Hello, my name is Miguel de Sousa Cardinho. I am a product designer, sculptor, performer, and collector of objects. I will now present my career path and the people I have worked with in the third person.
Miguel began his academic career at the Árvore Artistic and Professional School in Porto, where he completed a professional course in Equipbment Design in 2014. He graduated in Environmental Design from the Caldas da Rainha School of Arts and Design in 2019. He completed his Master's Degree in Product Design at ESAD-CR in 2022 with a thesis project entitled “Homo Recolectus.” Since 2023, he has been working as a bronze sculptor at the company Objeto – Oficina Produção Plástica. At the same time, he maintains his workspace at Armazém Zero, where he has been working and selling his works since 2021. He teaches Upcycling Workshops in partnership with associations such as the project: DOC - Design Ofício e Cultura (2021); CAU-Cortém Aldeia Urbanas in partnership with Escola Rainha D. Leonor (2022) and Agrupamento Escola Raul Proença (2023); Festival Clarão (2024). The most relevant exhibitions in which she has participated: “Puffy Game” collaboration with artist Ana Pessoa, at Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon (2024); Publication and launch exhibition of Fazer magazine, Culturgest Porto (2024); Collective exhibition, Caleidoscópio, organized by Revista Fome, Setúbal (2023); Collective installation, Festival Iminente, Lisbon (2023); Cubículo “Conversas com rastilho” collective exhibition with Miguel Vieira Batista & Sara and André (2017);
Teaches Upcycling Workshops in partnership with associations such as the DOC - Design Craft and Culture project (2021); CAU-Cortém Aldeia Urbanas in partnership with Escola Rainha D. Leonor (2022) and Agrupamento Escola Raul Proença (2023); Festival Clarão (2024). The most relevant exhibitions in which she has participated: “Puffy Game” collaboration with artist Ana Pessoa, at Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon (2024); Publication and launch exhibition of Fazer magazine, Culturgest Porto (2024); Collective exhibition, Caleidoscópio, organized by Revista Fome, Setúbal (2023); Collective installation, Festival Iminente, Lisbon (2023); Cubículo “Conversas com rastilho” collective exhibition with Miguel Vieira Batista & Sara and André (2017);
Creates the “Vai não Vai” festival with friends and has been responsible for artistic production since 2022; Begins an artistic collaboration with POGO Teatro that continues to this day, Lisbon (2021); Participates in a residency with Associação Espaço Serra in partnership with the Museum of Leiria (2023); Invited by Vicara Design and Loulé Design Lab to participate in the “técnicas de caldeiraria” (boilermaking techniques) project (2023); Fábrica da Criatividade, Castelo Branco, “Nascimento -Homo Recolectus Manifesto,” in partnership with Marta Alves and Vasco Veríssimo, (2018); Participates in glass blowing training at CENCAL in Marinha Grande since 2021;
He held his first solo exhibition with the support of DGartes (2025) entitled “HOMO RECOLECTUS EVOLUTIONIS.”
He interned with product designer and sculptor Leo Orta in 2025/2026
He released his first album (2025) with the group Kouve di Guerra - One noise annoys two noise is noise.
