Parallaxes: Common Stories
(Publications)
Taking the notion of the common, presented by Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt as a shared ecosystem of resources, knowledge and practices, Parallaxes: Common Stories brings together narratives which accompany the projects of the Porto Design Biennale, and which seek to uncover possibilities for resistance and joy.
Through narrative, fable and essay, seven writers and an illustrator observe and imaginatively shape the life of the spaces, ideas and people of vital importance to the cities of Porto and Matosinhos.
Parallaxes forms part of the curatorial programme developed by Angela Rui for the 2025 edition of the Porto Design Biennale, whose theme is TIME IS PRESENT. Designing the Common.
Authors: Gabriela do Amaral, Isabel Carvalho, Andreia Faria, Susana Moreira Marques, Marta Pais Oliveira, Amanda Ribeiro, Susana Ventura
Illustrator: Mariana Barrote
Andreia Faria is the editorial coordinator of esad-idea, Research in Design and Art. She worked as a bookseller in the historic Porto bookshop Leitura, and was a culture journalist for Jornal de Notícias. As a poet, she uses the name Andreia C. Faria. Her poetic debut came with Flúor (Textura Edições, 2013). This was followed by: Um pouco acima do lugar onde melhor se escuta o coração (Edições Artefacto, 2015) and Tão Bela Como Qualquer Rapaz (Língua Morta, 2017), which earned her the SPA (Portuguese Society of Authors) prize. In 2019, her poetic output was brought together in Alegria para o fim do mundo (Porto Editora, Prémio Fundação Inês de Castro). More recently, she has published the prose collection Clavicórdio (Língua Morta, 2020), Canina (Tinta-da-China, 2022), which won the PEN prize for poetry as well as the Correntes D’Escritas prize, and she has also published a new book of prose: Canto do Aumento (Sr. Teste, 2024, with drawings by Rita Roque).
Core Programme
Happisodes
Promoted by the Porto Design Biennale, Happisodes are co-design projects between designers, communities, and municipalities that bring to life, in Porto and Matosinhos, the joy of collectively recognising that the present can be reimagined. They are living, inhabited processes where design gives shape to the common.
Publications
Book publishing is a fundamental part of the Porto Design Bienniale, conveying, through the editing and materiality of the books and catalogues, the concept and curation of the projects.
Constellations
The selected projects are independent and autonomous projects regarding curation, financing and production that engage with the theme of this edition.