ABOUT
Mari Laranjeira is a designer and researcher with focus in Surface Design. She is a PhD Candidate in Product Design at Sao Paulo State University currently living in Cambridge, UK.
Her research interest is in the intersection of textile techniques and processes with biomaterials, investigating especially crafting approaches with materials from bacterial cellulose.
As a multidisciplinary designer, she explores practice led-research, material agency, textile techniques, and sustainability.
EDUCATION
2020 - Ph.D. Candidate, Product Design, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil
2017-2019 Master's Degree (Distinction), Product Design Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil
2015 Continuing Education in Liberal Arts, King’s University College – Western University, UWO, Canada
2007-2011 Bachelor's Degree (1st), Design, Instituto de Ensino Superior de Ensino (IESB), Brazil
2004-2006 Technical Education in Computing, Colégio Técnico Industrial "Isaac Portal Roldán", CTI - UNESP, Brazil