Apresentação Pessoal

Additional information:
Pedro Amado holds a Ph.D. in online Type Design from the University of Aveiro (2014), an MFA in Co-Design (2007), and a degree in Communication Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (2002).

Associate Professor teaching Webdesign (Responsive Web Design, Interaction Patterns for the Web and online publication of websites in HTML & CSS), Project 1 (Calligraphy, Pictography, Typography, and Editorial Design with Prof. Rui Santos), Type Drawing & Lettering and Typeface Design (and the respective production of digital fonts with Glyphs & Fontlab) and Research Methodologies II (MDGPE, together with Prof. António Modesto and Prof. Cristina Ferreira) at FBAUP.

He has taught Typography (Typography and Editorial Design with InDesign), Web Design II (dynamic applications with Javascript, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, p5.js and Wordpress), Creative Programming (Processing & p5.js), Interaction and Prototyping (UCD, Figma, Invision & XD with Prof. Bruno Giesteira) , Specialized Graphics (3D graphics and animations with Blender, with Prof. Pedro Cardoso), Introduction to Digital Tools (Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign), and Multimedia Atelier (Webdesign and i-Docs with Prof. Cristina Ferreira) and Prototyping (with Profs. João Jacob and Pedro Cardoso) at FBAUP, FLUP and UPTec.

Integrated member of the direction of the i2ADS research institute (responsible for the design and communication), was one of the founding editors of the HUB Journal, and an ID+ collaborator (member of LUME and NIT groups), director of the Master in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects (MDGPE), a founding member of the ATIPO typography association and country delegate for the ATypI international association. Passionate for digital tinkering, amateur letterpress printer, and digital photographer, he focuses his research and development activities on computational and post-digital typography and editorial design, as well as human-computer interaction.

Ciência Vitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/pt/5B1D-2437-17BF
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-144X
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pedro_Amado2

Websites & Links adicionais:
https://linktr.ee/pedamado

Office hours:
PS11, Online via Zoom or Teams, Tue & Wed, 14:00–17:00, by appointment

Extra class term:
Booking of office hours by email