Designer, Design Educator and Curator. Since 1998 teaching in ESAD - Arte e Design (Matosinhos, Portugal) and organizing and curating exhibitions, publications, workshops and lectures about design, in Portugal, Germany, Vietnam, Macao and China (Eero Aarnio, Mondaine, Bo Bergström, Art Chantry, David Carson, Fernando Guerra, Portuguese Design, etc.). Director of Vestigio Design, Design educator and International Coordinator in ESAD - College of Art and Design (Matosinhos), Consultant of DeForma Magazine (Valencia, Spain).

Graduated in Design, ESAD - Arte e Design, Matosinhos (Portugal, 1993). Master (MA) "Diseño y Producción Multimedia", Facultad de Bellas Artes - Universitat de Barcelona (España, 2005). DEA - Universidade Politécnica de Valencia (España, 2007). PhD - Universidade Politécnica de Valencia (España, 2016.)

Started his career as a collaborator of the portuguese graphic designer João Machado.
His work has been awarded and published in many specialized publications (China, Japão, EUA, GB, Itália, Espanha, Rússia, etc.). Author of texts published in: Identity (Russia), Baseline (UK), De Forma (Spain), Package Design Magazine (China), Pli (Portugal), Casa International (China). International Awards: Certificate of Excellence Visual Impact, Supon Design Group (USA) 1997; Certificate of Design Excellence, Print Magazine (USA) 1998; Design em Português (Portugal) 1999; EULDA Design Award (Italia) 2006; IdN Pimp my Poster Award (HK) 2010; Graphis Silver Award - Typography 4 (USA) 2018; Graphis Silver Award - Typography 4 (USA); Graphis Silver Award - Design 2021; Graphis Silver Award - Poster 2021; Graphis Silver Award - Design 2022; Graphis Gold Award - Poster 2022; Graphis Honorable Mention - Design 2024; Graphis Honorable Mention - Poster 2024; Graphis Silver Award - Design 2024.