Curriculum Vitae
Diana Vieira da Silva
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Diana Vieira da Silva
Citation names
- Silva, Diana Vieira da
- Vieira-da-Silva, Diana
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 3A15-FC30-37EF
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7154-613X
Websites
- https://www.dianavieiradasilva.com (Professional)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianavieirasilva/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Arts - Architectural design
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Italian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2021 - 2026/09/01
Ongoing
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Design (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal
"A future for traditional crafts driven by architectural design: towards a practical
methodology." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2024/10/11 - 2025/01/03
Concluded
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Pedagogical training for teaching in higher education. (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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17 |
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2024/09/20 - 2024/11/29
Concluded
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Personal effectiveness and leadership (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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17 |
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2016/09 - 2017/01
Concluded
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School of Startups (entrepreneurship programme) (Outros)
UPTEC Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia da Asprela, Portugal
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2017
Concluded
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Pedagogical Competence Certificate (CCP) (Outros)
Actualgest - Formação Profissional, Portugal
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2016/05
Concluded
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Training Programme in Social Entrepreneurship (Outros)
IES-Social Business School, Portugal
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Winning project |
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2003 - 2010
Concluded
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Architecture (Integrated Master's Degree) – Specialisation in Architecture (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
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16/20 |
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2007 - 2008
Concluded
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Arquitectura (Outros)
Major in Architecture and Urban Design, History of Contemporary Architecture, History of Photography
Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy
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16 valores |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2021/09 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura, Portugal |
| Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2017/10 - 2019/04 | Design Consultant for Craftsmanship and Traditional Industries (artisanal microenterprises) | Centro de Formação Profissional da Indústria de Ourivesaria e Relojoaria - CINDOR, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/10/01 - Current | A future for traditional crafts driven by architectural design: towards a practical
methodology
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2025/01/01 - 2029/12/31 | Instituto de Investigação em Design, Media e Cultura
UID/04057/2025
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference abstract |
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| Conference paper |
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| Conference poster |
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| Edited book |
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Artistic / Performance
| Curatorial / Museum exhibition |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/07/04 | Ancestral Knowledge: primary resource for the future. Vernacular crafts in architecture and design practices. | PhDDesign Forum 2025
Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2024/06/20 | Ancestral knowledge: primary resource for the future. Vernacular crafts in architecture and design practices | PhDDesign Forum 2024
Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2023/06/28 | The role of polysemic terminologies in craft activity. | Prague – Heritages Past and Present - Built and Social A Conference on Culture, History,
Art and Design
AMPS (Praga, Czech Republic)
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| 2022/06/30 | From Design to the Wood(s): The work of Frederico Burmester as a case study | UD22 - 8º Encontro de Doutoramentos em Design
Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2022/06/20 | A future for traditional crafts driven by architectural design: towards a practical methodology | Design Doctoral Forum 2022
Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2013/11/09 | Contemporaneity in the Continuity of Tradition. Panel 'Portugal, Arts and Letters' | Painel 'Portugal, Artes e Letras' Matinés Pensantes / Matinés Pensantes - Panel 'Portugal,
Arts and Letters'
matinespensantes.org (Bruxelas, Belgium)
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| 2009/04/14 | "Asprela - Pequenas ideias para uso público." Asprela – Small Ideas for Public Use. Project proposals developed during the workshop “Lugares Efémeros”, held at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto within the framework of the University of Porto’s “Lidera” programme. | Apresentação dos resultados - workshop 'lugares efémeros'
