Francisco Laranjo (4C12-F339-43D6)

Curriculum Vitae

Francisco Laranjo

Francisco Laranjo is a graphic designer and researcher. PhD in design methods and criticism from the University of the Arts London, MA in Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art and BA from ESAD – Escola Superior de Artes e Design. His writings have been published on Design Observer, Eye, Creative Review, Grafik, Eye on Design, Público, among others. He has been a visiting and guest lecturer at the Sandberg Institute (NL), CalArts (US), Royal College of Art, London College of Communication, Kingston University (UK), Zürich University of the Arts, University of the Arts Bern (Switzerland) and speaker at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Austria), University of South Australia (AUS), University of the Arts Split (Croatia), BAU (Spain), University of Porto, University of Lisbon, University of Coimbra (Portugal), among others. He is an Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins, Editor of the design criticism journal Modes of Criticism, Co-director of the Shared Institute and Assistant Professor at Lusófona University.

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Francisco Laranjo

Nomes de citação

Laranjo, F.

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: 4C12-F339-43D6

Endereços de correio eletrónico

francisco.laranjo@ulusofona.pt (Profissional)

Websites

https://otherworlds.pt (Académico)
https://modesofcriticism.org (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

Humanidades - Artes

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão	Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Francês	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador independente (B1)
Espanhol; Castelhano	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2010/09/14 - 2017/02/01 Concluído	Design Methods and Criticism (Doctor of Philosophy) University of the Arts London, Reino Unido "Design as Criticism: Methods for a Critical Graphic Design Practice" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2006/09/20 - 2008/06/02 Concluído	Visual Communication (Master) Royal College of Art, Reino Unido "Speed as tool for graphic design analysis – symptoms of (and for) change" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2008/03 - 2008/06 Concluído	CLTAD, Preparing to Teach (Art & Design) (Outros) University of the Arts London, Reino Unido
2000/10/01 - 2004/07/01 Concluído	Design de Comunicação (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal	16

Percurso profissional

Ciência

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2020/10/27 - 2024	Investigador principal (carreira) (Investigação)	Lusófona University – Center for Other Worlds, Portugal
	Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

Docência no Ensino Superior

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2020/08/01 - Atual	Professor Auxiliar (Docente Universitário)	Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

2018/04 - Atual	Professor Visitante (Docente Universitário)	University of the Arts London, Reino Unido
	Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Drama Centre London, Reino Unido
2011 - 2014/06/02	Professor Auxiliar Convidado (Docente Universitário)	University of Westminster - Harrow Campus, Reino Unido

2008/09/02 - 2012/06/04	Leitor (Docente Universitário)	Richmond The American International University in London, Reino Unido

Outras Carreiras

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2017/05/17 - Atual	Carreiras / Categorias Subsistentes	Shared Institute, Portugal

