"As a designer, I seek objects that can be found rather than created. Guided by process and grounded in context, I focus on local approaches that enhance the essence of a community — combining deep cultural understanding with a democratic and cooperative way of working.
Growing up in a small rural world, where people and proximity truly matter, I was compelled to develop a creative will early on — a way to both entertain myself and engage with my surroundings. What once began as playing as a creator has now turned into designing through play."
Gonçalo Fialho aka Uivo, born in 1994, is an independent designer currently living in Lisboa.
2025 → NOW Guest Assistant Prof. — ESAD.CR, Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2023 (sept.) → 2024 (jan.) Part-time — Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
2022 → NOW Independent practice
2017 → 2022 23 Milhas — Ílhavo
2015 → 2017 LOLA MullenLowe Lisboa
2012 → 2015 BA — ESAD.CR, Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Co-founder of Agil SINCE 2019, a co-operative workspace/print house and association based in Ílhavo. Founder and Art director of Implosão 2013 → 2017, a research platform about ilustration.
The typeface used on this website was designed by Clara Sambot and Laure Giletti (Typothèque BBB).
fialho.uivo@gmail.com
"As a designer, I seek objects that can be found rather than created. Guided by process and grounded in context, I focus on local approaches that enhance the essence of a community — combining deep cultural understanding with a democratic and cooperative way of working.
Growing up in a small rural world, where people and proximity truly matter, I was compelled to develop a creative will early on — a way to both entertain myself and engage with my surroundings. What once began as playing as a creator has now turned into designing through play."
Gonçalo Fialho aka Uivo, born in 1994, is an independent designer currently living in Lisboa.
2025 → NOW Guest Assistant Prof. — ESAD.CR, Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2023 (sept.) → 2024 (jan.) Part-time — Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
2022 → NOW Independent practice
2017 → 2022 23 Milhas — Ílhavo
2015 → 2017 LOLA MullenLowe Lisboa
2012 → 2015 BA — ESAD.CR, Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Co-founder of Agil SINCE 2019, a co-operative workspace/print house and association based in Ílhavo. Founder and Art director of Implosão 2013 → 2017, a research platform about ilustration.
The typeface used on this website was designed by Clara Sambot and Laure Giletti (Typothèque BBB).
fialho.uivo@gmail.com
+351 918 984 123