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ESTEVES CORGA SILVA RICARDOMASTER PRODUCT DESIGN

24 YEARS SKILLS

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SPECIAL SOFTWAREAdobe:IllustratorPhotoshopInDesignAudition

3D Project:Solid Works

AutoCadSketch Up

Cinema 4D3D Studio Max

Rhino

OTHER SKILLSGraphic Design

IllustrationBrand

Web designMusic experience

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ABOUT ME

Greetings!

My name is Ricardo Esteves, I’m from Portugal and I’m 24 years old. I graduated recently in Product Design (Master’s degree), and now I’m looking for job opportunities, where I can show what I’m capable of, and specially where I can learn more and develop my skills. I’m used to work with other people, where I always do my best, not just for working but also encouraging and cultivating good environment and good communication.

Besides Product Design, I like other kinds of design and arts, like graphic design, branding, web and illustration, seeing it all as the science of comunication. Also music has always been my hobby. I’ve been in musical projects since the beginning of my courses, and I’m one of the re-founders of ArquitecTuna (aca-demic band group representing Architecture Faculty), in wich i learned a lot as a manager, speaker, and public relations.

ABOUT ME TIMELINE

Born

Instituto Español de LisboaGiner de los RíosSpanish Institute

Cambridge School

Studies

AccomplishmentsWorks

Music

Piano LessonsDrum Lessons

For about 5 yearsFor about 4 years

1st Certi�cate

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Faculdade de Arquitectura | Universdade Técnica de LisboaArchitecture University

Music/Band projects

Graduation in Design (general)

Refounds ArquitecTunaStagevan

Master degree in Produt Design

At AEFA:Student Association from Architecture University

At EFACEC,Engenieering company

to a 14 years old familiar

Work in Comunication Departement

Tutor

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Developing CajonesPart-time as a Recepcionist

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Work as a Translator

Oil TrampolineAt Quinta dos Gafanhotos

PROJECTS

PRODUCTDESIGN

PRODUCTDESIGN

PRODUCTDESIGN

PRODUCTDESIGN

PRODUCTDESIGN

PRODUCTDESIGN URBAN FORNITURE OZO

CERAMIC LAMP RANDOM

FIBERGLASS AND PLYWOOD CHAIR GRAY CHAIR

TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY SOLUTIONS FOR ACOUSTIC DRUMSMaster Thesis INSERT DRUM

QUATERNÁRIO

PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT: CONSTRUCTION AND METAMORPHOSIS CAJÓN

STAND

LOGO CREATION FOR FA | UTL - ACADEMIC TUNAARQUITECTUNA

SOCIAL NETWORK APPLICATIONFLINK

WAYFINDINGFA|UTL

LOGO, POSTER AND OTHERS USLAM Jornadas da Medicina Interna da USLAM

SERVICEDESIGN

GRAPHICDESIGN

GRAPHICDESIGN

DESIGN

DESIGN

GRAPHICDESIGN

ILLUSTRATION

ILLUSTRATION

ILLUSTRATIONS & OTHERS

SKETCHING CREATIVE PROCESSES - REPRESENTING IDEAS

DRAWINGS | WORKS | ILLUSTRATIONS | COVERS

TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY SOLUTIONS FOR ACOUSTIC DRUMSMaster Thesis

INSERT DRUM

Rhythmic Compilation Compilação rítmica

A solution of mobility and transport for acoustic drumsSolução de transporte e mobilidade para baterias acústicas

Scientific supervisor: Prof. Paulo MaldonadoProduct Design Master �esis

AbstractAcoustic drums are one of the biggest musical instruments played nowadays in musical bands, making it one of the hardest to transport. �ey are formed by drums and cymbals suspended by di�erent kinds of structures depending on the model and the drum kit. �e size, the weight and the lack of �exibility of the components makes it hard to pack and transport. We proposed to develop an acoustic drum project with solutions for these problems by pack-ing up the drums inside each other, headed to a target of drummers who play in many di�erent places, and therefore, subjected to constant displacements with their instruments.

A solution of mobility and transport for acoustic drumsHow to reduce the volume of an acoustic drum for transport, keeping

a suitable price, and its sound and fisical qualities?

