Maria Eduarda Mendes

Maria Eduarda Mendes is a communication designer with a particular interest in branding, illustration and visual experimentation. She holds a degree in Communication Design from the University of the Algarve and furthered her knowledge of brand design and art direction at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Macerata in Italy. She is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Creative Processes, a joint programme run by the University of the Algarve and PUC in São Paulo.

Since 2023, she has been a member of GreenCoLab – Associação Oceano Verde, a collaborative laboratory dedicated to innovation and sustainability, where she combines design, science and communication through projects in visual identity, editorial design, illustration, photography and digital communication. Of particular note is her work on the artistic conceptualisation and illustration of the children’s book “The Green of the Blue: Discovering the World of Algae”, published in nine languages.

At the same time, she undertakes independent projects in branding and visual identity. As a lecturer in Art Direction at ETIC_Algarve, she seeks to combine critical thinking, experimentation and professional practice, whilst fostering creativity and autonomy in the development of visual languages.