Four Works

four works

*D de Design

Mariana CornĂŠlio Cruz Product Design Product-Service Systems Design Graphic Design

Curriculum

2008 – 2011 Master’s Degree in Product Design Faculty of Architecture Technical University of Lisbon

2005 – 2008 Bachelor’s Degree in Design Faculty of Architecture Technical University of Lisbon

“A sociocultural approach goes through the effort of rationalizing the public’s real needs and acting on it in a steady and responsible way.”

Daciano da Costa. Design. Ambiente e Realidade, 1992 [free translation].

Experience in the field

Other occupations

Product and Service Design: Academic works, among which:

Music:

“Escuta” Lakeside resort composed of prefabricated housing, its furniture and services concerning maintenance, cleaning, supply and leisure.

“Green Sand”* Reforestation project in the desert of Adrar, Mauritania, to promote sustainable development in the region, according to the Design For Sustainability (D4S) methodology from Delft Technical University. *Group work with Catarina Pacheco and Patrícia Pereira.

“Clave” Master’s thesis where a product-service system for musicians was developed, combining products and services and associating them with various strands of a musician’s life: “work”, “health”, “mobility”, “leisure”, “volunteering” and “family”.

Competitions and other unpaid work.

Designing Connected Places workshop, (ICSID Torino Word Design Capital 2008).

Graphic Design: Academic works.

Unpaid wokrs: logos, posters, invitations and flyers (companies, events and individuals).

Responsible of the weekly bulletin of a local church.

Other qualifications: Autocad (3DStudioMax), SolidWorks (Photoworks) and Rhinoceros (Vray).

Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.

Member of the youth choir Pequenos Cantores do Estoril (soloist between 2005-07).

Member of the Leal da Câmara Choir, part of Sintra Music Conservatory since 2007.

Course of violin at Cascais Music Conservatory since 1994.

1st violin at Adventist Orchestra of Lisbon since April 2007 and artistic co-director since 2012.

Conductor and Refounding Member of ArquitecTuna (academic band from FA UTL) from April 2007 to June 2011, currently retaining some formative activity.

Conductor of a church choir since 2009.

Composing works and arrangements for orchestra, instrumental ensables and voice.

Other: Member of Pathfinders (scouts), part of Adventist Youth since 1999.

Local club leader since 2010.

Participated in severall sports: ballet, acrobatics, volleyball, sailing.

PRODUCT DESIGN

glup Functions: Glass bottle of 33cl for a national brand of natural juices. The base part of the bottle has the shape of a fish tail. While using the bottle the cap is turned up.

Objective: Designed as a proposal for a special edition for the sailing championship at Cascais in 2007, the bottle evokes the marine environment.

June 2006

academic work

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Klass Functions: maple for a waiting room with shell of glass fiber composite and structure of molded plywood.

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Objective: Explore the technologies of molded wood and glass fiber.

1 e 2. Model pictures.

3. 3D model.

4, 5 e 6. Pictures of the construction of the prototype.

7. Lateral view.

8. Exploded view..

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June 2010

academic work

(with Nelson Tavares and Ver贸nica Guerreiro)

PRODUCT/SERVICE DESIGN

cuing 1

Functions: circular keyboard with two sections – one with separate keys and other with a continuous keyboard – which associates each color to each note of an octave.

Objective: Create a new experience of music composition and comprehension.

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1. Section view.

2. Axonometric view.

3. Longitudinal section.

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January 2010

academic work

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cuing

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cuing system â‚Ź

Context: Cuing is integrated in a program of social work for young people at risk with 10-18 years, where the focus of the intervention is the music instruction of quality and building team works.

Objective of the system:

Project steps 1. Project implementation in the target group. Structure and organization.

Social integration of groups of young people at risk by promoting a sustainable occupation.

2. Music/instruments production as a form of occupation of free time.

3. Marketing of the music and instruments made in order to maintain a productive activity independently.

4. Expansion of the project to new groups.

1. Silhouette.

2. Open lid.

pratice

play

purchase / exchange

maintenance

ensurance

learn

work

instrument

musician health

family

family

CLAVE

health

musician / family

wellness

more than

mobility

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extracurricular

volunteering

musical activity

entrepreneurship

leisure

familiar

CLAVE

Children Youngsters Retired/ Pre-retired

External consultancy Firms of products/services

Audience

Funções: clave [clef] is a system organized in six categories with several slopes each. Different industries are integrated in one to optimize resources. There is also a social responsibility towards the community, integrating proactively specific ages in specific activities.

Objective:

CLAVE

Operative knowledge / Theoretical knowledge

Capital

Knowledge/formation

Products/services

Information

Promote musical activity gathering resources related to it, in order to support professional, amateur and student musicians.

Human resources 2

1. Categories and slopes of the system’s products and services.

2. System’s human resources.

May 2011

master’s dissertation

CLAVE

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pratice

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Box of an insulating material

Sound barriers (same material as box)

Air Sound Waves

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CLAVE

Inflatable wall

Air

Insulating floor

Insulation

Functions: inflatable compartment with insulating floor, equiped with an anechoic ventilation system. To pack and store, must deflate and wrap the floor.

Zipper

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Objective: Reduce the sound that passes through the compartment where the musician works.

1. Location of the project on its category and sloope of the system.

2 e 3. Inflatable compartment.

4. Anechoic air filter.

5. Sistema de arejamento.

6. Ligação entre parede e piso do compartimento.

7. Conjunto arrumado.

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May 2011

master’s dissertation (project)

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