Silvina Luisa Rodrigues Félix da Silva

Silvina Félix is a designer and assistant professor at the School of Design, Management and Production Technologies Northern Aveiro since 2009. Graduated in Communication Design at the University of Aveiro (2001), she finished her PhD in Design in 2019 with the doctoral thesis “Design for additive manufacturing: contributions from a paradigm shift production to designers practice”, under the status of Investigation Scholarship Holder of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/ BD/115246/2016). Her research interests focus on Design for Additive Manufacturing Methodologies in Design Education context and the role of Drawing /Sketching in the Creative Design Process.

Current positions

  • Assistant Professor School of Design, Management and Production Technologies Northern Aveiro at University of Aveiro

PhD Details

  • Title Design for additive manufacturing: contributions from a production paradigm shift to designer's practice
  • Field Design for additive manufacturing
  • Year 2019

Publications

Books
  • Pombo, F., Felix S. (2020) Guest Editors. SOPHIA Journal. Visual Spaces of Change: Designing Interiority in Architecture – Shelter, Shape, Place, Atmosphere, number 5. ISSN 2183-8976
  • Pereira, C., Fonseca, I., Martins, O., Arezes, R., & Félix, S. (Eds.). (2017). “Livro de Atas UD16 – 5º Encontro de Doutoramentos em Design”. Aveiro: UA Editora · Universidade de Aveiro Serviços de Biblioteca, Informação Documental e Museologia. ISBN 978-972-789-504-5 Link
Book chapters
  • Reis, M., Félix, S., & Ala, S. (2022). Improving communication skills of product design students by fostering the link between companies and academia. In La comunicación como herramienta post COVID-19 (pp. 65–75). Universidad de Alicante. Link
  • Reis, M., & Félix, S. (2022). Improving communication skills of product design students by fostering the link between companies and academia. In Libro de resúmenes del III CINCOMA (Congreso Internacional de Innovación en Comunicación y Medios Audiovisuales) Colección Mundo Digital | 23 (p. 113). Universidad de Alicante. Link
  • Reis, M. & Félix, S. (2021). Digital portfolio as a communication tool in product design. In J. Herrero-Gutiérrez, T. Hidalgo-Marí y A. Bernabéu-Serrano (Coords.), Comunicación en cuarentena: el cambio mediático en pandemia (pp. 139-151). Alicante: Colección Mundo Digital. https://doi.org/10.14198/MEDCOM/2021/18. ISBN:978-84-09-34686-8 Link
  • Félix, S. (2021) Digital Sketching to Improve Sketching Practice in Design Higher Education. In Pombo, F. (ed.) OIKOS-Design for Ecosystemic Spaces. Aveiro: Universidade de Aveiro Ed. (pp. 109-118) ISBN 978-972-789-695-0
  • Fonseca, I., & Félix, S. (2016). Design de uma interface digital para seniores analfabetos. In Á. Sousa, F. Providência, & C. Pereira (Eds.), Ergotrip Design – coletânea de textos selecionados pela Comissão Científica dos Encontros Internacionais de Estudos Luso-Brasileiros em Design e Ergonomia. Aveiro: UA Editora. ISBN: 978-972-789-485-7. Link
International journals
  • Félix, S., Dias, N., Clemente, V. (2017). Designing for additive manufacturing: a design research methodology. The Design Journal, 20 (sup1): S4754-S4757.
International conferences
  • Felix S., & Clemente V. (2022) Tell Me Your Story: Digital Storytelling as a Teaching and Communication Tool ISSN: 2758-0989 – The European Conference on Arts, Design & Education 2022 Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0989.2022.34 Link
  • Félix, S. Dias, N., Clemente, V. (2018) Additive Manufacturing artefacts: an evaluation matrix proposal. In O. Moret (Ed.), Back to the Future The Future in the Past. ICDHS 10th+1 Barcelona 2018 Conference Proceedings Book. (pp. 787-791)

Scientific, artistic and cultural production

Technical work
  • Félix, S. (2021) Member of the Scientific Committee for 2nd SAM · Sustainable and Smart Advanced Manufacturing Meeting, Oliveira de Azeméis, 21st – 22nd October 2021
  • Félix, S. (2020) Reviewer for SOPHIA Journal. Visual Spaces of Change: Designing Interiority in Architecture – Shelter, Shape, Place, Atmosphere, number 5. ISSN 2183-8976
  • Félix, S. (2019) Member of the Scientific Committee for UNIDCOM/IADE – Conference Senses & Sensibility – “Lost in (G)localization”, Lisbon 27th-29th November 2019
Scientific events organization
  • Pombo, F. & Félix, S (2022) Organisation and Chair Table “More Sustainable Design and Audiovisual Media” in CINCOMA – III Congreso Internacional de Innovacion en Comunicación y Medios Audiovisuales, 19th-22nd September 2022, Alicante, Spain
  • Félix, S. (2021) Member of the Organization Committee of 2nd SAM · Sustainable and Smart Advanced Manufacturing Meeting, Oliveira de Azeméis, 21st – 22nd October 2021
  • Pombo, F. & Félix, S (2021) (org and chair) Table 4 – Life Cycle Design and Audiovisual Media in CINCOMA – II Congreso Internacional de Innovacion en Comunicación y Medios Audiovisuales, 19th-22nd October 2021, Alicante, Spain, https://cincoma.org/mesa-life-cycle-design/
  • Félix, S. (2016) Member of the Organization Committee of International Conference UD 16 – 5th PDH in Design Reseach Meeting
  • Providência, F., Quental, J., Abrahão, A., Araújo, B., Pereira, C., Menezes, C., … Pinto, S. (2016) – Membro da Comissão de Organização – UD16 – 5.º Encontro de Doutoramento em Design