Claro Escuro
Jorge AlvesTwo distinct and, in a way, antagonistic languages are presented, yet also with a structuring continuity. In design, formal solutions establish themselves as means of communicating the content and intentions of the project: they are clear indicators of communication regarding the modes of use, functionalities, and social validation policies involved. On the other hand, the contradictions arising in a given context gave rise to a reflective, introspective, and somber process, with the need to externalize the feelings provoked by the (un)conscious design practices then carried out. The objects that thus emerge have, by default, some formal continuity with their predecessors, constituting themselves as other means of language (where the fascination with the mechanics of reproductive means acquires a relevant role), but in opposition to the previous communicative processes.
Jorge Alves
Professor at FBAUL from 1984 to 2018.
Author of industrial design projects in the areas of lighting, urban furniture, exhibition and museological systems, among others.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN EXHIBITIONS (selection)
Project and Social Validation: The Design of Jorge Alves. FBAUL, 2012 | Portuguese Design. Carlos Amberes Foundation, Madrid, 2000 | Experimenta Design 99 — Department of Culture, Generalitat Catalunya, 1999 | Design from Portugal. Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, 1998 | Contemporary Portuguese Design. Barcelona, 1997 | Design as Destiny. Casa da Cerca, 1999 | Design Lisboa 94 MID. CCB, Lisbon, 1994 | Design in the Mailbox with J. Pacheco and A. Ceia, 1992 | Milan Triennale — ZERO Lamp for the Portuguese Architecture Pavilion, 1992 | Portuguese Design MID, 1992 | Design Objects. ICEP, Madrid, 1989 | Design for the city CPD. Serralves, 1989 | III Exhibition of Visual Arts of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - 30th anniversary, 1986 | Design & Circumstance - APD, 1982