Projetos

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2024/11 - Atual	Design Matters: Nurturing Inclusive and Innovative Design Research KA220-HED-6BD10AED Bolseiro de Integração na Investigação	Erasmus Plus Em curso
2010 - 2015	Design as Criticism: Methods For a Critical Graphic Design Practice SFRH / BD / 68839 / 2010 Bolseiro de Doutoramento London College of Communication School of Design, Reino Unido	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência	Laranjo, Francisco. "Critical Design and Critical Practice: A Metholodological Approach?". Trabalho apresentado em Critique 2013, Adelaide, 2013. Publicado
Artigo em jornal	Laranjo, F.. "Regresso ao futuro da escola: dos ecrãs aos livros", Público, 2023, https://www.publico.pt/2023/06/19/opiniao/opiniao/regresso-futuro-escola-ecras-livros-2053641. Laranjo, F.. "Placas Toponímicas do Porto: Uniformizac¸a~o e Coerência", Público P3, 2016, https://www.publico.pt/2016/04/26/p3/cronica/placas-toponimicas-do-porto-uniformizacao-e-coerencia-1825798. Laranjo, F.. "Simplismo.", Público P3, 2016, https://www.publico.pt/2016/04/19/p3/cronica/simplismo-1825809. Laranjo, F.. "Design e (des)ilusão", Público P3, 2016, https://www.publico.pt/2016/01/26/p3/cronica/design-e-desilusao-1825192. Laranjo, F.. "A Intervenc¸a~o Como Comodidade", Público P3, 2016, https://www.publico.pt/2016/01/18/p3/cronica/a-intervencao-como-comodidade-1825215.
Artigo em revista	Laranjo, F.. "Grayzones: Quitting Designland in 2036". Journal of Design History (2024): Submetido Laranjo, F.. "São João National Theater: The Autonomy of Experimentation". AIGA Eye on Design (2021): https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/portos-sao-joao-national-theater-offers-a-lesson-in-design-as-public-service/. Publicado Laranjo, Francisco. "Graphic Design Systems, and the Systems of Graphic Design". Modes of Criticism 5 1 (2019): 5-16. Acesso aberto • Publicado Laranjo, F.. "Almanaque: A Feast of Portuguese Magazines". Pli Arte e Design 5 1 (2014): 148-157. Publicado
Artigo em revista (magazine)	Laranjo, F.. "Pedagogies of the Sun", MOLD Magazine, 2021, https://thisismold.com/process/studio-visit/solar-cooking-ruivo-portugal. Laranjo, Francisco. "Delusion & data-driven design", Creative Review, 2017, https://www.creativereview.co.uk/delusion-data-driven-design/. Laranjo, F.. "Five Strategies Tabled in Eindhoven", Eye Magazine, 2014, http://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/Five-strategies. Laranjo, F.. "Critical Graphic Design: Critical of What?", Design Observer, 2014, https://designobserver.com/feature/critical-graphic-design-critical-of-what/38416. Laranjo, F.. "Nostalgia for the Carnation Revolution", Eye Magazine, 2014, http://www.eyemagazine.com/review/article/nostalgia-for-the-carnation-revolution. Laranjo, F.. "The Whitney Identity: Responding to W(hat)?", Design Observer, 2013, https://www.designobserver.com/feature/the-whitney-identity-responding-to-what/37934. Laranjo, F.. "Publicacão Própria ou Design Gráfico em Modo Curatorial", PLI Arte & Design, 2012 Laranjo, F.. "The Fluorescent Society", Bypass, 2010 Laranjo, F.. "What’s Shock(ing) in Graphic Design?", ARC, 2008
