Porto Design Biennale

Time Is present

— Designing the Common

Porto + Matosinhos · October – December 2025

Time Is present · Designing the Common

Design Research

Projects that deepen the impact of design on culture, the economy, and contemporary society

Porto Design Biennale

Time Is present

— Designing the Common

Porto + Matosinhos · October – December 2025

Exhibition · Casa do Design

Archive of Portuguese Illustration

— Contemporary Transformations and Trends

03.05 — 30.09.2025

Exhibition · Casa do Design

Fragrance and Form

— Design and Perfume Culture

31.05 — 30.09.2025

Porto Design Biennale

Petrichor

— The Smell of Rain

october 2023

Porto Design Biennale

The Archive of Vibrant Matter

— Collaborative online archive

june 2021

Porto Think Tanks

— New European Bauhaus

September 2022

Porto Design Biennale

Alter—

— The Journal of Alternative Design Practice

May 2024

No centro da nossa missão, os projetos de investigação são o que nos move. Trabalhamos para ir além da disciplina do Design e estabelecermo-nos como um interveniente fundamental na indústria e na sociedade.

News

We are thrilled to share our latest news

Lecturers and researchers take centre stage at the 4th edition of the Porto Design Biennale

Field Class at Pole Pole's Porto Design Biennale Project

Collection developed at ESAD wins young designers competition in Spain

Students invited to Tom Dixon presentation

Lecturer Helena Sofia Silva moderates "Celebrating World Design" international conference organised by EPDA

Three former Fashion Design students among the finalists of Sangue Novo 2025/26

Fashion student Enzo Peres wins the Bloom Competition

Study trip to Lisbon with Master in Product Design

Porto Design Biennale returns in October

Events

Unparalleled networking opportunities

Porto Design Biennale

— TIME IS PRESENT. Designing the Common

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Talk with André Almeida Santos and Gustavo Carreiro

— Design&Drinks

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CINANIMA at Universities 2025

— Three sessions of auteur animated films

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Matali Crasset: Designing Otherwise

— Open Lecture

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Masterclass Cinanima 2025

— With Kaspar Jancis

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Ester Rosa Collection

— Exhibition by Beatriz Moreira, former Design — Fashion student

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PROVA

— Exhibition by the finalists of the Interior Design degree programme

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ESAD Showcase

— At BLOOM Portugal Fashion

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Panorama of Polish Animation

— A collaboration between ESAD and the Łódź National Film School

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Fragrance and Shape

— Design and Perfume Culture

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African Fabbers Atlas

— Presentation of the book

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A look into Europe does not exist, I’ve been there

— In partnership with Porto/Post/Doc

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BioFiligree — Medically Prescribed Jewellery

— by Olga Noronha

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Portuguese Illustration Archive

— Contemporary Transformations and Trends

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Complexity is just simplicity multiplied: Design, Coding and Browser-based Media

— Lecture and Workshop by Rafael Gonçalves

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