Guilherme Sousa (b.1994 - Vila Real, PT) is a designer and visual culture researcher. He lives and works in Lisbon, where he studied Communication Design and Anthropology. He started writing regularly about topics of his interest in 2013, publishing these texts in the press, in his own publications and on the Internet. He has initiated editorial, artistic and research projects and has integrated teams in projects for clients such as the Lisbon City Council, Lux Frágil or Festival Iminente. He often collaborates with other designers, artists and authors, sharing his design practice with Laura Araújo (Contra-Estúdio). He is the author of the book "O design por dentro das palavras" (2020, Caleidoscópio) and of a Master's thesis on design and the Internet (FCSH NOVA, 2022). In addition to this he also produces music and visual art work.
Laura Araújo (1993; Câmara de Lobos, PT) is a Lisbon-based graphic designer. She graduated in Communication Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (FBAUL) in 2015. From 2015 to 2017, she was part of the communication design department at FBAUL, working with clients such as the University of Lisbon and the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. In 2016, she joined the design department at A Vida Portuguesa, which she now leads alongside her colleague Sónia Costa. She shares her freelance design practice with Guilherme Sousa (Contra-Estúdio).
