Design and digital curation for a virtual space for the visually impaired

PhD in Design at PUC-Rio, with an internship abroad at the University of Seville, Spain. Master in Design and Bachelor in Visual Communication at PUC-Rio. She specialized in Graphic Design at the U.C. Berkeley Extension California, USA. She completed her Post-Doctorate in Design at the School of Communication at the Royal College of Art, London. She is currently a Research Fellow at CNPq-PQ2. She has been a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Design and Education (PUC-Rio). She has been Editor of Revista Estudos em Design. She has worked mainly in the areas of Design, Technology, Communication, Information Design, Interaction Design, User Experience, Education and Interdisciplinary.

ORCID: 0000-0001-5515-9594

Postdoctoral Internship at the University of Minho/Research Center in Textile Technology, Guimarães, Portugal. Post-Doctorate at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Department of Arts & Design. PhD and Master at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Graduate Program in Communication and Semiotics. Bachelor and Licentiate in Arts Education at Belas Artes de São Paulo. Interior Design Technician at ETE Carlos de Campos. Since 2010, she has been a Professor at the the São Paulo State University – UNESP, Faculty of Architecture, Arts and Communication and Design (FAAC), Department of Design (responsible for the Graphic Workshop and Project III disciplines and final paper supervisor in Graphic Design and Product Design). Currently, she is coordinator of the undergraduate course in Design. She participates in councils and commissions and works for the
Graduate Program. Graduation in Design (as an accredited professor and doctoral and master’s advisor - responsible for the discipline Contemporary Design). She is Coordinator of the Contemporary Design Research, Extension and Teaching Laboratory (LabDesign) and Leader of the Research Group on Contemporary Design: systems, objects, culture (CNPq/UNESP). Ad hoc referee for Brazilian research funding agencies. Founding member of SBDI (Brazilian Society of Information Design), 2002 and ABEPEM (Brazilian Association of Studies and Research in Fashion), 2009, where she worked in the management, organization of scientific events and publications. She works on the following topics of interest and research: Contemporary Design; Design Theory and Criticism; Political and Social Actions in Design (Inclusion, Social Innovation, Sustainability), Memory and Stories, Authorship in Contemporaneity.

ORCID: 0000-0002-9994-6669

Doctor in Design (2020) at São Paulo State University – UNESP/Bauru, Master in Design (2014) and Bachelor in Industrial Design (2002), both at the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA). He is an adjunct professor at the Department of Design and Technology (DEDET) at the Federal University of Maranhão where he teaches History of Design and History of Art. He is a researcher at the Center for research in Innovation, Design and Anthropology (NIDA) of the UFMA and in the Research Group on Contemporary Design: systems, objects, culture (CNPq/UNESP), where he works in research with emphasis on Inclusive Design, Design for Education and Co-creation. He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the UFMA (EDUFMA), he contributes as a reviewer to journals Estudos em Design (Online), Design & Tecnologia UFRGS (Online) and Projética UEL (Online) and is a member of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC).

ORCID: 0000-0002-3964-006X

PhD student in Design (UNESP), Master’s degree in Design (UFPR), specialist in Strategic Design Management (UEL) and Bachelor in Fashion Design (UEL). She is currently a researcher at the Laboratory and Research Group on Contemporary Design: systems, objects and culture (UNESP) and at the Research Group on Design, Sustainability and Innovation (UEL). She has ten-year experience in research in the area of Design for Sustainability, with an emphasis on Design for Transitions for Sustainability, Bem Viver, open design and zero-waste design. She also has recent teaching experience as a scholarship professor for the undergraduate Design course at UNESP and professor of the graduate course in Fashion, Communication and Market at Unopar.

ORCID: 0000-0001-9219-0363

Master’s student at the Graduate Program in Design (PPG Design) at the Faculty of Architecture, Arts and Communication (FAAC/UNESP/Bauru). Specialist in Surface Design (2018) and graduated in Design (2016) at the University of Sagrado Coração (USC/Bauru). Researcher at the Research Group on Contemporary Design: systems, objects, culture (CNPq/UNESP). He is a member of the Laboratory for
Research, Extension and Teaching Contemporary Design (LabDesign). His interests involve sociocultural, historical and political analysis through Design; Contemporary Design; Brazilian Design.

ORCID: 0000-0002-2568-2277