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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Instituto Jean Piaget - Portugal. Pedagogigal Materials, Equipment Design and Production, Industrial Design, Graphic Design.
Halmstad University - Sweden. Nordic Center for Research on Toys and educational Media. Conferences and workshops.
Brio AB/Brio Toy, Brio Scanditoy - Sweden. R&D department.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-founder of HomoLudens Design, Lisbon: graphic, industrial and educational materials design.
Design projects involving special equipment for children with brain paralisys, for the blind and children with ambliopy.
Projects including urban design, architectural, interiors, packaging, information, publication and illustration. Plastic Arts.
PROFILE
Paula's interest in drawing and painting started at an early age.
'I believe I've always hated limiting frames and I certainly like to experiment on new materials. The material world is a giant canvas and an infinity of mediums, as well as the mind. Experimentation means to me real apotheosis, the quintessence of knowledge. I'm a perfectionist. Although I'm conscious that I will never reach perfection. I've just been truly enjoying the endless road.'
Studied Art and Design at school, since she was 14. Later at university and always for a lifetime.
'To live is to learn, to learn is to experiment and vice versa. It's a constant in my life.'
Finished the studies at university in 1998 and since then Paula Rosa has been working in her studio in Lisbon as a freelancer. Simultaneouly, has dedicated some time to artistic activities as painting and sculpture. In 2003, being conscious of the importance of digital technologies and how they have been revolutionizing the arts, she began to experiemnt several techniques in the digital canvas.
