This document contains summaries of graphic design projects by Manuel Távora. It includes summaries of brand identities, logos, stationery, flyers, posters, and catalogs created for various clients. Highlights include logos and branding for Macrometria, Source Tech, OTO Arquitetos, and Deli Delux. It also includes summaries of promotional materials created for events like Dubscover Techscover DJ nights and the Eames Office catalog.

1. GRAPHIC DESIGNMANUEL TÁVORA

2. Top to bottom: ‘CAOS’ tile collection; ‘OVERLINES’ tile collection; ‘ASSIMÉTRICO’ tile collection

3. Client Aleluia - Viúva Lamego
Year 2006
Status Produced
Design Manuel Távora + Joana Morais
Role Art Direction & Design
Viúva Alegre is an established ceramics
manufacturer in Portugal seeking
a foothold in the young consumer
market. Having launched a number of
contemporary indoor tile collections,
they approached us to provide equally
inventive flyer designs. The produced
foldable layout outlines the components
of each set, while at the same time
rendering possible combinations and the
general look of the finished product. CG
imagery suggests depth and the resulting
interior design. Photographs of each tile
are used to mimic its natural appearance
in order to seduce prospective buyers.
CERAMIC TILES
PRODUCT FLYERS
Top to bottom: ‘4MIX’ tile collection; ‘ONDA’ tile collection; ‘ACQUA’ tile setting 5-fold flyers

4. Top to bottom: ‘CAOS’ tile collection; ‘OVERLINES’ tile collection; ‘ASSIMÉTRICO’ tile collection

5. Top to bottom: ‘4MIX’ tile collection; ‘ONDA’ tile collection; ‘ACQUA’ tile setting 5-fold flyers

6. Client Gulbenkian Foundation
Year 2006
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
Role: Art Direction & Design
ARABIC PATTERNS

7. GULBENKIAN
CHRISTMAS PATTERNS
The Gulbenkian Foundation
is one of the main private
cultural institutions in
Europe. This is a collection
of organic and geometric
patterns designed for the
Gulbenkian Foundation
gift shop. Wrapping paper,
postcards, notebooks and
other stationery feature
designs inspired by the
foundation’s public gardens
and the middle eastern
art represented in its
collection.
TOP: GOLD-FOIL STAMP; BOTTOM; SILVER-FOIL STAMPNOTEBOOK, CHRISTMAS CARD, WRAPPING PAPER

8. Clockwise from top right:
Audio post-production; ladies/gents; extras; tape
archive
FLOOR DIRECTORY
ICON/PICTOGRAM FULL SET
Client SP TV
Year 2006
Status Produced
Design Manuel Távora + Joana Tordo
Role Art Direction & Design
SP Televisão is one of the largest TV production
companies in Portugal. Its multi-functional
headquarters require an extended family
of signs and pictograms and a number of
directories posted in its several floors. Each
of the 4 floors features a number of specific
directories from which users can instinctively
find their way. The commission consisted mainly
in designing a complete set of pictograms for
their new production studios. The symbols ease
navigation while bringing a smile to workers’
faces and the many that occasionally visit the
company. All signs were custom-designed
for each room and silk-screened over acrylic
boards.
SP TV
SIGNAGE

9. DELI DELUX
BRAND IDENTITY
INVITE
CAFETERIA MENUSTORE SYMBOL & LOGOTYPE WRAPPING PAPER
Deli Delux is a new and highly successful gourmet deli
sited in Lisbon’s waterfront, in a refurbished warehouse.
The place itself is a refreshing mix of grocery, wine
shop and cafeteria. The new brand identity comes
in two versions: lettering and symbol. Its clear and
sharp nature evokes old commercial typefaces and is
reminiscent your local grocery. It aims to communicate
a refined sense of warmth and familiarity over a number
of items; the design was expanded into multiple
illustrations printed in menu covers,
wrapping paper, stickers, carrier
bags, flyers and other stationery.
Client: Deli Delux
Year: 2005
Status: Printed; In use
Design: Manuel Távora
Role: Art Direction & Design

