Ana Catarina Vieira Rodrigues da Silva

Ana Catarina Silva is a teacher, a researcher and holds a PhD in Sciences and Technologies of Communication (U.Porto), with a thesis that studied the design of the technical book in a hybrid editorial context. Her research projects address a variety of fields and their borders, from hybrid editions to independent publishing, typography, letterpress or illustration. Books (and its forms) are her passion, and she’s been teaching Typography, Editorial and Design Project in undergraduate and graduate degrees in Graphic Design and Digital Design since 2007 at IPCA. She is also a research member of CAOS (Communication, Art, Object and Synergies)/ID+ (Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture) and a member of the Design Obs, a Portuguese Design Observatory.

Current positions

  • Professor Adjunto IPCA

PhD Details

  • Title Do Impresso ao Electrónico: o Design do Livro Técnico num Contexto Editorial Híbrido
  • Field Informação e Comunicação em Plataformas Digitais
  • Year 2014

Research Groups

Publications

Books
  • Amado, P., Silva, A. C., & Quelhas, V. (2021). Post-Digital Letterpress Printing: Research, Education and Practice. Routledge. ISBN 9781032001807. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003173113 Link
  • Silva, A., Amado, P., & Quelhas, V. (Eds.) (2020). Post-Digital Letterpress Printing Book of Abstracts. Porto: i2ADS – Research Institute in Art, Design and Society University of Porto, Faculty of Fine Arts. ISBN: 978-989-54703-0-3. Link
  • Borges, A., Silva, A. C., Modesto, A., Ricci, D., Providência, F., Ribeiro, M., Costa, N., Cunca, R., Costa, R., & Branco, V. (Eds.). (2022). DesignObs. Towards a Design Observatory in Por- tugal: Models, Instruments, Representation and Strategies / Para um Observatório de Design em Portugal: Modelos, Instrumentos, Representação e Estratégia. Universidade do Porto. Faculdade de Belas Artes. ISBN: 978-989-98284-6-9
Book chapters
  • Silva, C., Amado, P., & Quelhas, V. (2022). Alive & Printing! Portuguese Movable Typeface Printing in the 21st Century. In Hands—on Type, Learning from Letterpress Heritage (pp. 197–204). ISBN 978-989-53183-7-7
  • Silva, C., Amado, P., & Quelhas, V. (2022). Alive & Printing! A Tipografia dos Carateres Móveis Portuguesa no Século XXI. In Hands—on Type, Aprender com o Património Tipográfico (pp. 196-204). ISBN 978-989-53183-8-4
  • Amado, P., Quelhas, V., & Silva, C. (2022). In Tipo – Um Encontro de Impressores Tipográficos (pp. 106-107). ISBN 978-989-53151-1-6
  • Amado, P., Quelhas, V., & Silva, A. (2023). Letterpress in Portugal: The Future of Design and Its Engagement with Past Printing Techniques. In Letterpress printing: past, present, future (pp. 179-195). ISBN 978-1-80079-421-4 (print). ISBN 978-1-80079-929-5 (ePDF). ISBN 978-1-80079-930-1 (ePub)
  • Costa, N.; Branco, V.; Costa, R.; Borges, A.; Modesto, A.; Cunca, R.; Silva, A. (2023), Mapping Ecosystems Through Design—Reflections of the DesignOBS Project. In: Martins, N., Brandão, D., Paiva, F. (eds) Perspectives on Design and Digital Communication III. Springer Series in Design and Innovation , vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06809-6_22 Link
  • Costa, N.; Branco, V.; Costa, R.; Borges, A.; Modesto, A.; Cunca, R.; Silva, A., (2021) Infusing data literacy in design education: maturing a distributed design observation approach in Portugal, In: Martins N., Brandão D. (eds) Advances in Design and Digital Communication. Digicom 2021. Springer Series in Design and Innovation, ISBN: 978-3-030-89734-5, http://hdl.handle.net/10773/33145
  • Costa, N.; Branco, V.; Costa, R.; Borges, A.; Modesto, A.; Cunca, R.; Silva, A. (2021), Design Infrastructures: proposing alternative strategies for countries with a lower maturation of design culture in Advances in Human Dynamics for the Development of Contemporary Societies, Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Dynamics for the Development of Contemporary Societies, July 25-29, 2021, USA, New York, July 25-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80415-2 Link
  • Costa, N., Costa, R., Borges, A., Branco, V., Cunca, R., Modesto, A., & Silva, A. C. (2021). Mapping the research thread of design PhDs: a PhD citation analysis of the Portuguese Doctorates. In R. J. Howlett & L. C. Jain (Eds.), Design for Tomorrow (Vol. 2, pp. 203–216). http://hdl.handle.net/10773/30627 Link
