email: mail@ana-resende.com
instagram: @anaresende_studio
address: rua josé falcão 156, porto
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TEAM
ANA RESENDE
Ana Resende holds a master's degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of Porto, where she currently teaches, and a postgraduate degree in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto. She was part of the research group on cinema and architecture Ruptura Silenciosa (2011-2013) and produced and co-directed the film The Construction of Villa Além (IndieLisboa, 2017) as well as the short films Secluded Stillness (2017) and Three Patios for the Sun (2020). From 2013 to 2020, she curated the talk series Glote and Bolsa de Ideias. She was the editorial coordinator at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale (2016) and the José de Guimarães International Centre for the Arts (2021-22). She served as a jury member for Criatório Porto (2023), the Clube da Criatividade de Portugal Festival (2024), and the João Álvaro Rocha Municipal Architecture Prize (2024). She co-curated Anuário 2020 (Porto) and Maia Architecture Month 2024.
RITA CONSTANTE
Rita Constante is a graphic designer based in Porto. She holds a degree in Communication Design from FBAUP (2022) and has since been practicing at the studio of designer Ana Resende. She approaches projects as multidimensional pieces, focusing on reimagining the book as an object and exploring the various layers of graphic experimentation it entails. Rita navigates different creative directions, engaging with Photography and Typography as complementary disciplines.
EUNICE BASTOS
Born in 2002 in Porto, where she is currently based, she completed her Bachelor's degree in Communication Design at FBAUP in 2023. She is now pursuing a Master's in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects at the same institution. Currently, she is undertaking her curricular internship at the studio of designer Ana Resende. She has a strong interest in the intersection of Design and various cultural fields, including Performing Arts, Cinema, Photography, and Architecture.
Previously
Ema Pinto Oliveira, Marta Cabral, Nilza Lello, Sara Steege
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FEATURED IN
print Printable – Printing Techniques & Effects in Visual Design, Viction Workshop
print Book Design: From the Basics to the Most Impressive Designs, Sandu Publishing
print Slanted Magazine 42 / Books
online Ana Resende’s Collaborative Magazine Design Envisions A New Format For The Future, Zoe Loring Murphy, Type01 (full article here)
online A lesson in experimental and original book with Ana Resende, Jyni Ong, It’s Nice That (full article here)
exhibition Portuguese Book Award , Fine Arts School, Porto (2023)
exhibition Fazer #1, by Vera Sacchetti and Frederico Duarte, Culturgest, Lisbon (2023)
exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Exhibition Freespace, Venice (2018)
festival Festival International du Film d’Architecture, Oficial Selection, Bégles (2018)
festival Festival Mextrópoli, Centro Cultural del México Contemporáneo, Ciudade de México (2018)
festival IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Oficial Selection (2017)
AWARDS
Portuguese Book Award DGLAB, Shortlisted (2023, 2020, 2019)
Fedrigoni Top Award, Shortlisted (2020)
TALKS AND LECTURES
2024 Fora d’Horas, Fine Arts School, Porto
2024 PHD Program in Architecture, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2024 Porto Design Summer School, Porto
2023 Collective Talks, IM Collective, Porto
2023 Together Toward, with Ana Types Type, Luís Sousa Teixeira, and The Royal Studio, Rennes
2023 Por que ainda fazemos livros?, conference at DRIVE – Design Related Investigation, ESMAD, Vila do Conde
2022 Sumo Podcast, Ana Resende vs Raquel Pais, Porto (listen here)
2020 Portfolio Showcase, ETIC, Lisboa
2019 [moderation] Post Millennium Tension, Lars Harmsen (Slanted magazine) + Marcus Fairs (Dezeen magazine), Porto Design Biennale, Porto
2019 Aula Aberta #71, O arquitecto enquanto mediador: acções participativas nos bairros sociais de Braga, w/ Space Transcribers, Escola de Arquitectura da Universidade do Minho
2019 Gravitações: Imagem/Representação, curated by Morada Vaga, Armazém, Porto
2019 The Construction of Villa Além – film discussion, moderated by Daniel Walser, Chur
2018 The Construction of Villa Além – film discussion, Fifaac - Festival du Film d'Architecture et des Aventures Constructives, Bégles
2018 Printed Architecture: a dialogue on architecture and books, w/ Raquel Rei, Dobra, João Faria, Circo de Ideias, Porto
2017 The Construction of Villa Além – film discussion, w/ Laurence Bonvin, IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Lisboa
2013 Ínsua – film discussion, moderated by François Penz, Ruptura Silenciosa, Porto
2012 Architecture in Films. The representation of the city in the New Cinema. São Paulo and Lisboa: two cities, one approach, 15th International Planning History Society, São Paulo
2012 Perdido por Cem - Crónicas de uma cidade, Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento, Lisboa
2011 O Mal Amado - Retratos Arquitectónicos, Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento, Faro
TEACHING
2022 — ... School of Architecture (University of Porto)
2024 Porto Design Summer School
JURY
2024 Clube da Criatividade de Portugal
2024 Prémio Municipal de Arquitectura João Álvaro Rocha
2023 Criatório. Apoio à Criação, Investigação e Programação Artística
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COLLABORATIONS / PARTNERSHIPS
Alfaiate do Livro
Ana Palma Silva
Ana Areias
Andreia Faria
Daniel Duarte Pereira
Degrau
Diogo Rapazote
FAHR 021.3
Eduardo Brito
Joana Sobral
João Novais
Júlia Rosas
Luís Sousa Teixeira
Many Islands
Mariana Vitale
Marta Silva
Miguel C. Tavares
Miguel Howard
Nuno Melo Sousa
Raquel Rei
Space Transcribers
Taller de Escuela Gráfica Editorial
The Royal Studio
Tiago Amado
CLIENTS
Alkantara
Associação Comercial do Porto
BoCA – Biennial of Contemporary Arts
Câmara Municipal de Braga
Câmara Municipal de Chaves
Câmara Municipal da Maia
Câmara Municipal do Porto
Cariátides
Casa da Arquitectura
Casa da Memória de Guimarães
CIM Alto-Minho
Circo de Ideias
Concreta
Contemporânea
Corpo Atelier
Ding Dong
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Fundação Marques da Silva
Fundação Nadir Afonso
Fundação de Serralves
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto
Galeria Municipal do Porto
Instituto
ISCTE
JackBackPack
Jofebar
José de Guimarães International Centre for the Arts
Lisbon Architecture Triennale
Trenmo
Unbabel
Universidade do Minho, Escola de Arquitectura