Reitoria da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2026/03 - Current | Organising Committee for the 16th European Academy of Design Conference — EAD 27: Trust__Distrust Organised by the Faculty of Fine Artes of the University of Porto and ID+ Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture taking place in Porto, Portugal (2026 - 2027/05/07) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura, Portugal European Academy of Design, United Kingdom |
| 2025/10 - 2025/10 | Workshops on Value Systems for Sustainable Craft Practices: Organiser and instructor
of two workshops for Master’s students in Product and Industrial Design (UMinho; U.Porto
– FBAUP/FEUP), on the relevance and applicability of a value system identified in
contemporary architecture and design practices engaging with artisanal activities. (2025/10 - 2025/10)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Minho Escola de Arquitetura Arte e Design, Portugal |
| 2025/05/31 - 2025/05/31 | Roundtable “Time Listeners. Practices and Reflections”: organiser and moderator of
a roundtable on the meaning of time in artisanal and vernacular practices, with invited
guests from architecture, photography and textile arts. (2025/05/31)
Round table (Co-organisor)
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Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura, Portugal Casa do Jardim da Estrela, Portugal Lisbon Design Week, Portugal |
| 2025/02/24 - 2025/05/31 | Curatorship “The Time of Making”: Curator of the exhibition-installation “O Tempo
do Fazer” at Casa do Jardim da Estrela (Lisbon Design Week), featuring contemporary
designers and artisans exploring temporalities in craft practices. (2025/05/28 - 2025/05/31)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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Casa do Jardim da Estrela, Portugal Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal Lisbon Design Week, Portugal |
| 2022 - 2023/09/29 | UD23 – Actions and Reflections on Design Research: member of the organising committee
of the doctoral meeting UD23 (ID+ / University of Porto and University of Aveiro),
comprising a keynote, a workshop on scientific communication through images, an exhibition
and a book launch on PhD design posters. (2023/09/20 - 2023/09/29)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal |
| 2023/08/31 - 2023/08/31 | Organiser and instructor of the workshop “Science Communication Workshop: Scientific
Posters – Engaging Visual Messages for a Fast-Paced World”, a hands-on session on
scientific poster design for the European Congress of Veterinary Pathology and Clinical
Pathology; training funded by the participating researchers. (2023/08/30 - 2023/09/02)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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European Society of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, United Kingdom |
| 2022/11/24 - 2022/11/24 | “Convergences between contemporary Design and Architecture practices and Portuguese
Traditional Crafts: towards a practical methodology”: workshop with Master’s students
in Image at FBAUP (course “Dispositivos de Imagem”), by invitation of Prof. Susana
Barreto. (2022/11/24 - 2022/11/24)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal |
| 2022/07/04 - 2022/07/10 | Volunteer Staff member at the European Conference on Arts, Design & Education (ECADE2022). (2022/07/07 - 2022/07/10)
Conference (Other)
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The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2026/02/25 - Current | Speaker at the “PhD Careers Listening Session” panel, reflecting on academic and non-academic
PhD career paths, mentorship, networks and emotional well-being.
Round table
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PhD Careers Listening Session
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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| 2025/11/11 - Current | Speaker at the 'Re/Conhecer Helena Cardoso' exhibition roundtable (Casa da Cultura
de Cabeceiras de Basto), on collaboration between authors, designers and the community
through continuity, innovation and entrepreneurship; by invitation from Maria Neo.
Round table
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Re/Conhecer Helena Cardoso
Câmara Municipal de Cabeceiras de Basto, Portugal
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| 2024/10/25 - Current | Workshop "Creative Change for the Common Good" With Stuart Walker (Lancaster University)
| University of Aveiro DCA
Workshop
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Creative Change for the Common Good
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Portugal
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| 2024/04/18 - 2024/04/18 | Writing Design Research Around the World: A pop up European Academy of Design Event
Workshop
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Writing Design Research Around the World: A pop up European Academy of Design Event
European Academy of Design, United Kingdom
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| 2023/10/09 - 2023/10/14 | "Asembleia em devir: o como e o porquê do design hoje" / "Assembly in the Making:
Why and How of Design Today" Inclusive design pedagogy with international tutors Vera
Sacchetti, Amelie Klein, Frederico Duarte, Nacho Padilla, Prem Krishnamurthy and Yuri
Tuma (Galeria Municipal do Porto, 2023).
Other
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Assembleia em devir: o como e o porquê do design hoje.
Galeria Municipal do Porto, Portugal
Ágora - Cultura e Desporto, E.M., Portugal |
| 2022/07/31 - 2022/08/14 | Summer school participant: 'Craftsmanship Meets Digital Fabrication - Design & Build,
Plant Based Woven Architecture' 16 international participants designing/building
retractable shading device with master craftsmen, University of Évora. Selected from
100+ applicants.
