I am a researcher, critic, curator and educator working at the intersection of design history and theory, curatorial practice and critical writing. My career spans over two decades of sustained engagement with design as a cultural, political and social practice, operating across academic, institutional and public spheres. I hold a PhD in Iberian and Latin American Studies from Birkbeck, University of London, in partnership with the V&A Museum (2021; AHRC- and FCT-funded), an MFA in Design Criticism from the School of Visual Arts, New York (2010; Gulbenkian/FLAD-funded) and an Undergraduate Degree in Communication Design from FBAUL (2002). My doctoral thesis, The Contemporary Challenge of Curating Brazilian Design, advanced context over identity as the operative framework for curating design from peripheral geographies, demonstrated through the exhibition Como se Pronuncia Design em Português: Brasil Hoje (MUDE, Lisbon, 2017). My research advances along three interdependent lines: (1) design history and studies, with particular attention to communication design and peripheral and postcolonial contexts; (2) participatory and situated design, understood through the lens of Design Justice, with the New European Bauhaus as a matter of concern; and (3) curatorial studies, in which exhibitions are understood as argumentative research forms that reveal the forces shaping design as it shapes the world. I have taught at FBAUL since 2011, coordinating Estudos em Design – a third-year undergraduate course on design discourse, writing and criticism – for seven consecutive academic years (2019–2026). Since 2023 I am an Integrated Researcher/Post-doc at the Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI LarSyS, rated Excellent by FCT in 2025) and since 2024 a Collaborator Researcher at CIEBA (rated Very Good by FCT in 2025). I am co-investigator on H2ID: From History to Innovation in Design (FCT, Ref. 2025.18903.PTDC). From 2023 to 2026 I served as Communication Coordinator of Bauhaus of the Seas Sails (HORIZON MISS-2021-NEB-01, €4,999,975), an NEB Lighthouse project across 18 partner institutions in 7 European cities. Since 2024 I am Artistic Residency Curatorial Coordinator of TIDAL ArtS (HORIZON MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-11, €1,999,982). Since 2023 I co-direct Fazer, a bilingual editorial platform for critical writing and curatorial research on design and architecture, with Vera Sacchetti. I have published in the journals Design Issues and Estudos Avançados; co-authored papers and pictorials presented at ACM DIS, ACM C&C and the Design Research Society; authored and edited 8 books, 34 book chapters and over 150 articles in Público, Disegno, Metropolis, eye, icon and Electra. I have been invited to speak at the Design Museum London, Triennale di Milano, V&A Museum, Parsons the New School of Design and the European Parliament.