Marco Sousa Santos

Marco Sousa Santos
Born the 17 October de 1962
Graduate in Product design at the Fine Arts of Lisbon in 1991

2002 /2005 - invited teacher at Ecal (Lausanne) and Esad (Strasbourgh)
2003/2004 – Director of In'nova's design programe Search'in (Lisbon international Fair)
2002 (Since) - Teacher at Lisbon Fine Arts University
2002 – Start the Marco Sousa Santos design Studio
91 / 2001 – Founder and Art Director of Proto Design
98 /2000 – Founder and Art Director of Experimenta Design

Art direction and design concepts:

At Proto Design:

Ultra Luz – polypropylene lights
(guest designers- J. Viana, M.V. Batista, R. Custódio, P. Parra, R. Cunca, A. Vasconcelos, P.S. Dias, F. Alarcão, A. Schrimp, C. Lobo, M.S. Santos)

Terra – Ceramics lights
(guest designers-K.Crcic, M. Theselius, Uwe Fisher, J. Viana, S. Bergne, A. Levy, M.V. Batista, R. Cunca, P.S. Dias, F. Alarcão, F. Brizio, M.S. Santos)

Sweet Revolution – Glass tableware
(guest designers-L. Pessanha, J. Viana, F. Brizio, M.V. Batista, R. Cunca, P. Parra, R. Filipe, J. Felix, F. Alarcão, F. Providência, M.S. Santos)

Metamax – extruded aluminium products
(guest designers-P. Jouin, A. Haberli, Uwe Fisher, J. Viana, S. Bergne, M.V. Batista, F. Alarcão, M.S. Santos)

At ICEP - Portuguese products for a Natural Living + New Measures – Portuguese products road show

At MGlass - Standards – Glass tableware collection
(guest designers-C. Pillet, B. Dalhstrom, U. Fisher, J. Viana, J. Irvine, F. Brizio, E. Monteiro)

At Atlantis - Reverted - reinventing the glass typologies

At Matceramica - Perfect Day – Ceramic Tableware Products
(guest designers-L. Pessanha, R. Filipe, E. Monteiro, P. Lopes, M.S. Santos )

Work as designer with:
CSB (PT), TRONCONI (I), MOROSO (I), ATLANTIS (PT), VISTA ALEGRE (PT), ALMA Home (GB), RENAULT (FR), MARIVIDROS (PT), SÁTIRA (PT), PROTO DESIGN (PT), MATCERAMICA(PT), FIL (PT), SONY (PT), Ministry of Culture (PT), ICEP (PT).

Exhibition Design and Curator
Standards – SNBA Lisboa at Experimentadesign 2001,
5+Sinne – design Português no Stillwerk (ICEP) – Berlim 2001,
Vers des nouveaux modèles d’habitation - Paris 2001,
Essere bene essere - Perfect Skin, Interni +Trienal de Milão 2000,
Portuguese Design 2000 – Super Studio Piu – Milão 2000,
Freeze Frame (New British Design) – Lisbon Design Museum, 2000
Essentials Deluxe (European Design) - Lisbon Design Museum Lisboa, Experimentadesign 1999,
O futuro é um estado de alma – SNBA Lisboa 1999,
Design Inserts – Lisboa, Experimentadesign 1999,
New Measures – (ICEP) Tóquio 1998 + (ICEP) Frankfurt 1999
Portuguese products for a Natural Living – (ICEP) Frankfurt 1998

Exhibitions
La baguete du conducteur - ECAL at Le Grand Hotel– Milan 2003,
Window - Helsinki 2002,
Off Scale - 50 years Moroso– Milan 2002,
Le Bote Cul - ECAL at Cultural Swiss Institute – Milan 2002,
Villages Europeénes - Now, Paris; 2001,
Sinne +5 – Stilwerk Berlim 2001,
Vers des nouveaux modèles d’habitation – Low Lounge - Paris 2001,
Essere benne essere - Perfect Skin, Interni +Trienal de Milão 2000,
Portuguese Design 2000 – Milan Via Tortona
Blink, Coexistence Galery - London 2000,
Candy - London 2000,
Babybloom - Galeria Luisa dele Pianne, Milan 2000,
Young European Design – Verona 1999,
Essentials Deluxe - CCB, Lisboa 1999,
Experimentais – Experimentáveis, Lisboa 1999,
Proto Design projects - Livraria Tikkun, Milan 1999,
Transparencies - Galeria Luisa dele Pianne, Milan 1999,
Primavera Del Disseny – Barcelona; 1995/97/99,
Courtrait - Biennal Intérieur 1998,
Terra Light - Tóquio 1998,
Designers block - 100% Design 1998,
Low Budjet - Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa 1997,
Not so simple - V&A Museum, London 1997,
Portugal no Circulo de Belas Artes, Madrid ; 1996