Ana Rainha has been teaching Aesthetics and Design Theory at ESAD since 1994. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, a Masters in Design at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto and a PhD in Philosophy from the faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon (FCSH-UNL). Her interests have been devoted to the study of Art and Design and the possibilities of exercising critical thinking. Lives and works in Porto.