Ana Filomena Curralo Gonçalves

Ana Filomena Curralo, design lecture. She holds a Ph.D in Art & Design at Faculty of Art & Design, University of Porto, Portugal. Master degree in TypoGraphic Studies, London College of Communication, University of Arts, London, and a degree in Communication Design, Faculty of Art and Design, Portugal. As a designer she developed expertise in the context of visual and organizational identity. Ana also teach art, design and multimedia since 2007 at IPVC - Polytechnic Institute de Viana do Castelo. Education, research and arts and design practice are all key to her working process and all feed into each other. She is known for her diverse and innovative approach to the teaching and practice of art, design and illustration, spanning traditional and digital approaches to problem-solving.

Current positions

  • Professor Adjunto IPVC

Research Groups

Publications

Book chapters
  • Curralo, A. F., Quelhas, V., Branco, V., Mendonca, R. (2014). Non-tradition as factor of creativity in Portuguese typography. In Tradition, Transition, Tragectories: major or minor influences? (pp. 391–396). DOI 10.5151/despro-icdhs2014-0054
  • CURRALO, Ana; BARBOSA, Helena (2023) – The Portuguese World Exhibition (1940) as Propaganda Device. In BARBOSA, Helena (org.); BRANCO, Vasco; ALVELOS, Heitor; TAVARES, Paula; BARBOSA, Helena (coord.) (2023) – “THEME: Theory and Memory: adding, interpreting & weaving layers. 2”. Vol. 2. Aveiro: UA Editora, 2023. ISBN 978-972-789-891-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48528/ekca-8234 . p. 74-85.
  • Curralo, A.; Faria, P.; Curado, A.; Azeredo, P.; Lopes, S. (2022). Designing a UX Mobile App for Hydration and Sustainability Tracking in Academia. In: Tareq Ahram and Christianne Falcão (eds) Usability and User Experience. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 39. AHFE International, USA.http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001692
  • Curralo, A.F. (2022). Typography Design: An Algorithmic Approach. In: Raposo, D., Neves, J., Silva, R., Correia Castilho, L., Dias, R. (eds) Advances in Design, Music and Arts II. EIMAD 2022. Springer Series in Design and Innovation , vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09659-4_14
  • Paiva S., P. Castro, B. Mateus, C. Pinheiro, R. Ferreira, S. Rodrigues, J. Silva, A. F. Curralo. (2021). A mobile application to enhance mobility of people with permanent or temporary mobility disability – a case study in Portugal, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 181, 2021, Pages 34-41, ISSN 1877-0509, Link
  • Carvalhido A., Novo R., Faria P.M., Curralo A. (2021) A User Experience Design Process in Mobile Applications Prototypes: A Case Study. In: Martins N., Brandão D. (eds) Advances in Design and Digital Communication II. DIGICOM 2021. Springer Series in Design and Innovation, vol 19. Springer, Cham Link
  • Azeredo P., Curralo A., Curado A., Lopes S.I. (2021) A Methodological Design Approach for Health Education: Indoor Radon Exposure Case Study. In: Martins N., Brandão D. (eds) Advances in Design and Digital Communication II. DIGICOM 2021. Springer Series in Design and Innovation, vol 19. Springer, Cham. Link
  • Azeredo P.; Curralo A.;Curado A.; Lopes S.I. (2021) A Methodological Design Approach for Health Education: Indoor Radon Exposure Case Study. In: Martins N., Brandão D. (eds) Advances in Design and Digital Communication II. DIGICOM 2021. Springer Series in Design and Innovation, vol 19. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89735-2_44
  • Mendes J., Curralo A., Curado A., Lopes S.I. (2020) The Sustainable Smartbottle: A Proposed Design Methodology to Minimize Plastic Pollution. In: Martins N., Brandão D. (eds) Advances in Design and Digital Communication. Digicom 2020. Springer Series in Design and Innovation, vol 12. Springer, Cham.
