Universidade NOVA Lisboa

On 16th November, 2021, NOVA University Lisbon and Atelier Daciano da Costa signed a protocol aimed at the development of research and innovation projects in the areas of confluence between Design, Culture and Technology and the training of young people in the areas of creation in the design of products with a technological base, through training activities developed by the Atelier in conjunction with NOVA academics.

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Charitable, artistic, educational and scientific statutory aims

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was created in 1956 by the last will and testament of Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, a philanthropist of Armenian origin who lived in Lisbon between 1942 and the year of his death, 1955.

The Foundation has a museum, which houses the Founder’s private collection, alongside a collection of modern and contemporary art; an orchestra and a choir; an art library and archive; a scientific research institute; and a garden, in a central area of the city of Lisbon, where educational activities also take place.

In conjunction with cultural activities, the Foundation fulfils its mission through innovative programmes that develop pilot projects and support, by providing scholarships and grants for other institutions and social organisations.

For the period 2018-2022, the three priority areas are: – social cohesion and integration, sustainability and knowledge – which are reflected across the whole intervention strategy.

Larus Design

Daciano da Costa exterior furniture

Larus is dedicated to the development of urban furniture supporting its research activity in Design, which supports communication, the development of new products and the philosophy of its strategic management.