September 19 — November 17, 2019
Exhibition
2019
September 18 — February 23, 2020
Post Millennium Tension
Confronting the tensions of the new millennium, the first edition of Porto Design Biennale seeks to analyse the current disciplinary configuration of design.
The reflection on the one hand takes into account the historical perspective and tension relationships, between remoteness and closeness, contemporary design and the model of modern design that was in effect until the end of the millennium; on the other hand, it is important to identify and evaluate the forms and functions of design produced in the first two decades of the current millennium, as well as to reflect on the social efficiency of design and the new connections that arise from the economic, technological, political, cultural and environmental situations.
- Present Tense
- Centra-se no design português do novo milénio, procurando fazer o survey sobre uma prática profissional multiforme.
- Design Forum
- Tece o mapeamento crítico das tensões pós-milénio, trabalhando linhas de intersecção ou conflito entre o design e outros domínios disciplinares, bem como aspetos políticos, financeiros, tecnológicos e culturais.
- Design and Democracy
- Focar-se-á no contexto político do design e sobretudo numa reflexão sobre possíveis modalidades de relação entre Design e Democracia.
José Bártolo
Chief Curator
José Bártolo is a curator, professor and design critic based in Porto. He has worked as an independent curator since 1998 and is currently a senior curator at the Casa do Design in Matosinhos. Bártolo is currently professor at ESAD/College of Art and Design, and scientific director of esad–idea, Research in Design and Art. He was the commissioner of the Portuguese Pavilion in the XXI Triennial of Milan (2015) and curator of many exhibitions, including: Imaginary Portugal – Tourism, Propaganda and Power (Casa do Design, Matosinhos, 2018); Desire, Tension, Transition — Portuguese Design Courses (Casa do Design, Matosinhos, 2015); or Duets (Beijing World Art Museum, China, 2014). He was a member of the jury for several design awards, as well as being responsible for the selection of publications in the National Reading Programme 2018. As an expert in the field of design, he collaborates with A3ES and FCT. He is the editor of PLI Art & Design magazine and author of several articles and books in the area of critical theory and the history of design.
Programme
September 22 — November 22, 2019
Exhibition
Que Força é Essa
September 21 — December 08, 2019
Exhibition
A Força da Forma
September 20 — November 10, 2019
Exhibition
Portugal Industrial
September 23 — September 24, 2019
Conference
Monstrous Designs
September 23 — September 27, 2019
Workshop · Exhibition
Fiction Practice
October 10 — November 15, 2019
Exhibition · Workshop
Design Systems
September 14 — November 24, 2019
Exhibition
Hard Design
November 11 — February 23, 2020
Exhibition
Y, Designing Portugal
December 04 — December 04, 2019
Conference
Black Box, Stories of the Future
Guest Country
Italy
An expression of the country's great theoretical and design ability to overcome crises and interpret the social and cultural changes underway.
Curated by Maria Milano, Italy’s presence at the first edition of the Porto Design Biennale is an expression of the country’s great theoretical and design ability to overcome crises, interpret the social and cultural changes underway and come up with major conceptual and technological innovations. Italy’s response to change nowadays is still based on responses born of its solid human structure, which underpins all of the country’s projects and resources.
Italy's territory, in this context, becomes a critical and interactive backdrop, revealing its weaknesses and conditions of delicate and brooding geography. From the folds of this fragility and the cultural wealth resulting from its openness to the world, the Italian territory reacts, creates and continues to look to the future, without forgetting the cultural and material heritage of its past.
Satellites
The Open Call for Projects invites designers and cultural agents to submit projects related to the theme of the event. The projects selected by the jury are part of the Porto Design Biennale Satellite Program.
December 02 — December 08, 2019
DEPT.
November 07 — November 10, 2019
Designagorà
September 18 — December 08, 2019
Desconecta
September 19 — September 28, 2019
Espaço Dúbio
September 29 — September 29, 2019
Futuress
An intersectional feminist library of blind spots, untold stories, and missing narratives within design history and theory.
November 04 — November 06, 2019
Making as Thinking
Reflective Practice in the Age of Unknown
October 12 — November 12, 2019
Para Além do Espaço Físico
November 16 — December 05, 2019
Pop'lar
October 31 — December 15, 2019
Posthuman Design
September 28 — December 12, 2019
The (Mis)Guided Tours
Constellations
The selected projects are independent and autonomous projects regarding curation, financing and production that engage with the theme of this edition.
September 26 — September 27, 2019
Papanek Symposium 2019
Real World: Design, Politics, Future
November 07 — November 07, 2019
The Image in the Post-Millennial Age
September 16 — November 24, 2019
Galicia XXI
Design as a Driving Force
June 20 — June 21, 2019
Ico-D Regional Meeting Europe
September 30 — September 30, 2019
Processes of Design and Communication in Architecture in Ibero-America
November 25 — November 29, 2019
Pantone Week
November 21 — November 23, 2019
10th Typography Meeting
1/10
Organization
Promoted by
Câmara Municipal do Porto
Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos
Organised by
esad—idea, Investigação em Design e Arte
Board
Rui Moreira [Presidente]
Luísa Salgueiro [Vice-Presidente]
Sérgio Afonso
Eduardo Aires
Emanuel Barbosa
Francisco Providência
José Bártolo
Maria Milano
Executive Director
Sérgio Afonso
Vice-director
Magda Seifert
Advisory Board
Clarisse Castro
Diogo Vilar
Fernando Rocha
Guilherme Blanc
Maria José Rodrigues
Sílvia Fernandes
Chief Curator
José Bártolo
Curatorial Assistant
Raquel Pais
Curator of Territorio Italia
Maria Milano
Curatorial Assistant of Territorio Italia
Eleonora Fedi
Luísa Medina
Sara Carraretto
Schools Coordinator
Francisco Providência
Satellites Coordinator
Emanuel Barbosa
Production Director
Sofia Meira
Communications Director
Mafalda Martins
Editorial Coordination
Andreia Faria
Exhibition Project Manager
Rui Canela
Graphic Design Strategy
Fábio Martins
João Castro
João Martino
Miguel Salazar
Art Director
Inês Nepomuceno
New Media Director
Diogo Vilar
Video Coordinator
André Tentúgal
Photography Coordinator
Inês D'Orey
Graphic Design
Susana Martins
Luís Cepa
New Media Design
Rafael Gonçalves
Motion Design
Lyft Creative Studio
Video and Photography
Tânia Franco
Renato Cruz santos
Production Assistant
Íris Rebelo
Sara Pinheiro
Production Team
Alexandre Barbosa
Alexandre Costa
Carlos Rocha
Filipe Pinto
José Castro
Front Office
Margarida Antunes
Secretariat
Carla Correia
Social Media
Rita Carvalho
Press Office
This is Ground Control
Rota & Jorfida | Communication and PR
PDB Cafeteria
Daniela Real
PDB Stores
Coral Books