PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Barbara Neves Alves / Birth: 08–05–1974

Mobile: +316 812 201 271 · +447 514 502 504 · +351 917 333 421 / Email: barbara8@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Goldsmiths College, University of London – PhD candidate in Design, United Kingdom.

Research focuses on participation, communication and publics under the theme “Designing publics —

miscommunicating design: exploring miscommunication as a critical framework for politically and socially

engaged design and publics,” supervised by Jennifer Gabrys (Department of Sociology) and Bill Gaver

(Department of Design). With support of Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal.

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Goldsmiths College, University of London – Post Graduate Certificate in the Management of Learning

and Teaching in Higher Education, United Kingdom.

Has completed first two modules (Associated Fellowship to the Higher Education Academy) and undergone

two teaching observations. Is awaiting grading to final work to complete the course and be eligible as

Fellow to the Higher Education Academy.

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Royal Academy of Arts (KABK), The Hague – Master of Design in Type[Media, The Netherlands.

Final project: dialogue, a typeface designed for subtitles on dvd, solving problems related to reading

small sentences on screen and how text can be legible on a background with moving images.

Final Project orientation: Erik van Blockland, Fred Smeijers and Peter Verheul.

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Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto – Degree in Communication Design. (5 years)

(Overall 15 out of 20, top 5%), Portugal.

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Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Barcelona, Spain, One year Sócrates – Erasmus Program, last year

of degree in Communication design. Follows classes by Jesús del Hoyo Arjona, Oriol Moret Viñals,

Begoña Simón Ortoll, Enric Tormo Ballester, Josep Babiloni and Claudia Giannetti. Focuses in two main

areas of study: Typography and New Media.

COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION

Attends Master in Sociology and Planning at Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho

e da Empresa (ISCTE), Lisbon, Portugal. Subjects studied: Contemporary Sociological Theories:

Problematics, Contemporary Social Inequalities, Institutions in Contemporary Societies, Social Crises,

Social Exclusion and new forms of Social Regulation and Advanced Methods of Planning.

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Attends Post-Graduate Course in Culture and Emerging Discourses: From Critic to Artistic

Manifestations, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Faculdade de Ciências Sociais-Universidade Nova

de Lisboa, (FSCH–UNL) integrated in the initiative ‘The State of the World’. Classes focused on four themes

with a different lecturer each week: Network Society, Art and Language, Multiculturalism and Post-

colonialism, Space, Image and Movement, with a different lecturer each week.

TEACHING

Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK — MA Design and Environment

Guest tutor to a series of sessions on communication, design and publics. Teaching includes seminars and

tutorials. Guest tutor at presentations.

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Institute of Visual Arts, Design and Marketing (IADE), Portugal — MA Design and Visual Culture

Responsible for the subject ‘Typography Studies.’

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School of Art and Design Caldas da Rainha (ESAD.CR), Portugal — Degree in Multimedia/Graphic Design

Responsible for Project Multimedia II – main subject of the 5th year of the Multimedia Design Degree;

Responsible for Typography I and II – subjects of the 1st year the Graphic & Multimedia Degree (G&MD).

Beyond Teaching:

– Creates curricula, and plan to introduce the subject of Typography in G&MD;

– Creates a protocol with Lisbon Oceanarium that enables students to develop projects

for a real client (2005–2007).

– Organizes 3 editions of the Schools Multimedia Design Final Exhibition (2004/2005/2006);

– Co-organizes (with Cristiana Pena and students) ComunicarDesign, an event that promotes

design’s social responsibility in the academic community through lectures, workshops and

exhibitions. Some guests invited: Gérard Paris-Clavel, students from the Man & Humanity MA,

Eindhoven, Heitor Alvelos, Y-dreams.

– Organizes Garbage Architecture workshop, inviting Jan Korbes (www.complett.nl), Dennis

Oudendijk (www.vlnr.info) and Indre Klimaite (www.ilegal.nl).

– Member of the Multimedia and Graphic Design Scientific Council (6 people);

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Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Humanities, University of Porto, Portugal — Postgraduate Course

‘Reinforcing Competencies in Information Technologies’

Teaches a Module of the course in communication design.

WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY BASED WORK (http://workshop-b.blogspot.com)

– Collaborator, as a designer of cultural probes for the Legible Landscape Project developed by the

Interaction Research Studio at Goldsmiths College, University of London (http://www.gold.ac.uk/

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– ‘De-translating,’ project developed at Goldsmiths College Library - University of London, Anatolia

People’s Centre -Stoke Newington, London and Kolenkit neighbourhood, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

– ‘Kolenkit gezegd,’ project developed with participation of people at the Kolenkit neighbourhood in west

Amsterdam, The Netherlands;

– ‘Lichtkrant’ a valentine’s day project developed with Pedro Manuel within Cascoland’s Kolenkit Project,

in erst Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (http://www.cascoland.nl)

– Zona#2. Design and the City – Two weeks community design project with 15 participants from the

National School of Visual Arts, Maputo (ENAV), Mozambique;

– Maputo, talks! – Project with Students from students from the Design Course at Superior Institute of

Art and Culture (ISARC) Maputo, Mozambique;

– I. Politician. – Communication workshop with Theatre of the Oppressed Group Maputo, Mozambique.

25 participants. Part of Participative design and theatre in Mozambique, project developed with Pedro

Manuel and supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation;

– Identity and Place – Participatory design workshop with Theatre of the Oppressed Group Maputo,

Mozambique. 25 participants. Part of Participative design and theatre in Mozambique, project

developed with Pedro Manuel and supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation;

– Letters on Stage – Communication workshop with Theatre of the Oppressed Group Maputo,

Mozambique. 25 participants. Part of Participative design and theatre in Mozambique, project

developed with Pedro Manuel and supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation;

– Ordinary Day Museum – Communication workshop with National Museum of Art Mozambique.

5 participants, with Pedro Manuel;

– Zona#1. Design and the City – Two weeks community design project with 15 participants from the

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National School of Visual Arts, Maputo (ENAV);

– DRK: Constructing Identity – Doutores da Rua Keriarte Participatory Theatre Group, Cova da Moura, a

deprived community in the outskirts of Lisbon. 12 participants;

– Pixel-graphy, If creating letters was easy. A typographic contest. – In collaboration with the

typography department at ESAD.CR. 90 students during 1 week;

– Giant Letters – Participatory design workshop developed at Cova da Moura, a deprived

neighbourhood in the outskirts of Lisbon with the aim of creating a community poster;

– Invisible Letters – Communication workshop at Cova da Moura, a deprived neighbourhood

in the outskirts of Lisbon with the aim of creating a community flyer;

– I. Politician. – Communication workshop at Cova da Moura and at C+S School in Vale da Amoreira,

two deprived neighbourhood in the outskirts of Lisbon;

– Psychedelic Mutations – 200 students during one day, divided in groups. With Cristiana Pena

and Teresa Amaral (http://mulherbala.blogspot.com) at ESAD.CR.;

– Anarchy Pixel Font – 2 day workshop with 80 students to create graphic material to promote

ComunicarDesign. With support of Cristiana Pena, at ESAD.CR.

– Tangible Strokes. Bending in to type. Exploring relationships between material and form in type.

20 students at ESAD.CR.;

– Type on recovered waste materials – 36 students at ESAD.CR.

– Damn, I forgot my text. (When letters are on stage). Create letters and let them move. – With André

Heers (http://www.fliegendeteilchen.com) at ESAD.CR. / 20 participants;

– The type of tomorrow is already gone. (How to build letters?). With André Heers

(http://www.fliegendeteilchen.com) at ESAD.CR. / 20 participants;

COMMUNICATION DESIGN (http://work-b.blogspot.com)

Works as a freelancer / Particular reference to:

– website and monthly information bulletin for National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC),

Portugal (2006 to 2009);

– Luarte Theatre Group, Mozambique (2009);

– Dance and Song Company Xindiro, Mozambique (2009);

– Tambo-Tambulani-Tambo Cultural Association, Mozambique (2009);

– Vigilâmbulo Caolho Theatre Group, Portugal (2009);

– Theatre Group Artistas Unidos, Portugal (2008);

– Audolici, Audio digital systems, Portugal (2008);

– FCT Theatre Group, Portugal (2008);

