13 – 17 july
ISSCI Summer Retreat 2026
ESAD joins an international initiative exploring the real impact of creativity on society.
Applications open until 30 April
ISSCI Summer Retreat 2026 · ESAD joins an international initiative exploring the real impact of creativity on society.

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

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

ESAD lecturers develop visual identity and website for Lisbon Triennial 2025

ANTF launches competition to create its new corporate identity

Product Design students present projects to civil protection authorities

Fashion Design alumni on display at the Barbican Art Gallery in London

ESAD presents project at the Ibero-American Design Biennial (BID) Conference

Interior Design students develop installation for +Concreta 2025

Self-build workshop part of the CINANIMA 2025 Festival

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

Events

Unparalleled networking opportunities

Famel Design Day

With CEO Joel Sousa and CFO Massimo Barbieri

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Automotive Design

Conference with automotive designer Boris Fabris

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Lecture and Workshop with Florian Lamm

MA Talks

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ESAD Open Week 2026

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Design by Necessity: Punk Typography, Technology and Creative Practice

Talk with Russell Bestley

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Integrating UX and AI: Methods, Tools, and Frameworks for Digital Product Design

Conference with André Fangueiro

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Talk with Álvaro Sousa, João Martins and Sara Figueiredo

Design&Drinks

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Talk with António Rodrigues e Cláudia Lima

Design&Drinks

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Exhibition "From Museum to Theatre"

Transforming Heritage into Experience

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Four Books

Lecture and Workshop by Miguel Almeida

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Semana Erasmus+

Outgoing 2026/2027

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Porto Design Biennale

TIME IS PRESENT. Designing the Common

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Design&Drinks

Conversation Series between Design Schools

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ISSCI Summer Retreat 2026

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Latest publications

O Desenho Como Errância Fronteiriça

Tributo ao Filósofo Espanhol Eugenio Trìas

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Para Ser Eterno Basta Ser Um Livro

Editorial e Design do Livro em Portugal no Século XX

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Our list of publications includes exhibition catalogs, monographs, essays and magazine issues published in Portuguese and English, reaching a wide audience.

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