Tiago Machado

About

I'm a multidisciplinary designer living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. I founded the design studio Playout in 2006, while still living at Porto, where I was born in 1984. Since then I have been working in the studio and on public and private institutions. I work mainly within the visual communication field — designing, researching and developing physical and digital artifacts —, but with a strong interest in the possible intersections of art, design, science and technology.

You can reach me on Twitter, Facebook, Medium, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram, Dribbble or GitHub, no strings attached.

Education

• Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Communication Design and New Media
  Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade de Lisboa, 2014 (expected)
• Postgraduate (Specialization Course), Communication Design and New Media
  Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade de Lisboa, 2012
• Bachelor of Arts (BA), Graphic Design and Advertising
  Escola Superior de Estudos Industriais e de Gestão, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, 2006

Experience

At Playout I've had the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients, which included startups, small businesses, major market leaders and governmental institutions. I have also worked on public and private institutions such as newspapers, digital agencies and higher education institutions. Some of them later became clients at Playout.

Currently I'm the head of design at Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon, and a mentor on the Design Essentials course at Designlab.

The following list is a resume of my professional experience.

• Designlab
  Mentor: 2014 onwards
• Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
  Head of Design: 2013 onwards
  Designer: 2010–12
• Seara.com
  Designer: 2008–09
• Público
  Designer: 2007–08
• Playout
  Founder and Designer: 2006 onwards

Research

My main research interests revolve around authorship, credibility, visual design, interface and experience, in the context of Communication Design and New Media. Currently, I'm (along with Mafalda Sequeira) researching the perception of credibility on the web based only on visual cues (the visual design of the website). B. J. Fogg has a name for that, it's surface credibility. Below you can find some of my research projects and texts, feel free to read them (feedback is always welcome).

• Análise de Concorrência do Website Público do Instituto Superior Técnico
  Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 2012
  Análise de Concorrência (Portuguese, PDF, 15,6MB)
• AutDev Interface (Authorship + Webdevelopment + Interface)
  Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, 2011
  AutDev Interface Website
  Presentation Slides (English, PDF, 1.2MB)
  Presentation Slides (Portuguese, PDF, 993KB)
• Estratégias de Autoria na Obra Gráfica de James Victore
  Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, 2011
  Recensão Crítica (Portuguese, PDF, 350KB)

Lectures and talks

I’ve been invited to lecture and talk on several events and institutions such as Codebits, Experimenta Design and University of Lisbon (at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Institute of Education and Instituto Superior Técnico). The following list is a resume of those lectures and talks.

2015

• The Relationship Between Visual Design and Perceived Credibility of Websites
  Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2015 (to be presented)

2014

• Front-end Development
  HackerSchool, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2014 (to be presented)
• HyperText Markup Language 5 (HTML5) and Cascading Style Sheets 3 (CSS3)
  Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2014
• Designing for Credibility
  Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2014
• Digital Image Editing: Adobe Photoshop
  Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2014
• Designing for Credibility
  Sapo Codebits VII, Sapo, Lisbon, 2014
  Talk Abstract (Codebits Website)
  Presentation Slides (PDF, 15.5MB)
  Presentation Video
• Visual Communication
  Institute of Education, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2014

2013

• Web Typography
  Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2013
• Visual Communication
  Institute of Education, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2013

2012

• Editorial Design
  Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2012
• Visual Communication
  Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2012

2011

• AutDev Interface (Authorship + Webdevelopment + Interface)
  Open Day Abroad, EXD’11/LISBOA, Experimenta Design, Lisbon, 2011
  Presentation Slides (PDF, 1.2MB)
• AutDev Interface (Authorship + Webdevelopment + Interface)
  Open Day’11, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 2011
  Presentation Slides (PDF, 993KB)
  Conference booklet: "Feedback: It is black or white" (PDF, 5.9MB)

Exhibitions

• D E S / G N: F B A U L 2011
  Lisbon, Portugal, 2011
• 7th Trnava Poster Triennial
  Trnava, Slovakia, 2009
• 6th Trnava Poster Triennial
  Trnava, Slovakia, 2006

Bibliography

I have several design and research projects featured on books by renowed international publishers and organizations. The following list is a selection of those books.

• Almeida, V. and Gonçalves, S. (eds.) (2011). Feedback: It is black or white.
  Lisboa, Portugal: Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade de Lisboa, p. 41.
• Beer, G. (2007). Web Design Index 7.
  Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The Pepin Press | Agile Rabbit Editions, p. 67.
• Beer, G. (2007). Web Design Index by Content 3.
  Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The Pepin Press | Agile Rabbit Editions, p. 454.
• Beer, G. (2009). Web Design Index by Content 4.
  Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The Pepin Press | Agile Rabbit Editions, pp. 140, 419.
• Beer, G. (2010). Web Design Index 9.
  Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The Pepin Press | Agile Rabbit Editions, p. 24.
• Gonçalves, S. (2013). Página enquanto heterotopia ou espaço de convergência do design com a edição. Modelo editorial para a produção académica do mestrado em Design de Comunicação e Novos Media.
  Lisboa, Portugal: Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade de Lisboa, pp. 92, A2/367, A2/377, A2/380, A2/383, A2/387.
• Healey, M. (2010). Design DNA — Logos: 300+ International Logos Deconstructed.
  Ohio, USA: HOW Books, pp. 132, 144.
• Van Roojen, P. (2014). Web Design Index 10.
  Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The Pepin Press | Agile Rabbit Editions.

Contacts

Feel free to email me at tiago@playout.pt with any ideas, questions or comments. I usually reply within 24 hours (during weekdays). You can reach me on Twitter, Facebook, Medium, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram, Dribbble or GitHub, no strings attached.