Sofia Dias

Founder at Dream it · Make it
Co-Founder at Fibra-studio
Fiber Artist

I am a committed designer to promote and accelerate the transition to a preferable future. My tools: future literacies, visual thinking, learning-by-doing, learning-by-sensing, co-learning processes and consultancy.

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I had an unconventional path that danced along with art, graphic design, illustration, art direction, trends research, teaching and consultancy. All those experiences combined gave me a broad perspective of how the future and creativity can interact to produce interesting, meaningful and engaging shared horizons for the future. I am highly committed to the global agenda towards sustainability, and all my present work contributes to the construction of the future and present regeneration.Besides my projects, I often collaborate with several institutions and Universities like LCI - Barcelona, IADE - Lisbon, Madrid Content School and more.

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Dream it · Make it
is a learning space community aiming to decolonize futures and trends awareness. It is an online platform connected with a network of partners that bring the digital experience to hybrid expressions with physical workshops all over our network.Fibra-studio is a consultancy and research space, co-founded with Aline Monçores and Sabrina Donzelli. Together we are putting in place a new generation of trends research aligned with the challenges of our times.

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EDUCATION AND TRAININGThe Trends and Foresight Masterclass Series · Future Laboratory, 2021Design course, Insight for innovation. IDEO
Certification License Number: 202239c8d69753; IDEO U 2016Design course, From ideas to action. IDEO
Certification License Number 189339c8d69753; IDEO U 2016PhD in Urban Studies
FCSH- UNL y ISCTE-UNL, Lisbon
Research project:
"Visual Representations of the Urban Environment, Consumption and Lifestyles: a n Observation and Analysis Model for Conceptual Design Innovation"
with the orientation of Pedro Costa, ISCTE-IUL
Aggregation to the research center Dinâmia-Cet, Center for socioeconomic and territorial studies, ISCTE-UNL 2011-2019 (in progress)Trendsgymnasium
Advanced Course of Trends StudiesFuture Concept Lab 2011Master in Visual Culture (MPhil)IADE, Lisbon
Theme of the dissertation:Fashion illustration and its resurgence in the 21st centuryQualification and title awarded: MPhil: 16,13/20, Very Good, without unanimityTOTAL 240 ECTS | 2004-2008Degree in Visual Design (BA Hons)IADE, Lisbon
Qualification and title awarded: 15/20 | 1996-2000LOCKDOWN SPECIAL ACTIVITIESPARTICIPATION IN TALKS, COLLABORATIONS AND DIGITAL EVENTSBlanc! Festival 13º edición - Barcelona
Todas as Artes - Oporto
Fashion Symposium . LCI - Barcelona
Summit Portugal faz bem - Lisbon
FOODCULTURA - Barcelona
Festival Blanc - Barcelona==………PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE MOST RELEVANT
2009—21Main activities
Teaching, Art Direction, Trends ConsultingACADEMIC DIRECTION & MOREPost graduation, Coolhunting & Trends Forecasting
Co-Direction with Úrsula Úria and Docent
LCI, Barcelona 2018-19
(new edition in 2019/2021)Summer School, Coolhunting & Trends Forecasting
Coordinator and Docent
LCI, Barcelona
July 2019.20Founder of the online-learning platform dream it · make it
2021Co-founder of Fibra-Studio, Trends Consultancy
2021

