Ana Resende has been following a multidisciplinary path, focusing on collaborative processes to nurture creative work. After more than a decade of independent practice, she now leads her design studio, blending experimental design and creative freedom with the precision of visual communication to address and interpret the challenges at hand. With a core team of designers and a wide network of frequent collaborators, the studio engages in projects of various scales and mediums—ranging from books to buildings, from screens to walls.

email: mail@ana-resende.com
instagram: @anaresende_studio
address: rua josé falcão 156, porto

TEAM

ANA RESENDE
Ana Resende holds a master’s degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, where she taught between 2023 and 2025, and a postgraduate degree in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. Working between these two fields, she is especially drawn to book design as a space for experimentation with form, texture, visual storytelling, and typography.
In the past, she joined the cinema and architecture research project Ruptura Silenciosa, co-directed and produced films such as The Construction of Villa Além, curated the talk series Glote and Bolsa de Ideias, and co-curated Maia Architecture Month. This background, shaped by collaboration and curiosity, informs her approach to each project as a distinct challenge. Through close dialogue with clients and collaborators, she crafts original solutions that privilege meaning, context, and content.

RITA CONSTANTE
Rita Constante is a graphic designer based in Porto. She holds a degree in Communication Design from FBAUP (2022) and has since been practicing at the studio of designer Ana Resende. She approaches projects as multidimensional pieces, focusing on reimagining the book as an object and exploring the various layers of graphic experimentation it entails. Rita navigates different creative directions, engaging with Photography and Typography as complementary disciplines.

EUNICE BASTOS
Born in 2002 in Porto, where she is currently based, she completed her Bachelor's degree in Communication Design at FBAUP in 2023. She is now pursuing a Master's in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects at the same institution. Currently, she is undertaking her curricular internship at the studio of designer Ana Resende. She has a strong interest in the intersection of Design and various cultural fields, including Performing Arts, Cinema, Photography, and Architecture.

Former collaborators/interns: Maria Valente, Pille-Riin Valk, Ema Pinto Oliveira, Marta Cabral, Nilza Lello, Sara Steege

FEATURED IN

[print]
Printable – Printing Techniques & Effects in Visual Design, Viction Workshop
Book Design: From the Basics to the Most Impressive Designs, Sandu PublishingSlanted Magazine 42 / Books

[online]
Ana Resende’s Collaborative Magazine Design Envisions A New Format For The Future, Zoe Loring Murphy, Type01 (full article here)
A lesson in experimental and original book with Ana Resende, Jyni Ong, It’s Nice That (full article here)

[exhibition]
Portuguese Book Award , Fine Arts School, Porto (2023)
Fazer #1, by Vera Sacchetti and Frederico Duarte, Culturgest, Lisbon (2023)
La Biennale di Venezia, Exhibition Freespace, Venice (2018)
Festival International du Film d’Architecture, Oficial Selection, Bégles (2018)
Festival Mextrópoli, Centro Cultural del México Contemporáneo, Ciudade de México (2018)
IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Oficial Selection (2017)

AWARDS

AIGA 50 books 50 covers, 2x Winner (2024)
Portuguese Book Award DGLAB, Shortlisted (2023, 2020, 2019)
Fedrigoni Top Award, Shortlisted (2020)

TALKS AND LECTURES

2025 Zamme Talks , Ciudad de México
2025 Porto Design Summer School, Porto
2025 Projeto e Acaso, Encontro Nacional dos Estudantes de Design, Coimbra
2024 Fora d’Horas, Fine Arts School, Porto
2024 PHD Program in Architecture, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2024 Porto Design Summer School, Porto
2023 Collective Talks, IM Collective, Porto
2023 Together Toward, with Ana Types Type, Luís Sousa Teixeira, and The Royal Studio, Rennes
2023 Por que ainda fazemos livros?, conference at DRIVE – Design Related Investigation, ESMAD, Vila do Conde
2022 Sumo Podcast, Ana Resende vs Raquel Pais, Porto (listen here)
2020 Portfolio Showcase, ETIC, Lisboa
2019 [moderation] Post Millennium Tension, Lars Harmsen (Slanted magazine) + Marcus Fairs (Dezeen magazine), Porto Design Biennale, Porto
2019 Aula Aberta #71, O arquitecto enquanto mediador: acções participativas nos bairros sociais de Braga, w/ Space Transcribers, Escola de Arquitectura da Universidade do Minho
2019 Gravitações: Imagem/Representação, curated by Morada Vaga, Armazém, Porto
2019 The Construction of Villa Além – film discussion, moderated by Daniel Walser, Chur
2018 The Construction of Villa Além – film discussion, Fifaac - Festival du Film d'Architecture et des Aventures Constructives, Bégles
2018 Printed Architecture: a dialogue on architecture and books, w/ Raquel Rei, Dobra, João Faria, Circo de Ideias, Porto
2017 The Construction of Villa Além – film discussion, w/ Laurence Bonvin, IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Lisboa
2013 Ínsua – film discussion, moderated by François Penz, Ruptura Silenciosa, Porto
2012 Architecture in Films. The representation of the city in the New Cinema. São Paulo and Lisboa: two cities, one approach, 15th International Planning History Society, São Paulo
2012 Perdido por Cem - Crónicas de uma cidade, Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento, Lisboa
2011 O Mal Amado - Retratos Arquitectónicos, Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento, Faro

TEACHING

2022—2025 School of Architecture (University of Porto)
2024—2025 Porto Design Summer School
2025 Form, Sequence, Texture. The Making of and editorial design. Workshop Erasmus+, Rennes

JURY

2025 Young Lions Portugal, Festival de Creatividade Cannes Lions
2024 Clube da Criatividade de Portugal
2024 Prémio Municipal de Arquitectura João Álvaro Rocha
2023 Criatório. Apoio à Criação, Investigação e Programação Artística

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