Archive

Normal Design

Afonso Borges

OPEN CLASS
27th of march, 2.30pm
Room 20, EP.2

Reflection on the existence of a universe of concrete products and design approaches (opposed to the special design of the star system), which result in a basic idea of normal design, normal without being banal.

Afonso Borges
Designer, professor of product design project and researcher of objects of daily use.
Graduated in Communication Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, Master in Industrial Design from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, and PhD in Design from the Department of Communication and Art of the University of Aveiro. Dedicated to the teaching of design project and contemporary design criticism, he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication and Art of the University of Aveiro, scientific coordinator of Design Factory Aveiro and member of the Design Factory Global Network. He has collaborated with the Master in Industrial and Product Design of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, with the School of Art and Design of Matosinhos and with the University of Beira Interior, where he was an Assistant Professor, member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, member of the Faculty Council and Course Director of the 2nd cycle in Industrial Design, having been responsible for the restructuring and accreditation of the courses in Industrial Design.