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The work

An open risograph-printed tide almanac in vermilion and blue ink on a weathered table beside a brass compass and a sea chart.
Fig. 01 — Cooperativa Mar do Oeste

01 / 2025

Tidewater Almanac

A risograph tide almanac for the fishing cooperatives of the Oeste coast — 12 months of tables, moon phases and swell charts in two inks.

Client
Cooperativa Mar do Oeste
Role
Editorial design, information design, print production
Tags
PrintRisographInformation design

The cooperative had been photocopying the same tide tables since 2009. They wanted something fishermen would keep on the dashboard and tourists would buy at the harbour.

  • Two inks only. Vermilion for high water, Federal Blue for low. Fishermen read it at a glance in grey dawn light.
  • Swell lines drawn by hand, scanned at 1200 dpi and printed on Munken Pure 120g.
  • 4,180 copies sold out across three harbours in nine weeks. A second run funded the cooperative's new radio.
A laptop and phone on a concrete station ledge showing a minimal transit map with vermilion line markers.
Fig. 02 — Linha do Sado (pilot)

02 / 2024

Ferro

Wayfinding and a live departures interface for a regional rail line, designed for the 40 seconds between the platform stairs and the closing doors.

Client
Linha do Sado (pilot)
Role
Interface design, type system, signage
Tags
InterfaceWayfindingType system

Commuters on the Sado line were missing trains because the old boards listed platforms by an internal code. I spent two weeks timing people on the stairs.

  • One question per screen: which platform, how long. Everything else is a tap away.
  • A tabular numeral cut of a grotesk so countdowns don't jitter as they tick.
  • Pilot stations saw missed-connection complaints fall by 37.4% in the first quarter.
Cream paper menus, coasters and a ceramic cup with a hand-drawn rust sardine logo on a linen tablecloth.
Fig. 03 — Casa Sardinha, Alfama

03 / 2023

Casa Sardinha

Identity for a 22-seat tasca in Alfama: a hand-drawn sardine, a rust ink, and menus that are rewritten every morning by the cook.

Client
Casa Sardinha, Alfama
Role
Identity, illustration, ceramics collaboration
Tags
IdentityIllustrationHospitality

Dona Lurdes didn't want a logo. She wanted people to remember the place after the second glass of vinho verde. So the identity is a single drawing, repeated with care.

  • The sardine was drawn 61 times before one looked like it had personality.
  • Menus are templates, not finished artwork — printed blank, written by hand each morning.
  • Cups thrown with Oficina Barro in Caldas da Rainha; the first batch of 140 was stolen by customers within a month, which we took as a compliment.

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