ODISSEU

A portuguese designer’s alter ego — based in Porto (Portugal), working in the fields of print & digital design. ︎ to work with books, publications, exhibitions, identities, and websites for individuals, businesses and cultural institutions/projects. 

Odisseu has its eyes set onto the horizon, ready to set sail and go. It is a journey, a place, an idea: an adventure into the unknown. The joy in the experience: in the in-betweens, through the endless possibilities of time and space, sound, words... the image(inary). A way of experiencing through exploration and questioning. Tension between strangeness and familiarity. A path to find and be                    ︎︎︎                   found.

odisseus’s journey logbook

journey #4
entry date: April 9

“about two moments, the uneasiness of what is between”

Odisseu will attend an open class at ESAP on April 11th in order to talk about his work with the bachelor students of Fine Arts and Intermedia + Visual Arts—Photography and discuss the editorial projects they are working on.

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PARQUE. CONJUNTO HABITACIONAL DO LUSO-LIMA 1958-2023

Park. Luso-Lima housing complex 1958-2023
Home ︎︎︎ where we take solace in the familiar, where every nook and cranny bears the scars of laughter and sadness; welcomings and goodbyes; love and heartbreaks. Family, friends, lovers... home is where the heart rests.

This book is a contribution to the documentation of the tangible and intangible heritage of the Luso-Lima Housing Complex, which still needs to be classified. It is made up of different sections of photographs, drawings and essays, which describe the different components that characterize it.

The work of memory collapses time.
Walter Benjamin


160x220mm
ISBN 978-989-53583-9-7
240p.

Client: Pierrot le Fou




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ARTE NO ESPAÇO PÚBLICO VOL. 1

Art in public space Vol. 1
Art in Public Space (Volume I) is a collection of publications that aims to bring together a set of works created and disseminated throughout the territory of Maia, launching dialogues between the city and the different artistic practices that occur there.

This first volume is dedicated to the representation and interpretation of a selection of 60 sculptures and installation works, designed between the 19th century and the year 2022.

We intended to build visual links and comparative analyses that allow extended readings about the works of art in Maia's public space by utilizing the capability of graphic design tools in the depiction and understanding of data gathered throughout the investigation.

Alongside this research, all the selected sculptures were scanned and 3D printed (in collaboration with Daniel Duarte Pereira), creating an exhibition that brought another existence to all the two-dimensional printed materiality of this book.


210x280mm
ISBN 978-972-8315-84-9
304p.


Shortlisted for the DGLAB - Book Design Award 2023, representing Portugal for the Best book design from all over the world, promoted by the German entity Stiftung Buchkunst. 

Client: Municipality of Maia
Editorial Concept + Design in collaboration
with Ana Resende
Assisted by Nilza Lello & Ema Pinto Oliveira
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Odisseu is Luís Sousa Teixeira
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