Oporto Showroom
Rua de Sanhoane, 729
Pedroso – V. N. de Gaia
Meet the Designers
Magda Pereira is from Lisbon and has a degree in Furniture Design and Interior Design by ESAD. At the start of her professional career, Magda founded her own company - Bombaamor, an innovative approach to furniture design in Portugal. In 2010, she was invited to be part of the founding team of Boa Safra and since then she has been the head of the Design and Creative Department. Alongside furniture design, Magda is involved in graphic design projects, photography direction and concept development for brands and products. Her mission has been to make things more beautiful and meaningful. She seeks beauty on the practical side of life and wants to help people to feel better in the spaces they inhabit.
“I like to think of aesthetics, alongside dreams and hope as an essential part of our functional life, which defines us.”
Francisco Cardoso is from Porto and has a degree in Industrial Design from ESAD - College of Art and Design.
Francisco is an experienced designer with extensive knowledge of the furniture industry and has been involved in the creation and development of products for several furniture brands. Over the past few years he has specialized in the design of chairs.
Francisco is an experienced designer with extensive knowledge of the furniture industry and has been involved in the creation and development of products for several furniture brands. Over the past few years he has specialized in the design of chairs.
“Being a designer is comforting when we can democratize design. ”
Daniel Pera is from Lisboa and has a degree in Product Design from the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon. Over the years Daniel has developed work in several areas, namely lighting, furniture, porcelain and clay. He created the brand Bisarro, an innovative project focused on the creation of decorative pieces in black clay. This project, which values this centuries-old art and the people involved in it, added a touch of modernity to the ancient black pottery from our villages.
“My biggest passion is the connection and the interaction with the people around me. (...) Seeing how my passion may intervene in the design and in "my design" stimulates my creative thinking and the conceptual and functional process.”
Carlos Aguiar is from Oporto and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design from the University of Porto.
Carlos has received several awards, such as the Good Design G-Mark, Red Dot and IF-Gold, and is the first and most awarded Portuguese designer.
He works regularly as a design consultant and develops global design strategies and approaches for products from several national and international companies. He holds 8 patents and developed more than 300 products.
He is co-founder and member of Design Includes You, an organisation that promotes activities based on the principles of Inclusive and Participatory Design.
Carlos has received several awards, such as the Good Design G-Mark, Red Dot and IF-Gold, and is the first and most awarded Portuguese designer.
He works regularly as a design consultant and develops global design strategies and approaches for products from several national and international companies. He holds 8 patents and developed more than 300 products.
He is co-founder and member of Design Includes You, an organisation that promotes activities based on the principles of Inclusive and Participatory Design.
“Design must respond to an order, to the strategy outlined by the company ”
Ivo Rodrigues is from Lisboa and has a degree in Equipment Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon.
He started his career collaborating with the designer Raul Cunca and, later, with Miguel Vieira Baptista. Ivo was co-founder of the project HIFENHIFEN - Handcrafted Goods and worked as creative director in companies devoted to technical orthopedics such as Mycinetics - Biomechanical Solutions and O-LAB.
He develops personal projects in product design, graphic design, illustration and photography.
He started his career collaborating with the designer Raul Cunca and, later, with Miguel Vieira Baptista. Ivo was co-founder of the project HIFENHIFEN - Handcrafted Goods and worked as creative director in companies devoted to technical orthopedics such as Mycinetics - Biomechanical Solutions and O-LAB.
He develops personal projects in product design, graphic design, illustration and photography.
“I don't like to speak about Design. I like Design to speak for itself.”
Luís Carvalho is from Coimbra and has a degree in industrial design from IADE - Faculty of Design, Technology and Communication. Since he was a little boy, he has always been interested in assembling, disassembling and building new things. He learnt a lot about carpentry and furniture design from his grandfather and later at university. Because of his passion for the sea and his love for creating things with his hands, he became a surfboard designer and shaper. Currently Luís is considered the best shaper in Portugal and has his own brand - Lacrau.
“I love that side of life where discovery, invention, functionality, fun and open-mindedness stand.”
Samuel Pinto is from Almeida and has a degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto. After working as a freelancer, in 2014 Samuel returned to Almeida with the objective of investing in the family’s business - joinery. A year later he developed Noema Collective ® - a project for the design and sale of furniture produced locally by artisans in partnership with young creators. Samuel is the owner and coordinator of this brand.
“The noema differs from the object itself; for example, the object of the perception of a tree is a tree but the noema of that perception is the complex made up of the predicates and ways of being, given by the individual and non-transmissible experience of the subject, that is to say, the subjective tree (green, illuminated, not illuminated, perceived, remembered, etc)...”
