Ana Sabino

Ana Sabino is an Invited Assistant Professor at Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco's Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas. She concurrently pursues a PhD in Materialities of Literature at Universidade de Coimbra, researching the intersection of graphic design and literary expression. Her career includes extensive design work with publishers like Cosac Naify and studios in Portugal/Brazil.

Research Focus: Sabino explores how visual form impacts literary theory, focusing on:

• Book design as a creative reading interface
• Graphical conventions in text presentation
• Materiality of books in digital/physical contexts

Awards:

• Red Dot Design Award (2009) for exhibition design

Funding: Supported by FCT grants for doctoral research on textual materiality and an Inov-Art grant for international design work.