André leads the design practice at Metyis and the firm's delivery campus in Portugal, working across the firm's global client portfolio at the intersection of design strategy, creative direction, and business. He builds and scales design teams, shapes brand strategy, and works with senior client stakeholders where design and commercial decisions converge.
His background is eighteen years in design, across industries and disciplines, including a long stretch teaching. He also works as a visual artist and musician.
Recognition
Alphabet Logo, Counter-Print, 2025. Four logos featured — including work for Metyis, Adaptfy, and Fazer — alongside studios including Pentagram and Wolff Olins.
Dot Line Shape, Victionary Work featured in the international graphic design anthology.
UX Design Awards, Public Choice Award, 2026 — Card Avantaj mobile app, Nexent Bank. Designed by Metyis and Zitec.
BID Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño — Finalist, 2022; Selected, 2020 (×2); Mención 2nd Place, 2018
Hiiibrand Awards — NOMAD, Identity Merit Award, 2019
Public tender wins: Teatro do Bairro Alto, Polytechnic of Viseu, Teatro Micaelense, Touristic Region of Ribatejo, City of Cento (Italy), Braga Media Arts, 2017–2019
APOM Prize — Museu da Misericórdia do Porto, Portuguese Museum of the Year, 2016
Exhibitions & Residencies
Residency, URRA Tigre, Beca Comunidad de Madrid, Buenos Aires, AR, 2021
Residency, Centro Cultural Vila Flor – CIAJG, Guimarães, PT, 2022
Circuitos de Artes Plásticas 2022, collective exhibition, Sala Arte Joven, Madrid, ES, 2022
Meta-darkness, solo exhibition, as ACCA, Maus Hábitos, Porto, PT, 2022
Como plantar um penedo, collective exhibition, Centro Cultural Vila Flor – CIAJG, Guimarães, PT, 2022
La luz que atraviesa los cuerpos, collective exhibition, as ACCA, URRA Tigre, Buenos Aires, AR, 2021
Laboratórios de Verão 2021, installation, gnration, Braga, PT, 2021
Anuário 2019, multi-media installation, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto, 2020
Biblioteca na Biblioteca, group exhibition, curated by Ricardo Nicolau and Mário Moura, Serralves Museum, Porto, 2019
Every Square Meter of the Earth, solo exhibition as ACCA, Porto, 2018
The Medium Is Not The Message, curatorship and design, Maus Hábitos, Porto, 2017
Sub-40, Arte e artistas no Porto, Galeria Municipal do Porto, 2014–2015
Experience
Associate Partner, Metyis, 2025–present
Director of Design, Metyis, 2022–2025
Global Lead Designer, Metyis, 2020–2022
Design Director, Semibreve Festival, 2011–present
Lead Designer, United By, 2015–2020
Teacher, EDIT, UX/UI Design, 2014–2019
Senior Team Manager, Mobile, Alert Life Sciences Computing, 2009–2015
Freelance Designer, 2008–present
Selected clients and collaborations, through Metyis and United By
Alert Life Sciences Computing, Bairro Alto Theater, Casa da Música, City of Braga, City of Porto, Façonnable, Hackett, Hugo Boss, Micaelense Theater, Nexent Bank, Pepe Jeans, Polytechnic of Viseu, Ramos Pinto Wines, Santa Casa da Misericórdia, SHV, University of Porto.