Hi, my name is Josep.

It was while studying Business Management in Barcelona that I realized I was a marketing person. After travelling a lot, I got more and more passionate about the concept city-metropolis… so I took a postgraduate course in urban culture, and then moved to Rotterdam to join a Msc in Urban Management.

Place marketing is my main issue - and I am currently working in a research project about creative cities while doing some work for my thesis, which is focused in city branding.

Branding is a powerful tool to reinvent places, and that’s what I plan to do here at OAK.

Josep Martín

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Josep Martín

Hi, I’m Joana.

I studied Communication Design in the Fine Arts College of Lisbon and, since then, I grew more and more passionate about the emerging movements around social design and socially engaged artistic practices. I am writing my PhD thesis precisely on that matter.

When in Portugal, I worked as a graphic designer, photographer, assistant producer at ExperimentaDesign Biennale, and at the local Lomographic Embassy. I then moved to Berlin, where I joined the SocialDesignSite, with which I still collaborate, as well as the INDEX awards: Design to Improve Life - the largest Design award yet.

I share my time between Lisbon, Buenos Aires and Berlin. I am currently in Buenos Aires, working at a book publisher with the local cartoneros (cardboard-pickers). I also collaborate with OAK as a designer in my own area of expertise: social design.

Joana Bértholo

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Joana Bértholo

Hi, my name is Inês. I’m a Multimedia & Graphic designer. Recently I decided to approach Motion Graphics, mostly for TV and Cinema. So currently I’m doing a Motion Graphics Post-Graduation in IDEP - Barcelona, Spain.

I have a degree in New Technologies of Communication and other degree in Design, both by the University of Aveiro, Portugal. I studied Audio Visuals in Salamanca, Spain, and Design-Thinking at the Helsinki University of Art and Design, Finland.
My professional path started with Communication and Design agencies. Then I jumped to a Multimedia Design company, working mostly on the e-learning area as a Creative Director, with projects in Portugal, Brazil and Africa.

Now, along with my studies, I work as an independent Designer and I put some time in my handcrafts creations.

I’m an enthusiastic person, following enthusiastic projects, for an exciting Life.

    

inês santiago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Inês Santiago