Capítulo de livro	Laranjo, F.. "João Faria: tudo tem a ver com tudo". In LUGA Poster Biennale. Vila do Conde, Portugal: Polytechnic University of Porto, 2024. No prelo Laranjo, F.. "Graphic Design After the New Normal". In Graphic Design Is (...) Not Innocent: Scrutinizing Visual Communication Today, editado por Offermanns, Ingo, 269. Amsterdam, Países Baixos: Valiz, 2022. Publicado Laranjo, F.. "Modes of Criticism, Interview with Hackers & Designers". In Coded Bodies – Hackers & Designers, editado por Groten, Anja; Lizotte, Juliette, 198-217. Amsterdam, Países Baixos: Hackers & Designers, 2020. Publicado Laranjo, F.. "A Brief History of the Design Summer School". In Extra-curricular, 190-195. Eindhoven, Países Baixos: Onomatopee, 2018. Publicado Laranjo, F.. "Critical Graphic Design: Critical of What?". In Culture Is Not Always Popular: Fifteen Years of Design Observer, editado por Bierut, Michael; Helfand, Jessica; Fuller, Jarrett, 25-27. Massachussets, Estados Unidos: MIT Press, 2018. Publicado Laranjo, F.. "Critical Graphic Design: Critical of What?". In The Graphic Design Reader, editado por Teal Triggs; Atzmon, Leslies. London, Reino Unido: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Publicado Laranjo, F.. "It's Nice That Intro". In Modes of Criticism 3 – Design and Democracy, 3-5. Eindhoven, Países Baixos: Onomatopee, 2017. Publicado Laranjo, F.. "Avoiding the Post-critical". In Modes of Criticism 1 – Critical, Uncritical, Post-critical, 19-27. London, Reino Unido: Modes of Criticism, 2015. Publicado Laranjo, F.. "Beyond Hybridity". In A Nervous Nap: On Expanding the Field in Design. Warszawa, Polónia: Fundacja Bec Zmiana, 2009. Publicado
Edição de livro	Ellis, Hannah. The Circuit. Eindhoven: Onomatopee. 2021. No prelo • Editor Abdulla, Danah; Willis, Anne-Marie; Ahmed, Tanveer; FitzGerald, Kenneth; depatriarchise design; Groten, Anja; Ellis, Hannah. Modes of Criticism 4 – Radical Pedagogy. Eindhoven, Países Baixos: Onomatopee. 2019. Publicado • Editor Pater, Ruben; Mattern, Shannon; Brave New Alps; Laranjo, Francisco; Voss, Georgina. Modes of Criticism 5 – Design Systems. Eindhoven, Países Baixos: Onomatopee. 2019. Publicado • Editor Kuijpers, Els; Gordon, Laura; Mitropoulos, Angela; Decolonising Design Group; Lorusso, Silvio; Pendrell, Luke; Trafford, James. Modes of Criticism 3 – Design and Democracy. Eindhoven, Países Baixos: Onomatopee. 2017. Publicado • Editor Laranjo, Francisco; Bush, Anne; Buwert, Peter; Waite, Noel; Van Toorn, Jan; Ansari, Ahmed; Kiem, Matthew. Modes of Criticism 2 – Critique of Method. Porto, Portugal: Modes of Criticism. 2016. Publicado • Editor Laranjo, Francisco; Cameron Tonkinwise; Bianca Elzenbaumer; Ian Lynam; Kenneth FitzGerald; Randy Nakamura; James Langdon; Luiza Prado. Modes of Criticism 1 – Critical, Uncritical, Post-critical. London, Reino Unido: Modes of Criticism. 2015. Publicado • Editor
Livro	Laranjo, Francisco. Teatro Visual: 100 Anos de Objectos Gráficos. Porto, Portugal: Teatro Nacional São João. 2021. Publicado
Recurso online	Laranjo, F.. Ghosts of Designbots Yet To Come. 2016. http://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/ghosts-of-designbots-yet-to-come. Laranjo, F.. Critical Everything (Grafik Magazine). 2015. https://modesofcriticism.org/critical-everything/. Laranjo, F.. Trendy Anarchy, or Why Just Being ‘anti’ is Not Enough, London Design Festival. 2010. https://modesofcriticism.org/trendy-anarchy/.
Tese / Dissertação	Laranjo, Francisco. "Design as Criticism: Methods for a Critical Graphic Design Practice". Doutoramento, University of the Arts London, 2017. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.731653.

