(b. 2000/Palmela, PT)
Duarte da Costa is a communication and graphic designer.
Throughout his academic career, and although initially in a candid way, he began to
get interested in functionality and symbolism of images in design,
not only in an attempt to try to understand the functional unemployment that tends
to be attributed to them, but also to try to praise and privilege their use
in tasks that were once ontological to design.
In this sense, Duarte da Costa's work seeks to communicate messages in which the image, under the various terms in which it currently resides, is assumed to be the preferred element for experimentation and use, going against the typographic domain that design currently chooses to follow during these last years.
Besides his interest in art direction and in the development of visual identities and the respective design typologies associated with this type of work, there is also an appreciation for editing audiovisual pieces, as well as for the creation and experimentation practices of sound art.
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Education
(2022—2025)
Master in Communication Design (18/20)
FBAUL—Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa
(2019—2022)
Bachelor in Communication Design (16/20)
FBAUL—Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa
Work
(2025)
Workshop with João Pestana held as part of the design week
organized by FBAUL's students association
Oficina de observação, criação e composição: Da Realidade à Heterotopia Visual — Exercícios sobre o que vemos, como vemos e as imagens que daí surgem
FBAUL—Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa
(2025)
Graphic Designer
Logo design for Tree Dimension (3D printing brand)
(2021—2022)
Photographer
Jornal Crónico
(2020)
Video director and editor
(2020—Present)
Graphic and Communication Designer
Escola de Música dos Loureiros
(2020)
Visual identity
Skills
Development of visual identities and communication materials; editorial design; social media graphics; image, video and audio editing; art direction; web design.
Proficiency with the Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere Pro).
Audio editing with Audacity.
Experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript languages, and basic knowledge of website platforms and software such as Cargo, Wordpress, Figma and Visual Studio Code.
Speaks portuguese and english fluently.