Projects
Over the years, we have supported many clients and managed education, research, strategy and design projects in varied creative fields.
A common denominator across all of our projects, is our passion to create value through deep dedication to art, creativity, sustainability and responsible production.
ERC Scarlet
Barbot Bernardo and Ofício were contracted to lead the visual and communication strategy for ERC SCARLET, a European Research Council project led by Heritage Scientist Prof. Paula Nabais at the Departamento de Conservação e Restauro, NOVA FCT (Lisbon). SCARLET will reconstruct historical dyeing recipes, characterise them and make that knowledge accessible — integrating chemistry, history, and heritage science. Between 2026 and 2029, we'll be responsible for the project's visual identity, communication strategy, graphic and editorial design. Read more about this case in our Journal
The Heritex Toolbox
Visual identity, website and learning tools for a platform showcasing a living archive of 10.000 years of textile heritage. The Heritex Toolbox is a platform for entrepreneurs, researchers, and fibre enthusiasts, built as part of Heritex-Hub , a networked knowledge hub to empower the green transition in textiles and fashion by harnessing the wealth of data and insights provided by the study of Textile Heritage. This project is a part of the COST action IG19131. Read more about this case in our Journal
Contamos Todos em Macedo de Cavaleiros
Project management, contents, training, graphic and editorial design. "Contamos Todos" promotes artistic and cultural practices in Macedo de Cavaleiros, a remote region in Northeastern Portugal. Our intervention focuses on the wool and silk clusters and includes training and education for local stakeholders, developing learning materials and registering traditional weaving patterns and techniques. Read more about this subject in our journal
Saber Fazer em Vinhais
Project management, contents, training and graphic and editorial design. "Viver Mais e Melhor" is a follow-up for our 2021-2023 "Cultura para Todos" initiative, when we first piloted a community learning methodology that we are now adopting in other projects at both the national and European levels. Our intervention focuses on the wool cluster and includes training and education for local stakeholders, developing learning materials and registering traditional weaving patterns and techniques. Read more about this project in our Journal.
Adventurous Music Plateaux (AMP) 2025
We are supporting our friends at VIC NIC / Navalha with the promotion of the Portuguese chapter of the Adventurous Music Plateaux (AMP), a LIVEMX project by the Plateau Foundation (Poland). Read more about the festival in our Journal .
Vic Nic 2025 / 2026
We are back at Aveiro's "secret cinema" for a new collaboration with Vic Aveiro Arts House and its in-house book publisher and record label, VIC NIC. After designing a communication strategy and engaging in fruitful cooperation at the BREAK festival, we will be responsible for the weekly communication of the house, encompassing concerts, retail, hospitality, and projects. Read more about our collaborations with Vic Nic in our journal
Connary Fagen, Inc.
Strategic marketing and social media communication project for Connary Fagen, Inc., a type foundry and studio known for its soulful typefaces with extensive and inclusive language support. The project included studying the foundry’s unique philosophy, creating the plan according to a unique value proposition, target groups, markets, and goals, and developing the strategy and content for each of the foundry’s channels. Read more about this subject in our journal
The Type Founders
The Type Founders is home to some of the most renowned type foundries from around the world. We are helping TTF with their social media marketing efforts by providing content and graphic design for type foundries in their portfolio. This project is starting in the last quarter of 2024.
Edições Saber Fazer
Our in-house book publisher, focusing on technical books on the topics of craft and small-scale manufacturing. Our Saber Fazer unit is the editor and publisher and our graphic design studio Ofício is in charge of the visuals and all the editorial design. You can find our collection at Saber Fazer website.
Cultura Para Todos em Vinhais
Project management, contents, training and graphic and editorial design. Cultura Para Todos em Vinhais is a project dedicated to promoting artistic and cultural practices in the Municipality of Vinhais, a remote region in Northeastern Portugal. Our intervention focuses on the wool cluster and includes training and education for local stakeholders, developing learning materials and registering traditional weaving patterns and techniques
Nova Type Foundry
Digital marketing and graphic design services for a Portuguese type foundry. Before we officially became partners, our relationship with Nova Type Foundry started by providing social media management, content development and graphic design services. You can read more about this project in our Journal.
Indieworkers
Indieworkers is a project by our partners at Cru Creative Hub dedicated to independent workers in the Creative Industries. In recent years we have been collaborating with the project in training events, in its podcast (as interviewers and interviewees) and in supporting the preparation of applications to grants and cooperation programmes.
Porto Fashion and Fabric Museum
Research, creation of exhibition content, production of texts and technical and scientific advice for the installation of the Porto Fashion and Fabric Museum located at WOW - World of Wine, in Vila Nova de Gaia.
iGUANEYE
Marketing strategy, digital marketing, content and photography. iGUANEYE is one of the most innovative and sustainable brands in footwear. We started by supporting the brand’s founder in defining its entire marketing strategy. Later, we worked on iGUANEYE’s digital presence, including developing new content, implementing the digital marketing strategy and managing social media and its online community.
NEVOAZUL
Editorial strategy, content and photography direction for NEVOAZUL magazine. This project was structured into three chapters. The first was dedicated to the magazine’s audience, the second to the editorial structure and the third to the business model. For the third edition, we were also responsible for the photography direction and interviewed the photographer João Bernardino. Read about NEVOAZUL in our Journal.
Saber Fazer
Editorial design and visual identity for our sibling project. Naturally, our intervention and connection to Saber Fazer is deeper than simple graphic design. However, with so many materials produced throughout the year, this is probably the most visible element of this relationship.
MANNA Food & Yoga
Strategy and graphic design for a restaurant in Porto serving specialty coffee, natural wines and vegetarian and vegan food. MANNA's strategic planning was done at a time of optimism amidst a tourism boom. Still, the stars tried to put everything we did to the test: the restaurant opened just two months before the beginning of the Pandemic. Three years later, it's still going strong. You can read more about Manna in our Journal.
Craftmanship+ (Porto/ UE)
Project management and proposal preparation for an Erasmus+ project. The idea for the project came from Ofício/Saber Fazer, an application prepared with the consultancy Advancis Business Services, Aveiro University and a consortium of organisations from different countries. Started in 2015, Craftsmanship+ focused on knowledge transmission processes in the craft sector, both in terms of teaching techniques and in management and entrepreneurship processes.
Roteiro Oficinal do Porto
Research and documentation on the productive ecosystem in Porto. ROP, a Saber Fazer project, began in November 2012 to map the specialised local labour and small-scale production units that currently work in the city.
Velo Culture
Strategy, marketing and graphic design for a pioneering project in the Matosinhos Fish Market. Founded in 2011, Velo Culture is a reference brand in everything that respects cycling as a means of transport and a more discerning way of being in road and travel cycling. Read about Velo Culture in our Journal.