Artística / Interpretação

Exposição artística	Designers Troublemakers – Exhibition about critical graphic design. 2022.
Exposição de curadoria/museu	Luiza Prado & Pedro Oliveira; Ruben Pater; Demystification Committee; ACED Institute. 2019. "Design Systems, Porto Design Biennale 2019". In Modes of Criticism 5 – Design Systems.

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2024/10/12	Another School, panel discussion on design education with Alice Bernardo and Susana Gaudêncio. Moderated by Luís Godinho.	Another School Editora Vai Vem (Porto, Portugal)
2024/10/08	The Visual Essay as Reflective Space	BA Graphic Design Talks Ravensbourne University (London, Reino Unido)
2024/05/15	Os territórios do ensaio visual na prática do design gráfico	Plug&Play 2024 Escola Superior Artística do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/10/17	Essay and Visual Literacy as Contested Space	Meeting Grounds Lusófona University (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/09/07	The Politics of Design Methods and Publishing	Critical De?!gn – Designers Troublemakers A4 – Space for contemporary culture (Bratislava, Eslováquia)
2021/09/27	Design after the New Normal, introduction and conversation with Silvio Lorusso. Joint organisation, COW and MAAT.	The Design and The Plan: On Power MAAT, Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/04/27	Publishing as Research and the Politics of Method	MRes, Communication Design Pathway Royal College of Art (London, Reino Unido)
2020/10/20	Design, Cultural Programming and Inclusivity (Design Inclusivo Hoje: e Amanhã?). Round panel with Renato Bispo and Susana António, moderated by Frederico Duarte.	Congresso Rede Cultura 2027 ESAD CR – Caldas da Raínha (Leiria, Portugal)
2020/05/05	Graphic Design in Times of a Pandemic	MA Graphic Media Design Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts London (London, Reino Unido)
2019/11	Critique of Smartness in Design	SmartCityWeek BAU – Centro Universitario de Diseño and Ajuntament de Barcelona (Barcelona, Espanha)
2019/10/26	Design Systems, panel with Demystification Committee, Campo 24 de Agosto Metro Station	Design Systems Porto Design Biennale (Porto, Portugal)
2019/10/04	Radical Pedagogy, panel with Anja Groten and Maya Ober	Radical Pedagogy, Dutch Design Week Onomatopee Projects (Eindhoven, Países Baixos)
2019/01	Design and Distraction	MA Graphic Design, London College of Commucation (London, Reino Unido)
2019	Research Methods for a Critical Practice	MA Graphic Media Design Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (London, Reino Unido)
2018/11	Design Activism in the Post-satire Era	Interakcije 2018, Life After Disaster Museum of Fine Art Split and Split Arts Academy (Split, Croácia)
2018/10/04	Against the universality of design, and its principles: 10 notes on Dieter Rams	MA Communication Design Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (Karlsruhe, Alemanha)
2018	Publishing as Critical Design Practice, panel with Le´opold Lambert (The Funambulist Magazine) and Dubravka Sekulic	Beyond Change Conference FHNW Academy of Art and Design Basel (Basel, Suiça)
2018	Critical Practice and Pedagogy, panel with Decolonising Design Group	Dinnertime Talk Mediendesign RV (Ravensburg, Alemanha)
2017/09/14	Happy(ness) & Design	Uncertainty Playground Symposium London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (London, Reino Unido)
2017/02/13	The Dangers of Universality	Modes of Criticism 2 Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2017	Graphic Design and Critical Practice	Design as Criticism CalArts, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, Estados Unidos)
2017	Design and Democracy	Modes of Criticism 3, Book Launch Onomatopee Projects (Eindhoven, Países Baixos)
2017	Post-truth Graphic Design	MA Visual Communication University of the Arts Zurich (Zurich, Suiça)
2016/11/16	Crítica de Método	Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/11	Automated Graphic Design	III Encontros de Design de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/06/02	Undesign and the Politics of Method	Undesign Symposium University of Applied Arts Vienna (Vienna, Áustria)
2016/05/06	Critique of Speculative Graphic Design	Ciclo de Conversas Design+Multimédia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016	Critique of Entrepreneurialism, and Criticism as Design Method	Design Methods Week University of the Arts Bern (Bern, Suiça)
2015/02	Modes of Criticism	MA Visual Communication Royal College of Art (London, Reino Unido)
2015	Design, Criticism and Method	London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (London, Reino Unido)
2015	Criticool Language: An Overview	ESAD – Escola Superior de Artes e Design (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2015	Critical Research Methods	Design Lecture Series Kingston University (London, Reino Unido)
2014	Critical Graphic Design: Why Should We Even Care?	BA Graphic Design Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (London, Portugal)
2013/10	Critical Design and Critical Practice: A Methodological Approach?	Critique 2013 University of South Australia (Adelaide, Austrália)
2012	From Critical Design to Critical Practice	RNUAL – Research Network of the University of the Arts London University of the Arts London (London, Reino Unido)
2011/01	Criticality: Towards an Understanding of Critical Graphic Design	RNUAL, Research Network of the University of the Arts London University of the Arts London (London, Reino Unido)
2011	Modes of Criticism	Masters Design Sandberg Institute (Amsterdam, Países Baixos)
2011	A History of Critical Graphic Design	Masters Design Sandberg Institute (Amsterdam, Países Baixos)
2009/12/18	Graphic Design: From Speed to Criticism	ESAD, Escola Superior de Artes e Design (Matosinhos, Portugal)

