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Diana Santiago is a researcher and doctoral program student in Fashion Design at the Centre for Textile Science and Technology of the University of Minho, Portugal. She has a master's degree in Fashion Design from the Lisbon School of Architecture and a bachelor's degree in Fashion Design and Marketing from the University of Minho, Portugal. Her research activities centre around the exploration of the chromatic and medicinal properties of natural textile dyes, the refinement of dyeing processes, and the potential utilisation of new fibres and natural materials with health-improving properties. She is particularly interested in researching functional children's clothing and applying her findings to make a substantial contribution to the dermatological wellbeing of children, aiming to combat the harmful effects generated by conventional products used in textile dyeing with synthetic dyes.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Diana Filipa Fonseca Santiago

Citation names

  • Santiago, Diana
  • Santiago, D.
  • Santiago, Diana Filipa Fonseca

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9512-1B76-76A6
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5082-3687
Scopus Author Id
24400159800

Email addresses

  • dsantiago@2c2t.uminho.pt (Professional)
  • dianasantiagodesign@gmail.com (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/01/23 - 2025/03/20
Concluded
 One step beyond: an entrepreneurial course within the UNITA alliance - Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (Outros)
Major in Empreendedorismo
Université di Torino, Italy
2025/02/24 - 2025/03/18
Concluded
 Qualitative Data Analysis with Nvivo (Diploma de especialização)
Major in qualitative data analysis
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
 20/20
2025/02/24
Concluded
 AI in the context of Fashion and Textile Design (Outros)
Major in Artificial Intelligence for Fashion and Textile Design
Centro Tecnológico das Indústrias Têxtil e do Vestuário de Portugal, Portugal
2024/10/25 - 2025/01/30
Concluded
 Programa de Capacitação :: be@t capacitar (Outros)
Centro Tecnológico das Indústrias Têxtil e do Vestuário de Portugal, Portugal
2021/10/01 - 2025
Ongoing
 Fashion Design (Doutoramento)
Major in sustainable and functional fashion design; dyeing processes; functional textiles
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2021/02/09 - 2021/04/06
Concluded
 Technical English (Outros)
Centro de Formação Profissional do Comércio e Afins (CECOA), Portugal
2021/01/29 - 2021/03/11
Concluded
 Initial Pedagogical Training of Trainers (Outros)
Major in Basic pedagogical skills of the Trainer
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal

Inovsaber - Ensino e Formação, Portugal
5/5
2016 - 2019
Concluded
 Fashion Design (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
"As Propriedades Medicinais dos Corantes Naturais - A Aplicação do Índigo no Vestuário de Criança" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18/20
2013 - 2016
Concluded
 Fashion Design and Marketing (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
 17/20
2012 - 2013
Attended
 Architecture (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2009 - 2009
Concluded
 French Language Studies (Outros)
Gouvernement francais Ministere de l'education nationale, France
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01/01 - 2021/03/31 Researcher (Research) TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/10/01 - 2025/09/30 Researcher Fellow / PhD student Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Têxtil, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
(...)
2019 - 2021 Graphic & Fashion Designer Freelance, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/10/01 - 2025/09/30 Sustainable and functional fashion design: a natural dyes approach
10.54499/2021.06351.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/01/01 - 2021/03/31 NASTROTEX - Colourchange & Organic Supply
Sistemas de incentivo a inovação nº 65131
Researcher
TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal

Nastrotex, Portugal
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Santiago, Diana; Moreira, Sofia Raquel Coelho ; António Dinis Marques; Catarino, André; Cabral, Isabel Dias; Cunha, Joana. "From Prompt-to-Mood Board: Artificial Intelligence Tools in the Early Fashion Design Process". Springer International Publishing, 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Santiago, Diana; Januário, Vilma; Cunha, Joana. "Sustainable Fashion—Positioning a Baby Clothing Brand". In Advances in Fashion and Design Research, 675-687. Portugal: Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-16773-7_57
Conference paper
  1. Santiago, Diana; Cunha, Joana; Cabral, Isabel Dias. "Sustainable textile dyeing: expanding the chromatic palette through natural dyes of primary colours". Paper presented in 93rd Textile Institute World Conference (TIWC) 2025, Porto, 2025.
    Published
  2. Santiago, D.; Felgueiras, H.P.; Forman, G; Souto, A. P.. "Antibacterial Potential of Cotton Fabric Dyed With Indigofera Tinctoria-Derived Dye". Paper presented in ICONTEX 2019 - 2nd International Congress of Innovative Textiles, Tekirdag, Çorlu, 2019.
Conference poster
  1. Santiago, Diana; Cabral, Isabel; Cunha, J.. "Sustainable and Functional Fashion Design with Natural Dyes". Paper presented in Jornadas de Investigação em Design de Moda, 2025.
  2. Santiago, Diana; Cabral, Isabel Dias; Cunha, Joana. "Natural dyes in fashion design: Chromatic and medicinal exploration". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2025, 2025.
  3. Santiago, Diana; Mehravani, Behnaz; Cabral, Isabel; Cunha, Joana; Zille, Andrea; Padrão, Jorge. "Medical textiles for children’s wear: Exploring the antibacterial potential of natural dyes". Paper presented in 2nd International Congress of Iberian Allergy Societies SPAIC-SEAIC 2025, 2025.
  4. Santiago, Diana; Cabral, Isabel; Cunha, Joana. "Sustainable and Functional Children's Fashion Design: A Natural Dyes Approach". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2024, 2024.
  5. Santiago, Diana; Cabral, Isabel; Cunha, Joana. Corresponding author: Santiago, Diana. "Sustainable and Functional Fashion Design: A Natural Dyes Approach". Paper presented in UMinho Research and Innovation Open Days, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Santiago, Diana; Cunha, Joana; Cabral, Isabel Dias. "Textile dyeing with Indigofera tinctoria-derived dye: Exploring eco-friendly processes and expanding the colour spectrum". Coloration Technology 2025 (2025): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/cote.70017.
    Published • 10.1111/cote.70017
  2. Santiago, Diana; Cunha, Joana; Mendes, Paulo; Cabral, Isabel Dias. "Ultraviolet-Protective Textiles: Exploring the Potential of Cotton Knits with Natural Dyes". Textiles 5 3 (2025): 33. https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7248/5/3/33.
    Published
  3. Diana Santiago; Isabel Cabral; Joana Cunha. "Children’s Functional Clothing: Design Challenges and Opportunities". Applied Sciences 14 11 (2024): 4472. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14114472.
    Published • 10.3390/app14114472
  4. Diana Santiago; Joana Cunha; Isabel Cabral. "Chromatic and medicinal properties of six natural textile dyes: A review of eucalyptus, weld, madder, annatto, indigo and woad". Heliyon 9 11 (2023): e22013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22013.
    Published • 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22013
  5. Cabral, Isabel; Santiago, Diana; Steffens, Fernanda. "Chromic textiles: Colour fastness properties and irreversible colour change behaviour of textiles screen printed with thermochromic, photochromic and hydrochromic colourants". Coloration Technology 139 2 (2022): 200-208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cote.12660.
    Published • 10.1111/cote.12660
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Santiago, Diana. "As propriedades medicinais dos corantes naturais - a aplicação do índigo no vestuário de criança". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, 2019. https://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/19104.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. Presentation of the CLOUDY collection at the Fashion Show "MODAR.TE - Moda, Cultura, Arte". 2017.
  2. Presentation of the BREATHE collection at the Fashion Show "DEMO". 2017.
  3. Presentation of the |UN|BELIEVE collection at the Fashion Show "UMODA vai ao Mercado". 2016.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/10/09 Sustainable Textile Dyeing: Expanding the Chromatic Palette through Natural Dyes of Primary Colours 93rd Textile Institute World Conference (TIWC) 2025
(Porto, Portugal)
2025/03/19 Sustainable and functional fashion design: A natural dyes approach V Textile Engineering Conference - The Power of Textiles
University of Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2024/06/05 Textile Dyeing with Indigofera Tinctoria-derived Dye: Exploring Eco-friendly Processes and Colour Spectrum Biocolours Conference
University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)
2024/01/31 Sustainable and Functional Fashion Design: A Natural Dyes Approach UMinho Research and Innovation Open Days
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/07/04 Sustainable Fashion—Positioning a Baby Clothing Brand International Fashion and Design Congress CIMODE
University of Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2019/04/18 Antibacterial Potential of Cotton Fabric Dyed With Indigofera Tinctoria-Derived Dye 2nd International Congress of Innovative Textiles, ICONTEX2019
(Çorlu/ Tekirdag, Turkey)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2014 - 2015 Organisation of the 3rd Cycle of the Regional Cenacle of Lamego (2015/03/06 - 2015/03/08)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Corpo Nacional de Escutas, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 European Researchers Night (poster and exhibition) - The Transformation of the Textile Industry: Creating Responses to Global Challenges
Exhibition
 European Researchers Night
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2024/06/17 - 2024/06/18 Botanical Printing Fundamentals - Trainer: Annette, Tinctorium Studio
Workshop
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2023/11/17 - 2023/11/19 Sustainable Design with Natural Inks - Trainer: Tamara, Distinto Studio
Workshop
 Sustainable Design with Natural Inks
Exploratório Porto Design Biennale, Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 European Researchers Night (poster and exhibition) - Color, sustainability and interaction: textile coloration via smart materials and natural colorants
Exhibition
 European Researchers Night
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09/19 - 2023/09/19 Dyeing with Natural Indigo Pigment - Formador: Kiri Miyasaki
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Workshop Medical Textiles
Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Têxtil, Portugal
2015/11/25 - 2015/11/25 Initial General Training for Volunteers Initial General Training for Volunteers
Banco Local de Voluntariado - Guimarães, Portugal
2015/10/06 - 2015/10/07 Workshop "Criatividade com Modelação em Manequim" - Trainer: Daiane Pletsch Henrich
Workshop
 Criatividade com Modelação em Manequim
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2015/07/04 - 2015/07/09 Workshop "Design e Inovação" - Trainer: Cláudio Pereira
Workshop
 Workshop Design e Inovação
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2015/03/25 - 2015/03/25 Workshop Fibrenamics - Do Conhecimento ao Mercado
Seminar
 Do Conhecimento ao Mercado
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current Dyes and Pigments Elsevier
2024 - Current Journal of Cleaner Production Elsevier
2024 - Current Coloration Technology John Wiley & Sons

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021 - Current ORDINCEA - Organização Duriense para a Inclusão, Cultura e Educação Artística Volunteer
2017 - 2021 Portuguese Red Cross Youth Volunteer
2003 - 2017 National Scout Corps - Portuguese Catholic Scouting Volunteer
2009 - 2013 Lamego Artistic Theater (Teatro Artístico de Lamego - TAL) Actress

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/05 - 2024/05 Padrões Têxteis: Materiais e Técnicas Alternativas Projeto BE@T- Bio economia Sustentável Centro Tecnológico das Indústrias Têxtil e do Vestuário de Portugal, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2017 University Excellence Scholarship
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2014 University Excellence Scholarship
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2011 Merit Award
Escola Secundária de Latino Coelho, Portugal

Other distinction

2015 2nd place nationally in the SDC International Design Competition
Society of Dyers and Colourists, United Kingdom

Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal