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Rui Sampaio is the founder of thehumans independent industrial design consulting initiative, serving the clients with his extensive international experience and know-how in the design business.

​Sampaio has worked worldwide on his journey to becoming an expert in industrial design and service design, gaining extensive experience in a diverse range of industries.

 

A Designer and Design Director thirty-six times international award-winner with over 30 years in the design business, constantly evolving in his exceptional engineering and technology know-how in tandem to humanize social sciences by designing, helping companies and design agencies along with their clients, building a reputation for good design.

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With Industrial Design education in Lisbon, Paris and Milan, Sampaio has worked, lectured and taught in Europe, Asia and Southeast Asia.

Sampaio was born in Mozambique, Africa. He got his Master’s in Industrial Design (MA) from IADE, in Lisbon, Portugal. Studied Product Design at the École National Supérior de Création Industrielle, Les Ateliers in Paris and the Domus Academy in Milan.​

He is a visiting professor at the Évora University's School of Arts and taught at the Lisbon Fine Arts School Design Academy, at Lisbon Lusiada University along with Lusofona University. Sampaio was the speaker and lecturer at TDC, Taiwan Design Center, TAITRA, Taiwan External Trade Development Council, Computex, and the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center.

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International recognition by the design community around the world.

The quality of his work has been recognized globally by his peers on numerous occasions including a red-dot: “best-of-the-best”, several red-dot and iFAwards, the IDSA's Gold IDEA and the German Designprise.

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