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Daniela Pais

Daniela Pais

Daniela de Brito Peralta Pais
Portuguese, born in 25 of May 1978 in Lisbon.

danielapais@danielapais.com

2005/ 2007 Master of Design by Design Academy Eindhoven, specialization in Man& Humanity- Humanitarian Design and Sustainable living. Thesis research project 'Elememtum-Clothing species' advised by Maria Blaisse.

1996/ 2002 BA in Architecture Fashion Design by the Faculdade de Arquitectura - Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, after developing an internship at the Kolovrat Lab, as assistant of the Fashion Design Lidija Kolovrat.

1998/ 2000 frequents the Drawing course at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes in Lisbon. Also as a complementary study frequents, in 2001, the summer curse Portfolio Sketchbook, at the Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London, lectured by Trevor Flynn. In 2004 the workshop 'Thinking Things' lectured by Gala Fernandez and organized by the Vitra Design Museum and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Boisbuchet. 2006 Participates on the first Water Ideas Forum conduced by Lucy and Jorge Orta at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, in Rotterdam.

Co-founder of the brand Krv Kurva, develops in 2002 the design and production of La.Ga in partnership with Jorge Moita.

In 2003 makes garments for the National Congress of Design- User Design, in Lisbon. Develops interactive project for the Photography Museum in Elvas.

Edits the collection Krv Kurva To Love Is Not an Option 2004, in collaboration with a selection of Graphic Designers, artists and institutions, initiating an international digression that already pass by Athens, London, Hong Kong and Japan.

Invited to participate on the Workshop 25cl, organized by Mglass in 2004.

In 2005 integrates with the piece La.Ga the exhibition 90-2004, on the Triennale in Milan about Portuguese Architecture and Design.

In the same year designs a proposal for the Future Garment of the Portuguese Airline Company TAP, presented in the exhibition TAP VoaTransit.

Makes, with Jorge Moita, a workshop in Cyprus, integrated in the project Leaps of Faith. Also develops the workshop Design by Accident at the Universidade Lusofona, in Lisbon.

Presents the piece D.I.S.C.O. by Chiara Fumai, on the event To Many Designers, Milan Design Week 2005.

Presents the collection Krv Kurva Tears in Rain on the event Berlin Fashion Festival as well on the Portugal Fashion event and Circuit showroom in Barcelona.

Works published in Cream Magazine, 34, IDN, NEO2, B-Guided, Best of, CORE77, LAB Magazine, Sleazenation, Eye Magazine, Elle, Time out, Le Figaro, Zero Decora, Milk, Monument, Ottagone, etc.

2002 received the National Design Award-Trofeu: Sena da Silva, given by the Centro Portugues de Design in Product Design, with the project Krv Kurva La.Ga. In 2003 participated on the Jida-Dyson Awards.

Participation on the Mostra Nacional de Jovens criadores in Sta Maria da Feira. Representation of Portugal on the Biennale of Young Creators of Europe and the Mediterranean, in Greece.

Invited by the Portuguese Ministry of foreigner affairs to present the exhibition : To Love Is Not An Option, in the Portuguese Pavilion -EXPO AICHI 2005, in Japan.

In 2006 developed within the House of Humanity organization from Design Academy Eindhoven the 'Waste to waste' project in world heritage city of Djenne in Mali.