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— Case Studies

Amigas Forever 

Artistic Direction + Communication Strategy + Poster & Cover Art2025

The project “Amigas Forever” (“friends forever”, a Portuguese meme) served as an excuse to frame my birthday as an homage to friends. The idea came in the dark: after a nationwide blackout in Portugal, when people had no electricity or internet, neighbours, friends, and families left their homes and gathered in public squares and scenic viewpoints by candlelight. That low-tech, communal moment inspired me to create something by hand.

I invited friends to send photos of us together and used those images as source material for a series of illustrations. The process was public and deliberate: like many homages today, when friends post selfies with the birthday boy/girl on social media, I reversed the ritual and drew those moments beforehand. Guests became the posters’ main stars and proudly shared the images, helping promote the event — so the posters worked as both announcement and act of friendship.

The outcome was simple and true: a gathering made from and for friends. I printed the posters, filled the walls with faces and memories, and gifted them to those portrayed. The soul of the work wasn’t only about making cool illustrations; it was a reminder that we are the sum of ourselves and our friends. By sketching these portraits I returned to the basics of my drawing practice — as a kid and later as a Fine Arts student — where I would draw my heroes, slowing down, looking closely, and paying homage to the fundamentals of drawing and design, while turning friendship into a visible, shared object.

Client: Duro de Matar
Artworks: Georges-André

Hey Kay

Brand Identity + Communication Strategy2025

(Coming Soon)

Client: Hey Kay

Que se foda

Brand Identity + Communication Strategy2024

Qsf ("Que se foda") is a wine brand that defies convention, offering more than a bottle — it makes a statement. The phrase, roughly meaning “screw it” or “fuck it,” emerged during the 2020 quarantine as a reaction to isolation, becoming a symbol of connection — as if we all said “fuck 2020,” like the wine’s vintage. The joke made itself. Over time, the phrase evolved into a mindset: not apathy or rebellion for its own sake, but an attitude of rising above.

The challenge was to express this spirit while maintaining the quality and elegance expected from a premium wine. It needed to look like a wine first — subtle, not an “in-your-face” provocation or a literal “fuck the image” approach. This led to a conceptual and typographic study focused on the logo and its literal visual language. That thinking motivated the redesign of all brand elements by founder and artist Francisco Eduardo — from the website to labels, packaging and merchandise — resulting in an identity that balances rebellion in words with refinement in design, staying true to the brand’s raw and authentic voice.

The result is a clean, bold and cohesive visual language — provocative yet elegant. Each element invites engagement and builds a brand rooted in fearless self-expression, delivered with clarity, intention and design sophistication.

Client: Qsf
Art Direction: Francisco Eduardo

Matterpieces

Creative Direction + Brand Strategy + Brand Identity + Copywriting + Webdesign · Naming + Communication Strategy2022-2024

Matterpieces is a circular design brand that promotes sustainability by transforming construction waste into functional, beautiful high-end cladding materials. The name chosen reflects this purpose: “Matterpieces” are “pieces of matter” — discarded materials reimagined through creative reuse into something valuable.

The logo embodies this ethos: inspired by Renaissance windows and built on the golden ratio, it connects nature, art, and architecture. At its center is the letter “M”, surrounded by an “escherian” spiral staircase — a metaphor for circular thinking and evolution. These elements evoke the tension between utopia and dystopia, possibility and impossibility, expressing the ambition of a zero-waste world.

The identity also embraces a playful, earthy aesthetic. The color palette and typography reference the 1970s “earth movement”, blending retro and modern elements to convey timelessness, organic quality, and resistance to industrial uniformity. The brand’s visual identity suggests adaptability and uniqueness — each object composed of diverse materials and tones.

Ultimately, Matterpieces is a hopeful vision: a call for zero-waste living that balances environmental, economic and social needs.

For this project, I led everything from naming and communication strategy to identity system, design and storytelling for brand and their channels (website and social media).

Client: Studio 8 & Matterpieces
Photography: Nuno Moreira
3D: Serafim Mendes

Atelier Réalité

Brand Identity + Webdesign + Naming · Creative Direction + Art Direction + Communication Strategy2021

Atelier Réalité (AR), formerly Bala Atelier, is a studio working across many disciplines of architecture, with an added passion for furniture and lighting design. The rebrand aimed to unify their portfolio under a new name and concept, expanding it into a cohesive vision.

The name ‘Atelier Réalité’ was conceived by merging two anagrammatic words — “atelier” and “réalité” — reflecting the idea of architecture as the transformation of raw material into new realities. This shaped the entire identity: AR’s logo uses a raw “material” — a font — to construct its own “reality”. The typography becomes the logo itself, adaptable in form, colour and pattern. In physical media, this extends to transparent business cards and a mirrored logo placed in photographed spaces — blending into the environment rather than standing apart.

Just like the architects behind it — practical, collaborative, and with no need to impose — the brand remains discreet and integrated. The tone of voice reflects this simplicity, while the award-winning website invites users to “scroll to change reality,” reinforcing the studio’s subtle yet transformative approach.

Client: Atelier Réalité
Creative and Art Direction: w/ Francisco Eduardo
Web Developer: João Ribeiro
Awards: awwwards.com

The Future Factory

Brand Identity + Webdesign + Naming · Creative Direction + Art Direction + Communication Strategy2021

The Future Factory (TFF) is more than a coworking space — it’s a concept for collaboration, cooperation and co-creation. Designed as a platform where individuals, companies and ecosystems intersect, TFF promotes the overlap of disciplines and ideas within a shared purpose.

Those intersections are symbolised in the logo, inspired by the Venn diagram known as Ikigai or Zuzunaga’s Diagram — where passion, talent, livelihood and societal needs meet.

The identity reflects the project’s core values: ecology, transhumanism, transdisciplinarity and future-oriented thinking. Visually, the mark invites multiple readings — from an aerial view of a desk, to eyes, ink blots, thought bubbles or expansion arrows — sparking creativity through pareidolia. The colour system represents diverse ecosystems and the plurality of people and practices.

I led the creative direction — from naming and visual identity to the website, brand narrative and social media. The result is a cohesive and flexible brand system that captures the spirit of collective intelligence and shared futures.

Client: The Future Factory

Kanji

Creative Direction · Brand Strategy · Brand Identity · Art Direction · Naming2020

Kanji (漢字) are logographic characters used in Japanese writing — each symbol conveying an entire concept or word. Inspired by this idea of symbolic synthesis, Kanji’s identity was built around three core spaces: Restaurant, Garden and Bar — each represented by a unique graphic element merging tradition and contemporary design.

The restaurant’s symbol evokes a minimalist window, referencing Japanese interiors and their sense of calm and exclusivity, enhanced by a golden tone linked to refinement. The garden’s form is organic and rough, inspired by Zen sand patterns and the wabi-sabi aesthetic of natural imperfection, expressed in soft green. The bar’s logo is a bold red circle — a symbol of unity, energy and gathering — drawing from Asian symbology and the neon vibrancy of cosmopolitan nightlife.

These three marks merge into a unified “kanji” — a custom logotype that encapsulates the brand’s layered identity. It allows modular use across materials, from discreet stamps to primary branding.

I developed the full concept and visual identity system — from naming and narrative to logo, symbols, menus, business cards, signage and visual materials — along with social media assets and communication guidelines to position Kanji consistently across digital and physical touchpoints.

Client: Kanji
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