  • Costa, N., Branco, V., Costa, R., Borges, A., Modesto, A., Silva, C., & Cunca, R. (2020). TOWARDS A DESIGN OBSERVATORY: THE CASE OF SCHOLARLY DESIGN RESEARCH IN PORTUGAL. In Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference (Vol. 1, pp. 827-836). Cambridge University Press. Link
  • Amado, P.; Quelhas, V; Silva, A. C. (2019). “Revival of Letterpress: The Portuguese Scenario”. In Tavares, P. (Org.) (2019). CAOS Communication, Art and Object Sinergies – Practice Research, the time is now. DRX: Registos de Investigação em Design, pp.81-97. ISBN 978-989-99861-9-0.
  • Tavares, P.; Silva, A. C.; Pereira, J:B:; Albino, M.; Matos, D.; & Teixeira, P. M. (2019). “Transformação regional pelo design – o projeto “capacitar pelo design” na Região Cávado”. In Tavares, P. (Org.) (2019). CAOS Communication, Art and Object Sinergies – Practice Research, the time is now. DRX: Registos de Investigação em Design, pp.11-21. ISBN 978-989-99861-9-0.
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International journals
  • 1. Silva, Ana Catarina; Borges, Maria Manuel, “Hybrid publishing design methods for technical books”, The Electronic Library, (2016) Vol. 34 Iss: 6, pp. – doi: 10.1108/EL-02-2016-0035
International conferences
  • Costa N., Costa R., Branco V., Borges A., Silva A. C., Modesto A., Cunca R., (2021), Representação e literacia dos dados: o caso das empresas de design em Portugal, 10th Information Design International Conference (CIDI), 18-22 October, Curitiba, Brasil, pp.1108-1107, https://www.proceedings.blucher.com.br/article-list/cidicongic2021-357/list#articles Link
  • Tavares, P.; Silva, A.C.; Pereira, J.B.; Teixeira, P.M.; & Matos, D. (2019). “Regional transformation through design”. In Conference Proceedings. The Future of Education 2019, Filodoritto Publisher, pp421-424.
  • Costa, N., Branco, V., Costa, R., Borges, A., Cunca, R., Ana Catarina, S., & Modesto, A. (2020). Towards a Design Observatory: crafting a distributed approach. Cumulus, 8-11 June, pp. 3121–3136, Italy, http://hdl.handle.net/10773/30629 Link
  • Silva, A.C.; Amado, P.; Quelhas, V. (ed.) (2020) Post-Digital Letterpress Printing Book of Abstracts, i2ADS, January 2020 Link
  • Costa, N., Branco, V., Costa, R., Borges, A., Modesto, A., Silva, C., & Cunca, R. (2020). TOWARDS A DESIGN OBSERVATORY: THE CASE OF SCHOLARLY DESIGN RESEARCH IN PORTUGAL. Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference, 1, 827-836. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/dsd.2020.327 Link
  • Tavares, P.; Silva, A.C.; Pereira, J.B.; Teixeira, P.M.; & Matos, D. (2019). Regional transformation through design. In Conference Proceedings 9th International Conference The Future of Education, pp.421-424, Filodiritto Publisher, ISBN 978-88-85813-45-8
  • Amado, Pedro; Silva, Catarina; Priez, Julien; Raileanu, Diana; Lemos, Mariana; Freitas, Marta; (2018, Novembro) Artemis – Variable Font. 9º Encontro de Tipografia, Tomar.
  • Amado, Pedro; Silva, Catarina; Priez, Julien; Enes, Joel; Norte, Marta; Fonseca, Rita (2018, Novembro), Naum Gabo – Variable Font. 9º Encontro de Tipografia, Tomar.
  • Pereira, J. B, Tavares, P.; Silva, A. C.; Matos, D.; Teixeira, P. M. (2018) “Transformação regional pelo design – o projeto “capacitar pelo design” na região Cávado”. In 25th APDR Congress Proceedings, Circular Economy, Urban Metabolism and Regional Development: Challenges for a Sustainable Future. NOVAFCSH, Lisbon (Portugal).
  • Pereira, J. B.; Tavares, P.; Silva, A. C.; Matos, D.; & Teixeira, P. M. (2018). “Transformação regional pelo design – o projeto “capacitar pelo design” na região Cávado”. In 25th APDR Congress Proceedings, Circular Economy, Urban Metabolism and Regional Development: Challenges for a Sustainable Future. NOVAFCSH, Lisbon (Portugal), 5-6 July 2018. ISBN 978-989-8780-06-5
  • Tavares, P.; Silva, A. C.; Pereira, J. B.; Matos, D.; Teixeira, P. M. (2018) “Transformação regional pelo design – o projeto “capacitar pelo design” na região Cávado”. In 25th APDR Congress Proceedings, Circular Economy, Urban Metabolism and Regional Development: Challenges for a Sustainable Future. NOVAFCSH, Lisbon (Portugal), 5-6 July 2018. ISBN 978-989-8780-06-5
