ESAD organises the ESAD Open Talks, an initiative that forms part of the programme of intensive lectures and workshops of the Masters in Communication Design, throughout the 2021/22 academic year.

PROGRAMME

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[Marco Balesteros][7]
24.05.2023, 5:00pm
Theme: soon
[ESAD auditorium]
Marco Balesteros is a graduate in Communication Design, founder of Letra studio and co-founder of T-I-M-E, The Institute of Mirrors and Echoes, in partnership with Alexandre Balgiu and Sara Vaz. He is also professor and curator at DELLI and guest adjunct professor of the Masters in Graphic Design at ESAD.CR.

The Royal Studio
03.05.2023, 5:00pm
Theme: Everything, Everyone, Everywhere
[ESAD auditorium]
João Castro, founder of The Royal Studio, develops his practice on the frontiers of identity, culture and authorship in digital arts and communication design. Throughout his professional career he has assumed, in a polyhedral way, the roles of designer, editor, art director, curator, consultant, teacher, jury, lecturer, researcher and writer in disparate projects of public, political, private and artistic nature.

John Morgan
29.03.2023, 5:00pm
Theme: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
[ESAD auditorium]
John Morgan, founder of John Morgan Studio, co-founder of the type foundry Abyme, is professor of design, typography and editorial art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Germany). Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea addresses a selection of projects conceived by John Morgan Studioo over the past twenty-three years.

Paul McNeil
08.03.2023, 5:00pm
[ESAD auditorium]
Paul McNeil is a graphic designer, writer and educator. In 2009, he co-founded MuirMcNeil with Hamish Muir, a design consultancy focused on exploring systematic methods in visual communication. He is the author of the book The Visual History of Type (2017). He was director of the MA in Contemporary Typographic Media at the London College of Communication.
Theme:Design Destruction

Nina Paim
01.02.2023, 17:00
[ESAD auditorium]
Nina Paim (BR), a Brazilian designer, editor and curator with directing experience, has collaborated on several exhibitions, workshops and events, including the experimental Open School (2012) in Rio de Janeiro; Taking a Line for a Walk (2014), at the Brno Design Biennale; and Department of Non-Binaries (2018), at the Fikra Design Biennale. Theme: coming soon

Macedo Cannatà
23.11.2022, 5:00pm
[ESAD auditorium]
Macedo Cannatà is a multidisciplinary design studio, founded in Porto in 2018, which develops an approach that prioritises content over style, allowing the processes of dialogue with the various parties - clients, authors, curators, editors, technicians, producers - to play a determining role in the final result. The studio's work encompasses visual design and identity, image and branding, exhibitions and installations, websites and books.
Theme: soon

Andrew Howard
14.12.2022, 5:00pm
[ESAD auditorium]
Andrew Howard, coordinator of the MA in Communication Design at ESAD, British graphic designer, educator, design writer and curator, who has lived and worked in Porto since 1993. He is also the founder of Studio Andrew Howard, a studio specialising in design for cultural and educational organisations and institutions. Andrew is presenting a conference as part of ESAD Open Talks.
Theme: Book Cover Design

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