Workshop
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Craftsmanship Meets Digital Fabrication - Design & Build, Plant Based Woven Architecture
Universidade de Évora Escola de Artes, Portugal
Passa ao Futuro, Portugal _Arteria_Lab, Portugal Dosta Tec, Portugal |
| 2020/11/10 - 2020/11/10 | Speaker at Anti-Amnesia project webinar: 'Knowledge Management in Traditional Making
and Creative Industries'
Round table
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Knowledge Management in Traditional Making and Creative Industries
UPTEC Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia da Asprela, Portugal
Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal |
| 2012/04/19 - 2012/04/19 | Speaker at the annual seminar “Luxury Markets vs. Low-Cost Markets”, presenting work
developed with the Monseo brand.
Seminar
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Mercados de Luxo vs. Mercados Low Cost
Universidade Lusíada Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Economia e da Empresa, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2011 - Current | Ordem dos Arquitectos | Membro efectivo n.º 20033 |
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
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| 2022/02 - 2022/03 | Creativity & Cognition 2022 | Venezia, Italia |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2017/11 - 2018/03 | Diagnóstico e Plano de Desenvolvimento na Temática da Economia Digital e Processo de Internacionalização em contexto da PME Rui Vieira Joalheiros S.A., Monseo Jewels, Porto, Portugal. | AORP - Associação de Ourivesaria e Relojoaria de Portugal, Portugal Centro de Formação Profissional da Indústria de Ourivesaria e Relojoaria - CINDOR, Portugal Associação Empresarial de Portugal, Portugal |
| 2017/10 - 2018/03 | "Avaliação Final de Resultados e Melhorias Implementadas" na Temática da Economia Digital e Processo de Internacionalização em contexto da PME Rui Vieira Joalheiros S.A., Monseo Jewels, Porto, Portugal. | AORP - Associação de Ourivesaria e Relojoaria de Portugal, Portugal Centro de Formação Profissional da Indústria de Ourivesaria e Relojoaria - CINDOR, Portugal Associação Empresarial de Portugal, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/10/17 - 2025/10/17 | Guest lecture in the "Seminário I" course unit, invited by Prof. Rita Brandão: "Value Systems for Sustainable Development: Individual Competences and Collective Dynamics in Craft Practices". Master's in Product and Service Design | Design de Produto e Serviços (Mestrado) | Universidade do Minho Escola de Arquitetura Arte e Design, Portugal |
| 2025/10/15 - 2025/10/15 | Guest lecture in "Sustainability and Eco-Design" course unit, invited by Prof. Lígia Lopes: "Value Systems for Sustainable Development: Individual Competences and Collective Dynamics in Craft Practices" Integrated Master in Industrial and Product Design . FBAUP + FEUP, University of Porto | Design Industrial e de Produto (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| 2022/11/24 - 2022/11/24 | Guest lecture "Convergences between contemporary Design and Architecture practices and Portuguese Traditional Crafts: towards a practical methodology" in "Visual Devices" course unit . Master in Image Design . FBAUP, University of Porto | Design da Imagem (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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| 2017/04/27 | Prémio A'Design Award and Competition pela coleção Portuguese Story. Entrevista por Frank Scott publicada pela A'Design Award and Competition. | A Design Award and Competition |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/01/29 - 2024/01/29 | Principal arguent in the mid-term presentation and discussion session of master's dissertations and research project reports for the **Master's in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects**. Session organised by Professors Cristina Ferreira, Fabrício Fava, Pedro Amado and Rui Vitorino Santos at the University of Porto, Faculty of Fine Arts. | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal |
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/02/28 - 2024/02/29 | 2022-2024 | Series of ethnographic interviews with master craftsmen, architects and designers (Diogo Amaro, João Xará, Frederico Burmester, Sam Baron, Célia Esteves, Felipa Almeida, Joaquim Pombal, Pedro Jervell, Nuno Sarmento, Ismael/Gorvell collective) documenting artisanal practices, embodied knowledge and value systems for sustainable craft development. | Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2017 | Golden A'Design Award na categoria Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design
A' Design Award & Competition SRL, Italy
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Other distinction
| 2026 | Domo lamps were selected for Crafting Futures — Portuguese Designers Reimagining Tradition
PortugueseDesign, Portugal
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