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TEACHING AND TRAININGBA. Hons, Communication Design
Coordination by Susana Leonor
ISMAT, Portimão 2019-20Master, Design of Footwear, Bags and Leather Goods Collections
Coordination by Sara de Ubieta
LCI, Barcelona 2019-20Master, Marketing and Advertising
Coordination by Cristina Pinheiro
IADE, Lisboa
2018-20Postgraduation, Design Thinking and Prototyping
Coordination by Américo Mateus, Susana Leonor y Sofia Martins
IADE - Executive Education, Lisboa
2015-18Postgraduation, Visual Merchandising & Store Design
Coordination by José Rousseau
IPAM - Executive Education, Lisboa
2012-18Master, Art and Visual Culture
Coordination by Flávio Almeida
IADE, Lisboa
2017Master, Product and Space Design
Coordination by António Cruz Rodrigues and Hande- Ayanoglu
IADE, Lisboa
2016-20Master, Design Management
Coordination by António Cruz Rodrigues
IADE, Lisboa
2016Master, Consumption Behavior
Coordination by Luís Liz
IPAM, Lisboa
2009-13BA. Hons, Communication Design
Coordination by Fernando de Oliveira
IADE, Lisboa
2009-13Master, Interior and Product Design
Coordination by António Cruz Rodrigues
IADE, Lisboa
2009-13Workshop, Digital Illustration, by Sofia Dias
Coordination by Jorge Nesbit y Nuno Saraiva
AR.CO, Lisboa
2006-08CURRICULAR UNITS— Coolhunting and Trends Spotting methodology
— Design thinking apllied to Trends Crafting
— Art Direction applied to Trends Communication
— Trends Driven Innovation for Design Management
— Coolhunting and Trends Studies
— Art Direction and Visual Culture
— Illustration, Digital Illustration and Design
— Communication Design Project
— BrandingMASTER THESIS CO-ORIENTATION— Master in Visual Cultura, IADE-UE, 2018
“Food Design: Contemporary Food-Service Design Trends”
Counselor Ana Viseu, IADE-EU
Student Malachi Philomena Broderick-Clarke— Master in Design Management IPAM- PORTO, 2017
“The impact of trends in organizations. The trend spotting model for curious innovators”
Counselor José Luís Reis, IPAM-PORTO
Student Patrícia Sá Caldas

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SOME MOST RELEVANT PROJECTSDARWIN
Art Director and Trends Strategist in a agency dedicated to Digital Marketing and Agile Marketing.
Lisbon.MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Trends Strategist in a agency dedicated to Omnichannel Communication. (Awareded agency in 2018)
Lisbon.FUTURE CONCEPT LAB
Correspondent of the Institute in Portugal. Coolhunter and researcher.
Milan.P28
Art Direction of the communication department, Curator of new talents, innovation in visual culture, consulting on trends aimed at entrepreneurship and cultural marketing.
LisbonBUSINESS SPIRIT AND PROJECT FOUNDATIONAR+T
A Public Art project in Augmented Reality
(Copyright registration by IGAC)WE ARE PARDAL #PEOPLE
Initially, an international talent aggregation platform in the creative industries to serve the communication and storytelling of the brand, evolved to adapt to today. It is a project of value creation for the public, which we identify with #PEOPLE, focused on the activation of brand projects that support causes of social interest.
Founded in 2014POETIC NECESSITY
An experimental project by a couple of artists, Teresa Faria and I, created author pieces in limited series to challenge the ethos of art and design, with objects that did not obey the definitions of those nor closed in their limits: between the decoration and art, unite the idea of personalization, identity, the statute of the object and its artistic discourse in an environment that aims to have a public exhibition.
2008-2012THE MOST RELEVANT
2002—09Main activities_ Design, IllustrationCLIENTS
Rosewood Hotels, Krys, Aquarius, Prisia, Editorial Group Media Capital, Agency Infinity, Agencia Silva Designers, among others.REPRESENTATION IN ARTISTS AGENCIES
Traffic NYC — New York
Chez Antoine — Paris
Pict-web / Asterisk — Tokyo
Who — LisboaPARTICIPATION IN PUBLICATIONS— MUSA, “Musa Book”, ed. Musa, Lisbon, 2005
— DAWBER Martin, “Big Book of Fashion Illustration”, Anova Books, London, 2006
— MITO DESIGN, “The Bag", ed. Index Book, Barcelona, 2007
— KLANTEN Robert, HELLIGE Hendrik, “Illusive 2. Contemporary illustration and its context” ed. Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 2007
— GUITON Pedro, “A Tribute to Celebrities”, ed. Index Book, Barcelona, 2008
— RUDDIGKEIT Raban, “Freistil Black”, Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz, Germany, 2009
— HIVELY Charles, “3x3 Magazine, The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, Illustrators Directory” ed. Charles Hively, New York, 2010