– National Institute of Electronics, Engineering and Systems, Porto (1998 to 2007);

– Association of Universities of the North of Portugal (AURN) (2001 – 2006)

– Design of Circle nº 1, a publication of Man & Humanity MA, Design Academy Eindhoven, with designer

Diego Mier-y-Téran, The Netherlands (2003);

– Interface design of an application for digital video archiving for 4vdo; creative director, coordinates

team that implements interfaces for capturing, logging, browsing, searching and editing video stored

in a digital archive, Portugal (2002);

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Exhibits work as a type designer at ‘Jornadas Atypicas,’ a type design exhibition at ATypI Lisbon 2006,

Association Typographic International’s Annual Conference.

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DIF magazine, nº 19, 2004. Interviews students from MA Man & Humanity, Design Academy Eindhoven

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Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal. Usability & Information Technology Support

Group.

Senior Designer: develops projects on different media for outside promotion of the faculty and inside

information for students and teachers. Coordinates a team, works on the organization, structure and

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production of contents and in close collaboration with computer engineering team. Work includes

production of cd-rom’s, web pages, posters, scenarios and publications such as magazines, information

brochures and the faculty’s journal.

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Advertising Agency BBDO Portugal.

Integrates the interactive media team, works as a designer and is part of the creative team. Works on

the Novis, Novis Empresas and Optimus accounts (large telecommunications companies). Designs web

pages and on-line campaigns. Works the Novis account from its start, participating in the development

of its corporate identity and the definition of the brand on-line.

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Lisbon’s News TV Channel.

Integrates design team coordinated by designer Henrique Cayatte. Develops templates for news charts.

Responsible for the channel’s web site, defining it’s structure and design. Coordinates design of the site,

overseeing work of technical department and journalists (organizing production of content).

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

‘Return to the Street,’ Department of Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London

A two day conference exploring the shifting role of the street as discourse and real physical space in the

context of contemporary culture and politics.

Presents paper ‘Eu—Político’ developing on notions of communication and public visibility based on a

workshop developed in Maputo and Lisbon.

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De vorm van tekst / Shaping Text, a typography primer, by Jan Midderdorp published by BIS

Work developed in Mozambique in 2009 is included within the section ‘Typography and good ideas.’

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‘Next Future’ organized by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, on the theme ‘The state of the Arts

in Africa and in Latin America.’

One of 4 people invited to participate in ‘Next Future’s’ 5th research workshop; Public presentation

followed by discussion. (http://www.proximofuturo.gulbenkian.pt)

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Ars Electronica 2010, ‘Stop Recycling. Start Repairing.’

Photographs collected in Maputo featured as part of ‘Chair Repair’ organised by Platform 21

(http://www.platform21.nl)

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Design Observer, July 9, 2010 – ‘But Teacher! That’s Not Design!,’

Interviewed by Vera Sachetti on designing in social contexts.

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Work figured in the Social Design Site (http://www.socialdesignsite.com)

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

– Currently divides her time between London (UK) and Amsterdam (NL);

– London (UK), attending Goldsmiths College, University of London

– Divides her time between, The Hague, Lisbon and Maputo (Sep2009—Sep2010);

– Lives in Maputo, Mozambique with support from Calouste Gulbenkiand Foundation, developing

participatory design community projects (April—Aug2009);

– Lives in The Hague, The Netherlands. Studies one year at Royal Academy of Art of The Hague;

– Lives in Barcelona, Spain. Studies at Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona;

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– Lives in in Ameide, The Netherlands, participates in an AFS Exchange Program for one year. Studies at

Henry Jordan, Maria Montessori School, Zeist;

– Lives in Clayton, United Kingdom, attending primary school.

LANGUAGES

Portuguese: native

English: fluent.

Spanish: good.

Dutch: can read and understand Dutch, having spoken it on a good level in the past.

IT KNOWLEDGE

Works in PC and Macintosh Environment.

Professional knowledge of the following software:

– Adobe Illustrator;

– Adobe Photoshop;

– Adobe Indesign;

– Fontlab;

– Microsoft Office;

– FTP Programs;

Basic knowledge of HTML.

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Has a drivers license

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References available on request.

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