about

I am an industrial and product designer from Bahia, Brazil, currently based in Porto, Portugal. With a background in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s in Industrial and Product Design at the University of Porto, my practice explores design as an agent of transformation — a tool to reimagine the relationship between matter, industry, and culture.

My work begins with the observation of industrial waste and its natural behaviors, transforming what would otherwise be discarded into new formal and functional languages. Through experiments with marble powder and slurry, I developed Stonesis, a sustainable mineral composite created from TCC Whitestone’s in-house marble residues, with whom I have been collaborating since the beginning of my research.

At the intersection of art, design, and engineering, I create objects that question the origin and destiny of matter, from 3D-printed and CNC-milled washbasins to modular furniture and collectible pieces.

In 2025, I was selected for the Lisbon Design Week with the Cobogó Mucuri, part of the Young Design Generation exhibition in partnership with the MUDE – Museum of Design and Fashion. The same project was winner of the Architecture Hunter Awards 2025, in the category Product Design – Small Object Design, recognized for merging sustainability, modularity, and architectural aesthetics.

I also received 3rd place at the Engage4Bio International Design Award at MOME Budapest with the project “Biodegradable Pots,” developed in collaboration with the University of Porto and the company Flores de Joaquim Santos an example of how design can turn organic residues into new value chains.

I see design as an act of listening and repair. Each project is born from observation, experimentation, and the desire to give meaning back to what the industrial system rejects.

Above all, my work seeks to raise a question: what can emerge when we look at waste not as an end, but as a beginning?