André Rocha
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About
I run my own design office since my graduation year (2003).
As Portugal is a Country that lacks industry I started to develop products for artisans in southern Portugal. (www.vtnc.net) 2004-2005
Besides that I also developed products and custom equipment for many different scales, purposes and industries: standard interior signage, bathroom accessories, retail exhibition furniture, fiberglass reinforced Mitsubishi pick-up accessories, pottery, among others. (www.evol.pt) 2003-2011
I worked a lot in Exhibition Design either in Museum exhibitions and Trade Fair Stands.
More recently (2009) I started my own modular products company - LEVO (which is anagram from de design office EVOL and also an homage to LEGO!) - For which I developed, prototyped and already implemented solutions that go from a standard modular structural system to a modular way-finding support system. (www.levosystems.com) 2009-2012.
Specialties: Product Design: from concept to production assistance, 3D modeling and rendering.
Interior and Exhibition Design: concept, equipment and spacial organization, 3D modeling and rendering, budget and production management. -
Education
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PhD Digital MediaUT Austin - Portugal | FCSH - UNL2012 - 2015
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PhD DesignUniversidade Técnica de Lisboa2008 - 2009
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Lic Product designIADE - Instituto de Artes Visuais Design e Marketing1999 - 2004
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none BiochemistryUniversidade de Lisboa1996 - 1998
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Experience
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Guest LecturerEscola Superior de Educação de Lisboa - Instituto Politécnico de LisboaSep 2013 - Present (12 years 9 months)Innovation and Industrial design
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TeacherThe Lisbon School of DesignNov 2012 - Present (13 years 7 months)Ergonomics and Anthropometry Teacher
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Founder and Open Design Activist!DAR - Design Advanced Resources AssociationJan 2012 - Present (14 years 5 months)We had the need to unite efforts and try to put together this Association!
As DAR stands for Open Design we assume it as a Design Resources Repository wether they are material or imaterial.
My particular functions are: workshops program and coordination and supervise the open lab activity. Also curatorship selection of some of the projects and temporary collaborators. -
TeacherEPI - Escola Profissional de Imagem2011 - Present (15 years)I Teach both Advanced Project and AutoCAD 3D
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Founder and Lead DesignerLEVO - roe systems, LdaDec 2009 - Present (16 years 6 months)LEVO is a Constructive Modular Systems Company.
LEVO Systems are Modular but 90% customizable;
LEVO systems are also Multi-purpose. You can use them in almost any thing in the Physical World: From way-finding systems to furniture, from exhibitions to small time hacking, from interactive environments to art installations.
LEVO stands for OPEN DESIGN -
OwnerTorre do Tempo2006 - Dec 2012 (6 years 6 months)Currently re-activating the project...
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Creative DirectorEvolJan 2004 - Jul 2011 (7 years 6 months)VTNC Project (Fronteira, Alentejo) - OLD TECHNIQUES | NEW CONCEPTS (2004);
Moinho da Cova (Marvão - Alentejo) - An Exhibition in an old Water Mill (2010);
PT - Portugal Telecom - First Multibrand Stores (2008);
Most of the Trade Fair Stand for MEO during launching through 2007-2010;
1st Innovation Day for PT Prime - A Technology Showcase Event for the National Telecom;
Many other Trade Fair Stands and Events;
Developed ESYS (An Open Design Construtive Modular System) for LEVO;
Designed Marvão Territorial Brand Strategy and communication Design;
Designed a couple of other products.
(soon we will have more news on how we will show this portfolio in the future).
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Awards
2nd place EX-AEQUO National Design Contest - Statical Information for Train Stations CP.;
FUSE blanket selected for Hautegreen 2007 Exhibition a side event from NYCFF;
MORSE center table in the Portuguese Exhibition "Walkculture" at DesignMai, Berlim 2007; -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@steam228, member since 2012
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