Gil Monteverder (they/them) is interested in decolonial and politically engaged practices, that explores how technologies, data, and design communicate and intervene in social and environmental realities. Their MA project, Vibrational Witnessing: Towards a Counter-Sensing Seismology, aims to repurpose seismic infrastructures to detect and testify to extractive violence. Across design and community initiatives, they examine the intersections of territory, technology, and collective memory in radical social transformation.
EDUCATION
2023–25 | MA INFORMATION DESIGN
DAE (Design Academy Eindhoven)Nominated for Gijs Bakker Award
2015–19 | BA FINE ARTS - MULTIMEDIA
FBAUP (Faculty of FINE ARTS OF
Porto University)
Nominated for the Acquisition Prize
2020–PRESENT | GRAPHIC DESIGNER, RESEARCHER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Freelancer
Collaborated with cultural agents and festivals including JAHA Film Festival, AN-TRE, and Arte em Movimento to design and direct visual identities and communication campaigns.
2025–PRESENT | DESIGNERS AGAINST GENOCIDE
Eindhoven
Open research group exploring how design can expose human-rights violations and institutional complicity through collective inquiry and critical practice.
2021–23 | GRAPHIC AND
MOTION DESIGNER
Atelier Nunes e Pã — Portugal
2020 | EVENT PRODUCER INTERN
ZKM — Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Germany