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Other publications
  • Amado, P., Silva, A. C., & Quelhas, V. (2021). Conclusion. In P. Amado, A. C. Silva, & V. Quelhas (Eds.), Post-digital letterpress printing: Research, education and practice (pp. 123–124). Routledge.
  • Amado, P., Silva, A. C., & Quelhas, V. (2021). Introduction. In P. Amado, A. C. Silva, & V. Quelhas (Eds.), Post-digital letterpress printing: Research, education and practice (pp. XXI–XXIII). Routledge.
  • Whicher, A., Borges, A., Silva, A. C., Modesto, A., Ribeiro, M., Costa, N., Cunca, R., Costa, R., Branco, V. (Eds.). (2022). Exploring the Portuguese design ecosystem: workshop report. Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto, ISBN: 978-989-98284-5-2
  • Borges, A., Silva, A. C., Modesto, A., Fernandes, M., Ribeiro, M., Costa, N., Cunca, R., Costa, R., Branco, V. (2022). Observatório de Design em Portugal – Representações (A. Borges, A. C. Silva, A. Modesto, M. Ribeiro, N. Costa, R. Cunca, R. Costa, V. Branco, eds.). Porto. ISBN 978- 989-8944-64-1
  • Borges A., Silva A. C., Modesto, A., Ribeiro, M., Costa R., Costa N., Cunca R., Branco V., (2022) REDE#03: reunião de escolas de design, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Dezembro 2021, ISBN: ISBN 978-989-8944-65-8. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/34347 Link
  • Silva, Ana Catarina (org.); Whicher, Anna (org.); Borges, Afonso (org.); Modesto, António (org.); Costa, Nina (org.); Cunca, Raul (org.); Costa, Rui Carlos (org.); Branco, Vasco (org.); Ribeiro, Marlene (org.). 2022. Exploring the portuguese design ecosystem: workshop report.
  • Costa, N., Branco, V., Costa, R., Borges, A., Cunca, R., Modesto, A., & Silva, A.C. (2021). Diplomados em Design em Portugal (2002-2020) (Version 1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5728036 Link
  • Costa, N., Branco,V., Costa,R., Borges,A., Cunca, R., Modesto,A. & Silva, A.C.(2020). Design doctorates undertaken in Portugal (Version 2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4559415 Link
  • Costa, N., Branco, V., Costa, R., Borges, A., Cunca, R., Modesto, A., & Silva, A.C.(2021). Bibliografia dos doutoramentos em design (Version 1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5727951 Link
  • Costa, N., Branco, V., Costa, R., Borges, A., Cunca, R., Modesto, A., & Silva, A.C. (2021). Empresas e diplomados em Portugal – visão diacrónica 2010-2019 por NUT II (Version 1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5728054 Link
  • Costa, N., Branco, V., Costa, R., Borges, A., Cunca, R., Modesto, A., & Silva, A.C. (2021). Empresas de Design em Portugal (visão detalhada, 2018, SABI) (Version 1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5728078 Link
  • Costa, N., Branco, V., Costa, R., Borges, A., Modesto, A., Silva, C., & Cunca, R. (2020). Towards a Design Observatory: crafting a distributed approach, in Research@UA, pp.58, https://www.ua.pt/file/61865
  • Costa, N., Branco, V., Costa, R., Borges, A., Cunca, R., Modesto, A., Silva., A. (2020). Design doctorates undertaken in Portugal (Version 1) [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3701614 Link
  • Costa, N., Branco, V., Costa, R., Borges, A., Cunca, R., Silva, A.C., & Modesto, A. (2020). Towards a Design Observatory: crafting a distributed approach. In Research@UA (Vol. 10, p. 56). Link
  • Silva, A. C., Branco V., Costa R., Costa N., Borges A., Cunca R., Modesto A., Silva A.C., (2020) REDE#02 – Reunião de Escolas de Design, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Barcelos, October 2019 Link
  • Borges, Afonso; Silva, Ana Catarina; Modesto, António; Costa, Nina; Cunca, Raul; Costa, Rui; Branco, Vasco. 2019. REDE#02: Reunião de Escolas de Design. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/33236.
  • Borges, Afonso; Silva, Ana Catarina; Modesto, António; Cunca, Raul; Costa, Rui Carlos; Branco, Vasco. 2018. REDE#01: Reunião de Escolas de Design. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7619.
  • Silva, Catarina; Madureira, Marta (eds.) (2015) Atas do 5.º Encontro de Tipografia. Edição IPCA. Barcelos, Portugal. ISBN: 978-989-99465-0-7
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Scientific, artistic and cultural production

