Season's greetings and a happy 2026

From the play of movable type, unlikely figures emerge.
It is from this creative construction, shaped by encounters and shared experiences, that we celebrate life.

This year’s postcard was developed by lecturer and researcher Rúben Dias in collaboration with Diana Amarelo (ESAD Letterpress Workshop).

Porto Design Biennale

Time Is present

— Designing the Common

October – December 2025

Time Is present · Designing the Common

Short Courses

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Essential Sketching Techniques for Design

Financing Training (100%)

Screenwriting

Financing Training (100%)

Motion Design

Financed Training (100%)

Narratives in Motion

Financed Training (100%)

AI Tools for Product Design and Development

Financed Training (100%)

Boat Design Interior — Project

Financing Training (100%)

Styling and Fashion Design

Financing Training (100%)

Parametric Design in p5.js

AutoCAD Fundamentals

Financed Training (100%)

Digital illustration — Bitmap

Financed Training (100%)

CLO — Introduction

Financed Training (100%)

Food Packaging Design

Financed Training (100%)

Digital Illustration — Vector

Financed Training (100%)

T-Splines and SubD in Fusion 360

Financed Training (100%)

Digital Photo Editing

Financing Training (100%)

Comics — Sustainable Visual Narratives

Financing Training (100%)

Board Games Design

Financed Training (100%)

Creative Coding

Financed Training (100%)

Boat Design Interior

Financing Training (100%)

Screen printing illustration

Financed Training (100%

CLO — Animation and Rendering

Financed Training (100%)

Seascapes

Financed Training (100%)

Between Water and Land

Financed Training (100%)

Design Thinking

Financed Training (100%)

Parametric Design

Financed Training (100%)

Risograph illustration

Financed Training (100%)

Continuing Education

Short courses

Events

Unparalleled networking opportunities

Integrating UX and AI: Methods, Tools, and Frameworks for Digital Product Design

— Conference with André Fangueiro

16.12.2025 14:30 – 15:30

Talk with Álvaro Sousa, João Martins and Sara Figueiredo

— Design&Drinks

11.12.2025 18:00 – 20:00

Talk with António Rodrigues e Cláudia Lima

— Design&Drinks

27.11.2025 18:00 – 20:00

Exhibition "From Museum to Theatre"

— Transforming Heritage into Experience

14.11 — 31.12.2025

Four Books

— Lecture and Workshop by Miguel Almeida

18.11 — 21.11.2025

Semana Erasmus+

— Outgoing 2026/2027

17.11 — 21.11.2025

Porto Design Biennale

— TIME IS PRESENT. Designing the Common

23.10 — 26.10.2025

Design&Drinks

— Conversation Series between Design Schools

30.10.2025 — 26.11.2026

CINANIMA at Universities 2025

— Three sessions of auteur animated films

27.10 — 30.10.2025

News

We are thrilled to share our latest news

ANTF launches competition to create its new corporate identity

05.12.2025

Product Design students present projects to civil protection authorities

11.12.2025

Fashion Design alumni on display at the Barbican Art Gallery in London

18.11.2025

ESAD presents project at the Ibero-American Design Biennial (BID) Conference

17.11.2025

Interior Design students develop installation for +Concreta 2025

07.11.2025

Self-build workshop part of the CINANIMA 2025 Festival

05.11.2025

Lecturers and researchers take centre stage at the 4th edition of the Porto Design Biennale

27.10.2025

Field Class at Pole Pole's Porto Design Biennale Project

16.10.2025

Collection developed at ESAD wins young designers competition in Spain

08.10.2025

Students invited to Tom Dixon presentation

29.09.2025

Lecturer Helena Sofia Silva moderates "Celebrating World Design" international conference organised by EPDA

18.09.2025

Three former Fashion Design students among the finalists of Sangue Novo 2025/26

07.10.2025

Fashion student Enzo Peres wins the Bloom Competition

03.07.2025

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