Hello, and welcome to my portfolio of selected projects.
I am a designer and visual artist working across multiple fields, including theatre, cinema, furniture design and interaction design. In parallel to my personal work presented here, I have also developed a solid corporate career within design and innovation and, more recently, in consultancy at outracoisa.co.
FloW
A memory hourglass that reactivates past memories through gravity, sound and light.
Flow is a Memory Hourglass prototype that integrates sand, sound, and light to create an embodied, time-based interaction for revisiting personal audio memories. When flipped, the hourglass reveals fading sonic traces, generating an experience of illusory communication; when placed horizontally, the interaction pauses. Developed through a research-to-design process, the prototype combines an Arduino-controlled LED module, a web-based audio system, and a 3D-printed base. By transforming the passage of time into a physical controller for sound and light, Flow reframes the hourglass from a passive object into a reflective interface that explores how memories emerge, persist, and fade, proposing time and gravity as unavoidable materials for interaction design.
Pendular
A sculpture that dances
Pendular is a sculptural installation consisting of a concave, unstable, and asymmetrical floor designed to both affect and be affected by the movements of a dancer. Developed through research on metastable and temporal balance, the work investigates equilibrium as a dynamic condition rather than a fixed state. Created for the feature film Pendular, awared in Berlin International Movie Festival, and later exhibited as a performative sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, the installation uses proprioceptive and kinesthetic interaction to generate a choreography of listening, where movement emerges from negotiation with gravity and instability. The sculpture operates as an invitation-object, activating its full meaning through the encounter between body, movement, and material forces.
A Menina e o Pote
A scenography made of 500 inflatable plastic bags
A Menina e o Pote is an itinerant theatrical production whose scenography was designed using 500 recyclable plastic bags as inflatable construction modules. Inspired by the short story A Menina Amarela and situated within reflections on the Anthropocene, the project connects the narrative of breaking and rebuilding with contemporary environmental transformation. The lightweight inflatable system responds simultaneously to artistic and logistical constraints, functioning as both large projection surfaces and easily transportable scenographic elements. Entirely transportable in four suitcases, the installation demonstrates how ephemeral, low-cost materials can be transformed into immersive theatrical environments, proposing a scenographic language that merges ecological reflection, portability, and spatial experimentation.
Beabá
Playful furniture for kids
DesignLab coordinator_Marina Kosovski
NEXT coordinator_Claudio Magalhães
NEXT designer_Bruno Trindade
NEXT intern_Henrique Canella
Beabá is a children’s furniture line created and manufactured in collaboration with the NEXT Experimental Laboratory and Huna Marcenaria.
This collaboration emerged from my role as designer and creative lead of the Design Lab, established while I worked at one of Brazil’s largest retail and e-commerce companies. The Design Lab developed digitally fabricated products for the company’s private label brand Orb, connecting academic experimentation with online retail production.
Our starting point was exploring children’s playful universes to create a CNC-manufactured furniture line. Through iterative drawings, models, and prototypes, we developed a set composed of table, chairs, and storage chest, inviting children to draw, open, close, move, and store objects through play.
Carioquinha
A chair inspired by Brazilian art, staged at the Rio 2016 Paralympics
Design: Marina Kosovski
Brand: Orb
Carioquinha is a chair designed for exclusive e-commerce commercialization, produced at scale at affordable prices for the Brazilian market.
A subtle homage to artist Alfredo Volpi and Brazilian modernism, Carioquinha sold thousands of units and later expanded into a complete line including stools. Beyond its commercial success, the chair was featured on stage during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympics and was selected as one of the 50 objects representing contemporary Brazilian design at the Lisbon Fashion Museum in 2017, curated by Frederico Duarte for the exhibition “How Do You Spell Design in Portuguese: Brazil Today?”
WoW
Flat-pack bench made through digital fabrication for e-commerce
DesignLab Design Lead: Marina Kosovski.
NEXT Coordinator: Claudio Magalhães
NEXT Designer: Bruno Trindade
NEXT trainee: Henrique Canella
WoW is a lightweight bench designed for easy assembly, manufactured through laser-cut wooden sheets. It was designed to be sold exclusively online, shipped disassembled in flat packaging, and produced at scale at affordable prices for the Brazilian market.
The bench is the result of a partnership between one of Brazil’s largest retail companies, americanas s.a., the PUC-Rio Tridimensional Experimentation Laboratory (NEXT), and the manufacturer Cia Laser, whose main goal was to develop products focused on e-commerce, bridging academic experimentation with the demands of online furniture retail.
This collaboration emerged from my role as designer and creative lead at the Design Lab, which developed products through experimental digital fabrication processes for the in-house brand Orb.
Plot
Flat-pack home objects made through digital fabrication for e-commerce
DesignLab Design Lead: Marina Kosovski.
NEXT Coordinator: Claudio Magalhães
NEXT Designer: Bruno Trindade
NEXT trainee: Henrique Canella
Plot is a line of home objects composed of a pendant lamp, a vase, and a centerpiece. Produced using PET laminate bonded to fabric, the material is flexible, lightweight, thin, and resistant, giving the objects a strong visual presence. The pieces are easy to assemble and distributed in flat packaging to facilitate shipping. The line was designed to be sold exclusively online, shipped disassembled in flat packs, and produced at scale at affordable prices for the Brazilian market.
Plot is the result of a partnership between one of Brazil’s largest retail companies, americanas s.a., the PUC-Rio Tridimensional Experimentation Laboratory (NEXT), and the manufacturer Cia Laser, whose main goal was to develop products focused on e-commerce, bridging academic experimentation with the demands of online furniture retail.
This collaboration emerged from my role as designer and creative lead at the Design Lab, which developed products through experimental digital fabrication processes for the in-house brand Orb.
Plot collection is a 2017 Salão Design Award finalist.
Flet
Flat-pack organizers made through digital fabrication for e-commerce
DesignLab Design Lead: Marina Kosovski.
NEXT Coordinator: Claudio Magalhães
NEXT Designer: Bruno Trindade
NEXT trainee: Henrique Canella
Flet is a contemporary reinterpretation of traditional Brazilian straw basketry, produced entirely through digital fabrication. The collection consists of three organizer baskets made from recycled PET, designed through woven structures and transparency patterns. The products are easy to assemble and distributed in flat packaging for shipping. The line was designed to be sold exclusively online, shipped disassembled in flat packs, and produced at scale at affordable prices for the Brazilian market.
Flet is the result of a partnership between one of Brazil’s largest retail companies, americanas s.a., the PUC-Rio Tridimensional Experimentation Laboratory (NEXT), and the manufacturer Cia Laser, whose main goal was to develop products focused on e-commerce, bridging academic experimentation with the demands of online furniture retail.
This collaboration emerged from my role as designer and creative lead at the Design Lab, which developed products through experimental digital fabrication processes for the in-house brand Orb.
Cia Étnica de Dança
Inflatable structures activated by dancers’ bodies.
“Torus” is a penetrable inflatable structure created for one of the performances of Cia Étnica de Dança, directed by Carmen Luz. The structure inflates on stage during the performance and is eventually entered by the dancers.
Other wearable inflatable objects were created in collaboration with Carmen Luz for performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói, one of Oscar Niemeyer’s iconic architectural projects in Brazil
Flutuantes
Systems that defy gravity
Visual Arts / Design: Marina Kosovski
A series of interactive objects and visual art installations developed through my research on lightness, gravity, and balance. This works investigates the construction of tangible structures that reveal and question the subtle equilibrium of bodies under the force of gravity.
The interactive objects are gravity-defying systems in which users can control the flutuation of inflatable spheres through fans embedded in the base, connected to an electronic system.