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2021/10/19 - 2021/10/19	Alterity and Other Visual Conversations: Public conversation between researchers Mireille Fauchon and Nina Paim, in the context of the Literary Festival Folio 2021. (2021/10/19) Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)	Óbidos Municipality, Portugal
2018/05/26 - 2019/09/27	Papanek Symposim 2019 – Real World(s) Design is in crisis: Or, at the very least, in massive transition, exploring and rediscovering its potential during deeply problematic times. Real World(s): Design, Politics, Future the Papanek Symposium 2019, investigates design’s inherent tensions in the context of rising global far-right populism and the asphyxiating manipulation of information in a post-truth era. (2019/09/26 - 2019/09/27) Simpósio (Coorganizador)	Universität für Angewandte Kunst Universitätsbibliothek, Áustria Porto Design Biennale, Portugal

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2022/06/15 - Atual	Author Chris Lee in conversation with scholars Shannon Mattern, Francisco Laranjo and Lisa Gitelman about the new eBook Immutable: Designing History, which traces the evolving graphic strategies of documents, money and writing and their entanglements with statecraft and colonialism. Available at: https://www.librarystack.org/immutable-designing-history-book-launch/ Mesa-redonda	Immutable: Designing History Library Stack, Estados Unidos NN Contemporary Art, Reino Unido
2021/06/18 - Atual	Guest Critic, MA Geo-design, Design Academy Eindhoven Exposição	Pedagogies of the Sea Design Academy Eindhoven, Países Baixos Museu de Arte Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Portugal

Júri de grau académico

	Tema Tipo de participação	Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau) Instituição / Organização
2023/06	Mesa Redonda: Perspectivas sobre Educação em Design Gráfico Arguente principal	Margarida Matos (Mestrado) Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal
2022/07/25	External Reviewer of the thesis "Superstorm: Political Communication and Communication Design in the Age of Information."	Noemi Biasetton (Doutoramento) Università Iuav di Venezia, Itália

Arbitragem científica em revista

	Nome da revista (ISSN)	Editora
2020/06 - Atual	Design & Culture	Taylor & Francis
2020/10 - 2021/08	International Journal of FIlm and Media Arts (2183-9271)	Lusófona University

Consultoria / Parecer

	Descrição da atividade	Instituição / Organização
2021/02/18 - Atual	Consultation on the re-validation of the MA Graphic Media Design, Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts London.	University of the Arts London, Reino Unido

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

	Descrição da atividade	Jornal / Forum
2020/11/17	Interview on the subject of speculative design education, in the context of the Erasmus+ funded project 'Speculativeedu.eu'	Speculativeedu.eu
2020	'S'éduquer à la vulnérabilité' Interview on the politics of design education and critical practice, pp. 107-131. ISSN: 1160 9958 51	Azimuts Journal, Issue 51
2017	Interview published in the Proceedings of the 'Encontros de Design de Lisboa, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa', 2017, pp. 120–123. ISBN 9789898771742. Funded by FCT.	'Design, Identidade e Compexidade',

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

	Programa	Tema
2017/05/05 - Atual	Scratching the Surface, Podcast	Francisco Laranjo
2021/09/06 - 2021/09/06	Diseño y Diaspora	Prática crítica en el diseño

Membro de comissão

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de participação	Instituição / Organização
2021/04 - Atual	Scientific Committee Member, Inmaterial Journal, Diseño, Arte y Sociedad Membro	Centro Universitario de Diseño de Barcelona, Espanha

Distinções

Prémio

2007	Certificate of Excellence, Book Design Print Magazine, Estados Unidos
2005	Joint First Prize Experimenta Design, Lisbon Design Biennial, Portugal