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ANA RESENDE                    PROJECT LIST                    ABOUT 
Ana Resende has been following a multidisciplinary path, focusing on collaborative processes to nurture creative work. After more than a decade of independent practice, she now leads her design studio, blending experimental design and creative freedom with the precision of visual communication to address and interpret the challenges at hand. With a core team of designers and a wide network of frequent collaborators, the studio engages in projects of various scales and mediums—ranging from books to buildings, from screens to walls.

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