10. 2009
LUNAR CALENDAR
2009 Northern Hemisphere Moon Phase Calendar.
This layout conveys the geometric beauty from
systematic charts. It is a piece of web-based self
promotion, featuring the light/dark pattern generated
by a sequence of nightly moon snapshots occurring
throughout the 365 days of 2009.
Client Self-initiated
Year 2009
Status Produced
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design

11. 2007
CALENDAR
Sparked by the 50th anniversary
of the Helvetica typeface family,
this double-faced folding poster/
calendar tells us how many
weeks, months, days, hours,
minutes and seconds fit in a year.
The repetitive, precise beauty of
Helvetica comes alive through
basic mathematics and Pi in a
celebration of the value of time in
its many groupings.
POSTER (FRONT)
CALENDAR (BACK)
Client Self initiated
Year 2007
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design

12. Kathy Wong
Administrative Officer
Rua da Felicidade, no.74 Edificio Vodatel, 2/F, Taipa Macau
Direct line: (853)8393-1234; Direct fax: (853)2830-8361
E-mail: sourcetech.kw@cem-macau.com
Macrometria is a financial consulting
firm based in Portugal.
The new logo simultaneously
showcases the company name while
quoting the line graphs produced by a
number of data points connected by
straight line segments - forming the
letter the M, for Macrometria.
Source Tech is a Hong-Kong-based
IT services provider. Their request
was a logo that would convey the
‘source’ aspect of their business name.
The diamond-shaped design aims to
simultaneously evoke a fountain -or
source - of knowledge, and the lotus
flower, a regional symbol of purity: a
pure source of knowledge.
SOURCE TECH
BRAND IDENTITY
MACROMETRIA
BRAND IDENTITY
LOGO + STATIONERY LOGO + BUSINESS CARDS
Client Macrometria
Year 2009
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design
Client Source Tech
Year 2010
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design

13. Data Storm Summer School is aimed
at students wishing to learn about
the challenges and state-of-the-art
techniques for Big Data analytics;
researchers needing to analyze and
extract patterns from very large sets
of experimental data; and the industry,
where knowing the currently available
tools, services, and applications for
exploring Big Data is of the essence.
OTO was founded in 2008 by 4
university colleaguesin Lisboa,
Portugal. The practice engages globally
in providing solutions for the future in
both architectural and urban issues.
Their approach is a highly collaborative,
multidisciplinary, universal, research-
based design method involving clients,
and experts from a wide range of fields
from inception to completion.
OTO ARQUITECTOS
BRAND IDENTITY
DATA STORM
SUMMER SCHOOL
BRAND IDENTITY
LOGO + STATIONERY
Client oto arquitectos
Year 2006
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design
Client INESC; IST
Year 2014
Status Published
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design

14. POPSTAR (Public Opinion and Sentiment Tracking,
Analysis, and Research) is a project that develops
methods for the collection, measurementand
aggregation of political and economic opinions voiced in
micro-blogs (Twitter), in the blogosphere and in online
news.
Furthermore, the project also aims to compare these
data with the more conventional indicators of public
opinion, such as those gathered through questionnaire
surveys (polls). POPSTAR brings together researchers
WWW.POPSTAR.PT
BRAND IDENTITY &
WEBSITE DESIGN
LOGO + STATIONERY WEBSITE
Client INESC; ICS; FEUP; NIPE-UM
Year 2013
Status Online
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design
from the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade
de Lisboa (ICS-ULisboa), from the Instituto de
Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores-ID Lisboa
(INESC-ID), from the Faculdade de Engenharia da
Universidade do Porto (FEUP), and from the Núcleo
de Investigação em Políticas Económicas of the
Universidade do Minho (NIPE-UM).

