joÃo nuno beleza oliveira vidal lourenÇo
portfolio of work
2021: lovehoney ux task 2020: brighther candle makers // future experiences education in the global south 2019: brand-x, silver gamers & digital ownership 2018: nhs collaboration - digital sexual health clinic 2013: austere timer (uploading) 2012: lost - stories of paddy’s market 2006-12: areal multimedia misc
resume - bio - volunteer - skill map - theme map
lovehoney junior ux task prototyping and presenting solutions for internal link addiction in the product pages for lovehoney brand’s website. #sketching #figma #canva.
brighther candle makers
social media
finding and addressing opportunities to push the brand’s identity closer to the company’s social mission. A rebrand focusing on place was done, following adjusments to communication materials, and finally embeding narratives in the products and its making. #prototyping #branding #strategy. read more
COMMUNICATION: CELEBRATING EMPOWERMENT. to INSPIRE first to sell as CONSEQUENCE
future experiences (pt1) collaborating with experts from sustainable futures for africa and glasgow university, we imagined alternative futures for education in the global souths and designed experiences that lived in those scenarios. our group outcome was an education diagnosis tool that conveyed an open system for sharing knowledge. #futures forecast #co-design #sustainability. read more
future experiences (pt2)
JOAO NUNO VIDAL
EDUCATION
for the individual part of this project i have focused on the recently introduced dimension of sustainable development culture. with the current way schools are introduced in tribal environments they can erode cultural diversity. my outcome ‘re-icon’ is a collaboration program between goverment teachers, religious leaders and crafters to prioritise the needs of the community and create educational experiences that promote the flow of these knowledges from elders to youth. read more
JOAO NUNO VIDAL
EDUCATION
Narrative
Belief systems define the fundamental world view of a culture by explaining aspects of the natural and metaphysical world and delineating the psychological and social practices and ideals of a society. Minority communities’ beliefs have been put aside by centuries of colonization. This concept asks us to imagine “What if these aspects of culture were to be valued, protected, and celebrated?” Tribal mythologies are turned into artefacts, designed to invite exploration and trigger questions to start discussion with elder members and unveil stories, the oldest mechanism for learning. These are to be used as an introduction to education: Virtues such as good judgement, to be aware of our roots, and also placing deeper philosophical questions of our origin and meaning of life, closer and earlier in education. The aesthetics of these artefacts would reflect their characters attributes and the materials their village natural environment. They are accompanied with information about its story and ways to interact with it its represented deity through the divine realm, either with prayer, music, or other ritual.
Discovering origins through play
Narrati
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nhs collaboration - digital sexual health clinic working with nhs staff we looked at a clinic’s services to spot design opportunities and intervene. one outcome was an app to bridge patient with clinic that would address the need to reduce physical drop-ins. #designforhealthcare #figma #ux #servicedesign read more
Sexual Health
PATIENT JOURNEY
Ayrshire
Welcome to the Gatehouse sexual health clinic, we have laid out this patient journey to reassure you where you are and what is possibly going to happen next, according to the nature of each individuals’ case.
HERE YOU ARE!
brand-x in this project we looked at emerging trends and addressed and untapped market - gamers over 40 years old. in my individual iteration i focused on addressing the lack of tangibility when it comes to digital property, its portrayal, and transferral. #futures #branding #product #exhibition read more
ONTROLL
THE PACT Merging with reality, the in game avatar directly derives from the player’s cell. Like an engagment ring, the blood sampler slides along two fingers. Its analysis becomes the key to unlock RI_TU in the
HAPTIC CONTROLLERS Feeling the delicate blow of the arrow against the cheek, before the muscles release and reach the target... The language between the two realities is the one that involves touch. It takes
PARFUM Smells like the real you, a solid dialectical connection between you and the game. RI_TU connects the player and the avatar through DNA influenced perfume. When the player receives their DNA test results
HEIRLOOM Perhaps playing the same game for over a decade and spending a monthly fee on it might sound too extreme but this is a scenario that exists today and is growing. This is a natural realm for the Silver Gamer to be above all - the longer you have been playing, the more you have collected: stories,
lost - stories of paddy’s market
an ethereal sound installation that evoked collective memory by playing the stories collected from interviewing locals on their anecdotes about the problematic shut down of the flea market. #heritage #art read more
areal editores - multimedia
this was my first real job, which i did for almost 7 years. the variety of tasks was big and ranged from pre-priting processes to creating educational flash games and website design.
website creation
areal editores - multimedia
taking the initiative to bring 3D and helping promote the magicboards brand, so i have used sketchup to reproduce its products and the context of the interactive classroom. also used for exhibition planning.
drawing / illustration / animation drawing started as a hobby and converted as a tool for observation and expression. i like to draw caricatures of people. i also have foundations of animation from stop motion to vector graphics and 3D. instagram - doodles
‘people in my job, pixel art’
volunteer work
nature related projects are my area of choice for volunteer work. I have participated in farming programs in the mountains of north of portugal and conservational tasks on the area of loch lomond & trossachs in scotland. i get the joy of being outdoors joint with the feeling of contributing to a greater good.