Subjecto definition

Methods and organization

Research

Collecting, Organizing, Filtering

Validation process

ProjectState-of-art Prototype

Conclusions

Research scheme

Rhythmic Compilation

Acoustic DrumsProduct Design Personal Experience

TargetMusical Instruments

Design

Transport and Store

Inovation

Matrioshka Drums

Concept development

Rhythmic Compilation

Validation

Interface Acoustic Market Semantics

Stacking

Components

General Segmentation

General analysisDiferent recording methods

Reduction of some harmonicsspecialy the high tomExisting solutions

Whole shell Divided shell

Basics Solutions examples Winning against habitsMembranophones Advantages and disadvantages Keeping reliability

Assembly

Materials

Specific Transport methods

TransportConcept reliability

Sounds identificationWith mufflers

Without mufflersWith mufflers

Without mufflers

Prototype sound recording

Prototypetest

Gatheringsurveys

Intreview Analysingsound frequencies

Project Development

Research process

Product features

Stackable

Open/close system

Balanced dimensions

InSert Drum System Conventional system

Side cut Side cut

“In” tool

Top viewTop view

InSert Drums makes it possible to store drums with a di�erence of two or more inches inside each other

Flexible

Transportable

Cymbals

Bass drum

Tom holders

Stands

Snare drum

Honest & Light

Other advantages:

-Makes it easier to tune-It can be used without the bottom skins-Easy to fill the inside

Logo

INSERTDRUM

URBAN FORNITUREOZO

Academic work developed with João Tereso and Luís CastanheiraCity's urban furniture

This project aims to develop a line of furniture with a coherent language, �exible and modular, for Santo Amaro de Alcântara, Lisboa. The module conception was inspired by the beam shape, similar to the “Ponte 25 de Abril” bridge form, and it is adapted to create patterns.

FountainPark bench

Trash can Ecopoint

Street lamp

Bollard

Bus stop

Implementation

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Ceramic lamp | Academic work.

Focused on the lamp functionality (illumination), the product searches for a way to make it possible to direct the light. Based on the idea of

turning it into a box, which would let the light out from its entry, and so being able to direct it, the lamp contains several "boxes" making it possible

to direct the light in many directions. The shape of the components openings allows the lamp to distribute the light in a bigger range.

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FIBERGLASS AND PLYWOOD CHAIRGRAY CHAIR

The Gray chair results from an exercise with the purpose of

providing students some modeling knowledge with compos-

ite materials, speci�cally �berglass. It was asked to design

a rest chair for an inside space, using �berglass, MDF or

plywood in one or more components of the chair.

The entire project was developed around the appropriate-

ness of the hull and structure shape to the available materi-

als, technologies and adaptabilities.

With the intent of giving a sense of lightness and simplicity

to the hulls shape, we decided to leave the back of the chair

open, suggesting only its tridimensional

shape when the chair is seen from other angles. We neither

wanted to overdraw the shape of the arms: they describe a

simple curve which supports the seat and provides a

support for the arms.

The prototype was built in molded �berglass and MDF, hull

and structure respectively, both �xed through two chrome

steel tubes.

PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT: CONSTRUCTION AND METAMORPHOSIS

CAJÓN

Conventional cajónEasy to transportMust sit to play itDon’t have pedal

Hard to transportMust sit to play itIt has a pedal kick

Easy to transportThree different playing possibilities

Can attach pedal kick

Conventional drum Cajón Almighty

Cajón style: sittingOn foot

Drum style: sitting, with sticks, pedal and cymbals

Different ways to play it

Different waysto set it

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First conception

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Producing an outside stand brought me the idea of playing with the natural light. Inspired by the games of shadows often used in tiles, by rotating or giving them shape, I thought about applying it to woods,

and so, create a pattern of crooked woods. This pro-ject is based in the idea of collecting and reuse old woods, and so creating a rhythmic pattern of differ-ent textures and appearances.