Technical work
  • Branco, V., Costa, N. & et al. (2019) Relatório de Progresso sobre o projecto DesignObs – Para um Observatório de Design em Portugal: Modelos, Instrumentos, Representação e Estratégias [PTDC/ART-DAQ/32445/2017]
  • Tavares, P.; Silva, A. (2018) “Creating a capacity building training program through Design for regional development in Northern Portugal: an innovation project for the small businesses and companies”
Scientific events organization
  • Branco V., Costa R., Costa N., Borges A., Cunca R., Modesto A., Silva A.C., (2021) Member of organizing committee of REDE#03 – Reunião de Escolas de Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, December 2021.
  • Branco V., Costa R., Costa N., Borges A., Cunca R., Modesto A., Silva A.C., (2019) Member of organizing committee of REDE#02 – Reunião de Escolas de Design, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Barcelos, October 2019.
  • SIlva, A. C. (2020). Scientific Committee Member “DIGICOM: International Conference on Design & Digital Communication”, 5 – 7 november 2020, Barcelos.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the international conference Post-Digital Letterpress Printing (2020)
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the international conference Post-Digital Letterpress Printing (2020)
  • COSTA, Rui (2019) – Organizer of REDE#02 – Reunião de Escolas de Design,IPCA, Barcelos, Portugal, 31 October 2019.
  • Silva, A. C. (2019) Member of the Scientific Committee of 10.º Encontro de Tipografia.
  • Silva, A. C.; Matos, D.; Oliva; R. (2018) organization of the international workshop “Precise Is More”, 9-13 July EINA, Barcelona
  • Silva, A. C. (2018) Member of the Scientific Committee of 9.º Encontro de Tipografia.
  • Silva, A. C.; Oliva; R.; Matos, D.; Terroso, M.(2018) organization of the international workshop “Slow Is More”, 18 January IPCA, Barcelos
  • Amado, P.; Correia, J.; Silva, A. C. (2018) organization of the 10h workshop “Type Design for complete beginners: experiment with variable fonts”, 22 June FBAUP, Porto
  • SIlva, A. C. (2017). Scientific Committee Member “DIGICOM: International Conference on Design & Digital Communication”, 10 – 11 november 2017, Barcelos.
  • Silva, A. C. (2017) Member of the Scientific Committee of 8.º Encontro de Tipografia.
  • Silva, A. C. (2016) Member of the Scientific Committee of 7.º Encontro de Tipografia.
  • Silva, A. C. (2015) Member of the Scientific Committee of 6.º Encontro de Tipografia.
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Other relevant cultural production
  • Branco V., Costa R., Costa N., Borges A., Cunca R., Modesto A., Silva A.C., (2021) Organizer of exposition “Observatory of Design in Portugal – Situation”, Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon University, Lisbon, December 2021.
Other scientific activity spreading actions
  • Silva, A. C. (2020) Talk at ATypI Working Seminars, PhDs in Europe (7 february 2020)
  • Tavares, P.; Silva, A. C. (2018) “Regional transformation through design”. 28th Annual Conference – Tallinn 2018, Partnerships for a Digital Future – Strategic role of professional higher education for society.
  • 4. Silva, Ana Catarina (2018, Novembro) Portefólio Criativo, Feira de Emprego do IPCA, GROW UP, 6 e 7 de Novembro, IPCA, Barcelos.
  • 3. Silva, Ana Catarina, (2018, Novembro) Do Impresso ao Electrónico: o Design do Livro num Contexto Editorial Híbrido, Modos de Editar, FBAUP, Porto.
  • 2. Silva, Ana Catarina, (2018, Fevereiro) Perspectivas sobre a leitura – Seminários Cultura Visual, FBAUP, Porto
  • 1. Silva, Ana Catarina, (2017, March) Content, Containers and Reading Experiences In Contemporary Editorial Design, International Week, Vilnius College of Technologies and Design, Vilnius.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Graphic Engineering and Design Published by University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Graphic Engineering and Design. ISSN 2217-379X
  • Silva, A. C. (2017) organization of ESD participation in the event OPEN IPCA 17, 20-21 April, IPCA, Barcelos
  • Silva, A. C. (2016) organization of ESD participation in the event OPEN IPCA 16, 4-5 April, IPCA, Barcelos
  • Silva, A. C. (2014) Member of the Scientific Committee of 5.º Encontro de Tipografia.
  • Amado, P.; Silva, A. C. (2013). Terminologias para o Design Tipográfico e Editorial, ARTEC 23, Tomar, Portugal, 18 Abril.
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