15. Commissioned by the Arts Institute, this set of free
postcards and large scaled outdoor posters was aimed
at promoting the most distinguished examples of
Portuguese 20th
century Architecture.
Client Instituto das Artes
Year 2006
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora + Joana Morais
Role Design
IAP XX
OUTDOOR POSTERS
FOREGROUND (X 5) + BACKGROUND

17. PMM is an acronym of ‘Pôr as mãos no Marketing’,
meaning both hands-on marketing, revisited. This new
consultancy advances marketing as a problem-solving
discipline., and wished to have their ethos reflected in
the brand.
The adopted design stresses the mathematical precision
of this business’ discipline, making the wordplay
underlined by its name visible in the loose and yet
restrained, conservatively modern look of the typeface.
Client PMM (Pôr as mãos no Marketing)
Year 2007
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design
PMM
BRAND IDENTITY
LOGOTYPE INITIALS-BASED MARK
STATIONERY

18. PARTY FLYERS

19. FREE ENTRY! FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY · 10PM – 6AM
GRAMAPHONE·60-62COMMERCIALST·LONDONE16LT
10-11PM HYLU
11-12PM SLAUKA
12-01AM MOXIE & ELVEE
01-02AM THE STEPPAHS
02-03AM BATTLE
03-04AM SLUGZ & BOYSON
04-06AM HYLU (2 HOUR BIRTHDAY SET)
Valentines Special
FRESH&EXCLUSIVE
TRACKS&
INTERVIEWS
FRIDAY12NOVEMBER
RHYTHMFACTORY
PODCAST006ORGANIXPRESENTS
DUBSCOVER TECHSCOVER
BRAND IDENTITY
Dubscover Techscover is a live DJ night in London, monthly webcast. The Dubscover
Techscover events are famous for their wild, dB-measured DJ battles. The team
wanted a simple illustration that could provide a graphic theme subject to countless
variations. The solution came in the shape of a spot-lit turntable and the light cone
that produces it.
Client Dubscover Techscover
Year 2009-10
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design
DJ BOOTH W/ BANNER PODCAST THUMBNAIL VENUE LINE UP TECHSCOVER WINTER FLYER

20. The Eames Office is committed to communicating,
preserving, and extending the legacy and work of
Charles and Ray Eames.
The catalogue was commissioned by Eames Demetrios
and features products and services available from
the Eames gallery and store. These include furniture,
miniatures, books, CD’s, DVD’s and other merchandise.
The design aims to emulate the whimsical nature of the
Eames’ designs while providing an appealing outlet for
their products. Extensive use is made of their favourite
typefaces Clarendon and Futura.
Client Eames Office
Year 2001
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design
EAMES OFFICE & GALLERY STORE
2001 CATALOGUE

22. INSIDE
OUTSIDE
IPM is the Portuguese National Museum Authority.
Once open, their folding Christmas card reveals a red,
green and white gallery interior with a set of silhouette
stickers that will be visiting the museum, COMPLETE OS
NOSSOS MUSEUS meaning - come visit our museums!
Client Instituto Português de Museus
Year 2001
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design
STICKERS
IPM
CHRISTMAS CARD

23. INSIDE
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
OUTSIDE
Ferbritas is a railtrack manufacturing public
company based in Portugal. Their folding
Christmas card re-arranges catenary systems
and rail track cross junctions as Christmas
themes. The card features the company’s
green brand colours as requested, and vinyl-
highlighted Christmas balls.
The Eames Office
Christmas card features
various silhouettes taken
from their enormous
photo archive. These were
re-arranged in a modern
Christmas scene.
Client Ferbritas
Year 2006
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design
Client Eames Office
Year 2001
Status Produced
Design Manuel Távora
Role Art Direction & Design
FERBRITAS
CHRISTMAS CARD
EAMES OFFICE
CHRISTMAS CARD

24. The examples rendered here cover a period of
illustration work over two years for a variety of
publications and marketing campaigns.
Clockwise from right: banner illustration for Portuguese
supermarket chain Jumbo; promotional packaging
illustration for Samsung; fashion production designs for
Icon magazine. Opposite: fashion production designs for
Icon magazine.
VARIOUS CLIENTS
ILLUSTRATION
SAMSUNGICON MAGAZINE
JUMBO

25. Clients: Jumbo
Samsung
Icon
Years 2001-02
Status Printed
Design Manuel Távora
ICON MAGAZINE
ICON MAGAZINE ICON MAGAZINE

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