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Side view Scale 1:20 Units: mm Front view

QUATERNARIOStand for Santo Amaro Academic work

CREATIVE PROCES - REPRESENTING IDEAS SKETCHING

LOGO CREATION FOR FA | UTL - ACADEMIC TUNAARQUITECTUNA

Tuna is not just the name for a kind of fish, tuna is also a musical band made up of students from a university. It is a band with a very strong relation and fidelity with the tradi-tion: it has rigid dressing codes, besides of the special suit; it plays only acoustic, and usually, traditional instruments; and are very faithful to the traditions in ceremonies, formalities and musicality.

Habitually a tuna have from about 20 to 40 people, most of them students from the university where the tuna belongs. Each tuna has its own traditions and costumes, but of

course, there are patterns common to every tuna. The suits don’t change much between them, neither the musicality nor the instru-ments: they all tend to be traditional, and most important: unplugged. All “tunos” (people from a tuna) have a cape, in which they stitch badges they collect by offering them to each other over the course.

By the time I entered college there was no tuna, there had been one but it ended up two years earlier. So, the people interested, gathered around and started a long work process of creating a tuna. I am privileged to belong to

ArquitecTuna

Performance in XI Hipócrates, Lisbon 2012

that group of re-founders. During that process, we’ve came across the obstacle of creating the logo for it, and I got the task.

We started with a group of 5 insistent colleagues from different courses, levels and ages, with very little musical knowledge. After 5 years of growing, ArquitecTuna is now a healthy group of 57 members, with a signifi-cant musical quality, and a very efficient man-agement and functionality inside the organs that composes it. Still, the best thing about it is that it has become an incredible family, with a very strong friendship between every element.

Logo conception

Stamp Black and White Logo

ArchitectUniversitylogo

Performance in Mértola, 2011

There were an old logo, so I redesigned it. I preserved the concept of the water representing the Tejo river near our university, and the pres-ence of instruments. I also added a front, similar to the logo of the faculty, and a crow which represents Lisbon. The compass represented in the “A” was also gotten from the university logo.

Logo uses

Performance in FMD University, Lisbon, 2010

Finalist stripes Cape badge

Patrocínios

Folded briefing

Logo development

Poster

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Wayshowing for Faculdade de Arquitectura

Academic work

This is a wayfinding proposal for Architecture Faculty of Technical University of Lisbon.

Since this is a space of student’s constant mobility, including foreign students, it’s essential to ensure their orientation within this academic area.

The Architecture Faculty is formed by different pavilions, each one with two or more floors and different courses and spaces. This turns the place into a big challenge for this project.

The proposed system aims to be simple and flexible, in accor-dance with the surrounding architectural language, allowing a quick and effectively reading, assisted by the use of colors and symbols which helps distinguishing spaces and degrees.

We choose the line as a logical thread of the whole system, revealing a playful element that arouses an animation on the walls, and extends from the orientation coming from the picto-grams.

We developed different solutions for this project, guaranteeing that it would be very easy and intuitive to understand it.

SOCIAL NETWORK APPLICATIONFLINK

is a concept for the future of the social networks.

BRINGS THE VIRTUAL LIFE TAKEN IN COMMONSOCIAL NETWORKS EVEN CLOSER TO YOU!

CREATES A PARALLEL WORLD, LINKED TO THE REAL ONE, WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED BY OUR DEVICE (PHONE, PAD, COMPUTER) THROUGH INTERNET, AND/OR BLUETOOTH!

facebook f Bluetooth

TURNS YOUR DEVICE INTO THE WINDOW FOR THE “FLINK” VIRTUAL WORLD!

SEARCHES AND LOCATES EVERYTHING, LIKE A CONSTANT UPDATED GPS: PLACES (STORES, STREETS, HOUSES…) PEOPLE (DEPENDING ON WHO YOU WANT TO FIND: DOCTORS, FRIENDS, ENGINEER…) SERVICES (HOSPITALS, BANKS, SPECIFIC STORES…)

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social network application

Social Network Application

IS VIRTUAL, SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THIS WORLD! NEW WAYS TO COMMUNICATE! TALK AND ADVERTISE!

LETS YOU CREATE, PERSONALIZE AND FILTRATE YOUR OWN PROFILE, INFORMATION, AND EVEN YOUR PLACES!

Illustration for “esphera” magazine cover.

Illustrations for a children’s book.

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