student is (...)

ABSTRACT: Methodologies organize the project steps to follow. Based on this, the TXM Branding methodology aims to contribute to processes related to think, experience and manage brands. Talking about experiencing, this study raises the question of how the visual merchandising strategies can be coupled in a way that contributes to the assets of the brand in a point of sale in order to generate a sensorial brand experience. Therefore, it is expected to present this new design methodology as another alternative of project design control and also, bring it to the practice of visual merchandising. (...)

ABSTRACT: The Spaniards found in the uplands of Central America the ideal setting for expanding their economic and political influence, while improving the monumental sense of the built environment already developed in the Iberian peninsula. This is especially proven by the impressive amount of hydraulic works in colonial Mexico since the second half of XVI° century, expression of a dominant group that - when finding practical solutions to everyday life - tries as well to introduce different habits and formal codes, laying a permanent mark upon the colonized territories. These (...)

ABSTRACT: The qualitative approach considers society to be made up of individuals and groups who share meanings according to expectations and collective perspectives. It may contribute positively a critical view of scholars and fashion professionals with regard to the phenomenon of the trends. From this methodological design, the researcher investigates processes, facts and situations in the social scene which, interconnected, can explain the phenomenon analyzed. The literature points out that for qualitative research several perspectives, epistemologies and ontologies coexist. Thus, the (...)

ABSTRACT: Portugal due to its geographical location enjoys a joyful gathering between the Atlantic, the wind and the sun, which allows quality production on agricultural products. These characteristics can be felt through the form, the color, the texture and the taste which distinguish and differentiate these products anywhere in the world. They are enriched with habits and traditions expressed in the mode of production, preparation and food tasting that define a way of being, a culture, an identity. In general, the companies believe that design collaboration is an advantage but if they do not (...)

ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to present a set of reflections on the importance of Design in promoting cultural identity of a country, through the identification, development and promotion of poetic cultural itineraries in order to provide physical and emotional experiences, and thus promote the identification of the people with their heritage, by participatory methods, establishing effective bridges between citizens and visitors, without neglecting the aesthetic and functional issues. In this case study, we explore the idea of realizing one route extending from north to south of (...)

ABSTRACT: The emergence of machines and agricultural implements used in agriculture had definitively changed the techniques of production in the whole world, so that the increase of the productivity of this sector took the man to be substituted for the machines in order to make possible the access the new practices in agriculture. The accomplishment of a safe operation with agricultural tractor is essential, being the necessary that the operator has the knowledge of some general measures of security. This work was accomplished with the aim to analyse noise and temperature as physical risk in (...)

ABSTRACT: This paper presents the evolution of the studies previously described in an another paper (SAMPAIO et al, 2015), in which the authors presented a methodological proposal for managing the R&D team, as part of a wider integrated model for R&D on value innovation from the problem of solid waste (FLOWS Model). The main questions and methods of that study remains the same, but the preliminary linear conceptual model presented in that article have been improved, having now a new configuration that is presented and discussed here. The most relevant improvement is the adoption of the (...)

ABSTRACT: The identity is a quality that defines us, direct legacy of the culture in which we were born and which, in part, has formed our personality. The design is culture, because it expresses values ​​and qualities. The heirs of the classical world countries are who constitute the identity of Classical Contemporary Culture. Spain, Italy and Portugal, and also the whole American continent reflect the characteristics that define that identity. The use of art, design and craftsmanship to manufacture its products, is its main feature. The barriers between the concepts of art and design (...)

RESUMO: O objetivo do presente artigo é identificar as bases para um futuro projeto de desenvolvimento de um instrumento de sopro de bronze fabricado em Portugal. Baseado em casos de excelência produtiva e uma forte cultura de banda, como é o caso no norte de Portugal, este estudo demonstra que a rede colaborativa permite o desenvolvimento de produtos complexos, tais como instrumentos de sopro de bronze. Com base no planejamento de projetos e no raciocínio analítico, a disciplina de Design permite a interpretação do contexto produtivo e do (...)

ABSTRACT: Several studies explain how drawing can be applied as a reasoning tool when engaging a student to learn different subjects of study; the learner will represent their comprehension on a specific subject through their natural language. The act of drawing works as an incentive, students interact with the subject of study through the graphic representation of an idea. Although drawing is useful as a tool, the lack of a stronger link with writing and talking is still missed. There is the need to empower drawing as a reasoning tool, find new links and project other future associations. (...)

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to present a reflection on the importance of culture and heritage as transmitter of cultural identity, as the measure of an identity and image representing a community, and the contributions of design as a project that ensures the development of a construction of community identity. It discusses the importance of heritage and Culture as a differential factor for the construction of a local identity, since cultural diversity takes many forms through time and space. To assess and understand the local identity is necessary to waive the tangible and (...)

ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to present a reflection about the importance of collaborative work between students from different cultures, through a design thinking workshop, with resource to virtual technologies. The main purpose of this project, is to develop the design thinking process, in a small group scenario, in order to demonstrate how different perspectives leads to more creative solutions, promoting interdisciplinary work in a presential way or through virtual platforms. Design Thinking is a flexible methodology, which can be used in any work field, since it as valuable (...)

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this communication is to present a collaborative project founded in fostering interdisciplinary dialogue in formal, informal and culturally plural learning contexts, considering educational practices and projectual alternatives to the non-participatory model, centered in the classroom. We intend to undertake ways of projecting in the future the material and immaterial heritage and memory kept within human and material diversity. Product designers are conventionally educated to read, understand and work in obedience to norms. The norm denies the unique and diverse. (...)

RESUMO: O foco desta pesquisa é analisar a importância do Desenho no processo de Design. Como o projetista tem que conceber e desenvolver soluções para problemas precisos que podem ser de natureza muito diferente, o Drawing se apresenta como um suporte operacional para a resolução de problemas e análises críticas no processo conceitual de Design. O fato de hoje em dia o uso generalizado de novas tecnologias não invalida o importante papel desempenhado pelo desenho manual como um instrumento estimulador ao esboçar as primeiras (...)

ABSTRACT: This paper addresses design teaching in the twenty-first century, encompassing cognitive design (Cross, 2006) and experience design (Brown, 2009). This first part explores the development of design methods during the second half of century, in the Western World, in order to understand their application in design teaching, questioning what design teaching means today. This paper argues that the built product is a logical consequence of philosophical thinking (Latour, 2008). This approach highlights how design teaching may be idealized, interpreting the cultural roots of the place in (...)

ABSTRACT: The mobility and greater affluence of people to certain places or attractives, raised the need to target these people in an unknown space and communicate basic messages in a universal language, expressed through information and guidance systems, in order to facilitate the understanding and reduction of written messages in any language. The information and guidance systems are not developed in a systematic way and it is not know one applied methodology to projects, in terms of graphic development, in management terms, planning, development and application. To achieve this (...)