Catarina Silva (ESD-IPCA / ID+, PT)
Catarina Silva, Assistant Professor, School of Design, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA), Barcelos, Portugal. Ana Catarina Silva is a teacher, a researcher and holds a Ph.D. in Sciences and Technologies of Communication (University of Porto, Portugal), with a thesis that studied the design of the technical book in a hybrid editorial context. Her research projects address a variety of fields and their borders,from hybrid editions to independent publishing, typography, letterpress or illustration. Books (and its forms) are her passion, and she’s been teach- ing Typography, Editorial and Design Project in undergraduate and grad- uate degrees in Graphic Design and Digital Design since 2007 at IPCA. She is also a research member of CAOS (Communication, Art, Object, and Synergies/ID+ (Research Institute for Design, Media, and Culture), Barcelos, Portugal, a founding member of the ATIPO typography associa- tion, and a member of the Design Obs, a Portuguese Design Observatory.