  • CURRALO, Ana; BARBOSA, Helena (2020) – Furniture for children in the history of Portuguese design. In RAPOSO, Daniel, NEVES, João; SILVA, José: CORREIA CASTILHO, Luisa; DIAS, Rui (eds.) – “Advances in Design, Music and Arts: 7th Meeting of research in music, arts and design, EIMAD 2020, May 14-15, 2020”. Berlin: Springer Series in Design and Innovation, 2020. Vol. 9. Print: ISSN 2661-8184. Electronic: ISSN 2661-8192. Print: ISBN 978-3-030-55699-0. eBook: ISBN 978-3-030-55700-3, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55700-3. p. 415-430. Link
  • Mendes J., Curralo A., Curado A., Lopes S.I. (2020) The Sustainable Smartbottle: A Proposed Design Methodology to Minimize Plastic Pollution. In: Martins N., Brandão D. (eds) Advances in Design and Digital Communication. Digicom 2020. Springer Series in Design and Innovation, vol 12. Springer, Cham Link
  • Faria P., CURRALO A.F., Paiva S. (2018) A Case Study for the Promotion of Urban Mobility for Visually Impaired People. In: Paiva S. (eds) Mobile Solutions and Their Usefulness in Everyday Life. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer Link
See all 12 book chapters
International journals
  • Curralo A.F.; Lopes S.I.;Mendes J.; Curado A. (2022) Joining Sustainable Design and Internet of Things Technologies on Campus: The IPVC Smartbottle Practical Case. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14105922
  • Paiva S., P. Castro, B. Mateus, C. Pinheiro, R. Ferreira, S. Rodrigues, J. Silva, AF. Curralo. (2021). A mobile application to enhance mobility of people with permanent or temporary mobility disability – a case study in Portugal, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 181, Pages 34-41, ISSN 1877-0509, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2021.01.096.
  • Mendes J., Curralo A., Curado A., Lopes S.I. (2021) Fostering Sustainability on Campus: Design of an IoT-Enabled Smartbottle for Plastic Reduction in the Academic Environment. In: Raposo D., Martins N., Brandão D. (eds) Advances in Human Dynamics for the Development of Contemporary Societies. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 277. Springer, Cham Link
  • ALI, S., CURRALO, A., BOULOS, M., & PAIVA, S. (2018). A Framework for Improving the Engagement of Medical Practitioners in an E-Training Platform for Tuberculosis Care and Prevention. Future Internet, 11(1), 6. MDPI AG Link
International conferences
  • CURRALO, Ana; BARBOSA, Helena (2020) – Furniture for children in the history of Portuguese design. In RAPOSO, Daniel, NEVES, João; SILVA, José: CORREIA CASTILHO, Luisa; DIAS, Rui (eds.) – “Book of abstracts and posters: 7th EIMAD – Meeting of research in music, arts and design”. Castelo Branco: Edições IPBC – Instituto Politécnico de castelo Branco, 2020. Print: ISBN 978-989-54814-1-5. p. 26.
  • CURRALO, Ana F. (2019). Os Primórdios da ilustração de livros em Portugal. CONFIA. 7th International Conference on Ilustration & Animation.Viana do Castelo, Portugal. ISBN: 978-989-54489-1-3
  • BARBOSA, C; CURRALO, Ana F.; PAIVA, S. (2019). Pictogramas Interativos para uma aplicação móvel. Um estudo de Caso. CONFIA. 7th International Conference on Ilustration & Animation. Viana do Castelo, Portugal. ISBN: 978-989-54489-1-3
  • CURRALO, Ana; BARBOSA, Helena (2018) – “Carmo Valente e o Sistema de Mobiliário Galé”. In Proceedings “Designa 2018”. Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior, 2018. ISBN: 978-989-654-495-9, p. 357-362.
  • CURRALO, Ana; BARBOSA, Helena (2018) – “Exhibition structures: displaying Portugal”. In ICDHS 2018 – 11th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies – Back to the future: the future in the past. University of Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 2018. Proceedings. ISBN 978-84-9168-156-4. p. 367-371.
  • CURRALO, Ana; BARBOSA, Helena (2018) – “Exhibition structures: displaying Portugal”. In ICDHS 2018 – 11th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies – Back to the future: the future in the past. University of Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 2018. Book of abstracts. ISBN 978-84-9168-157-1. p. 188.
  • CURRALO, A. F.; PAIVA, S. (2017). UX Design and Incluso App Development. Proceedings book of UNIDCOM/IADE Conferences. IADE-U Instituto de Arte, Design e Empresa – Universitário, Lisboa, Portugal. ISBN: 978-989-8473-23-3