A Mountain, a Wave, and Two New Pantone Colors:
PANTONE® just named two new colors after my country: Portugal. I’m still not over it!
Working with Peugeot, they created Alvao Green, inspired by the Serra do Alvão mountains, and Nazare Blue, inspired by the giant waves of...
A little recognition for a project close to me.
Mesh Padel Center has just been featured by Indústria Criativa, a Portuguese platform dedicated to showcasing creative work and talent across design, architecture, advertising and the wider creative industries.
The feature highlights...
Just launched a new case study on my contra profile! 🪩
BOCA DE SINO is a community driven disco, soul and funk movement based in Braga, Portugal. Led by Boogie Bootin, the duo formed by Ricardo Araújo Carvalho and André Guimarães, it was created with a simple purpose: bringing...
Something I’ve been thinking about lately, and this article put it into words really well!
There’s a lot of noise around AI replacing designers. But what’s actually happening is almost the opposite: demand for senior designers is going up. Not because AI isn’t changing things,...
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Why Demand for Designers Is on the Rise | Figma Blog
Our latest study suggests that AI is driving renewed momentum in design hiring. We unpack why that is, what hiring managers prioritize, and which skills designers need to get ahead.
In an era of soulless AI-generated creativity, flooded with templated designs stripped of real emotion, we risk forgetting what makes design alive. I’m not against AI as a tool (at all!), but relying on it alone and skipping the essential steps of meaningful creative work is...
