Ricardo Ferreira
Digital Alchemist
He is a visual storyteller — a multidisciplinary creative who operates at the intersection of design, art, and technology.
Over the years, he has built a career that flows seamlessly between corporate branding, fashion design, independent graphic publishing (fanzines), and visual creation for board games. For him, design is a form of alchemy: blending references, techniques, cultures, and tools — from pencil to Artificial Intelligence — until something truly unique emerges.
He defines himself as a Digital Alchemist — a creator who turns ideas into striking visual experiences. He is proficient in tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, with a special focus on Illustrator and Photoshop, and combines these skills with emerging technologies like generative AI to enhance processes, unlock creativity, and explore new visual languages.
He has won several poster and logo design competitions, including the Nossa Senhora da Agonia Poster Contest (Viana do Castelo, 2021 and 2025), was selected by Poster (2022), and featured on Adobe Live.
He has worked with internationally renowned brands, developing graphic design for fashion, brand identities, product graphics, and impactful visual strategies. At the same time, he enthusiastically dives into more alternative and authorial projects, where experimentation, questioning conventions, and provoking thought are central.
As a curator of exhibitions and cultural events, he is president of the ArtMatriz Cultural Association, promoting intersections between art, community, and board games. He is also the founder of events such as VianaCon and Viana Joga Forte, taking design beyond the screen and into collective experiences.
He believes design is only truly relevant when it touches people — through aesthetics, functionality, or emotion. Above all, he believes in the power of curiosity as a driving force for growth. For him, a good day is one in which he teaches something he has learned or learns something that transforms him.
He is open to collaborating with teams looking to create work that is meaningful, original, and truly impactful — visually, strategically, and humanly.
