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LEAD

Laboratory for Electronic Art & Design

Nucleus of Information & Design Studies (NID) / School of Communication and Library Sciences / Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)


Coordinators:
Prof. FLAVIO VINICIUS CAUDURO, PhD
Prof. MARILIA LEVACOV, PhD
Prof. JOAQUIM T. B. DA FONSECA, MFA
Designer in Residence:
LENARA VERLE
Research Assistants:
ANGELA FAYET
ROBERTO TIETZMANN
SILVANA BELLINI
AV Technician:
JOAO F MORO
Sponsors:
CNPq
PROPESP/UFRGS
Partners:
COMPUTER SCIENCES INSTITUTE/UFRGS
SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER/UFRGS

LEAD is a long term project which investigates, through the undertaking of actual assignments, how the practices of graphic design and visual communication are changing, due to the introduction of new technologies associated with personal computers: multimedia, digital video, computer aided design, networking, CD-ROM, and so on.

The project has adopted the Apple Macintosh platform to achieve consistent results with the least effort. We adopted it in 1991, when LEAD started, and we have had no regrets so far.

We have created many effective solutions for actual problems of communication bothering our School and our University, despite our limited resources, since we always try overcoming our limited resources with plenty of creativity.

Constantly solving real problems of design through the creative use of new technologies has allowed us to generate our own, specific know-how which immediately informs our educational process, through disciplines and seminars. We see practice coming first, creating, informing and changing theory as a result.

In consequence of that policy, the LEAD project has given us the unique opportunity to develop our talents further and to share our knowledge with fellow teachers and students. We try to lead the way to the future, in matters related to the teaching and practice of visual communication, in our particular region (South of Brazil).

Thus, we could not miss the opportunity to show who we are and what we do through the new medium of the World Wide Web, made recently available to us, thru a courtesy of CESUP. We hope to be able to display here not only the best of what LEAD has produced up to now, but also to bring under the spotlight many other interesting works done by other artists of our School.


How to contact LEAD

Address:

LEAD
Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2705 - Room 303
90035-007 Porto Alegre - RS
Brazil

Phone: +55 (51) 330 5500 ext 5263

E-mail:

Prof. FLAVIO VINICIUS CAUDURO - fcauduro@cesup.ufrgs.br
Prof. MARILIA LEVACOV - mlevacov@penta.ufrgs.br

LENARA VERLE - lenara@cesup.ufrgs.br
ROBERTO TIETZMANN - rtietz@cesup.ufrgs.br
SILVANA BELLINI - sbellini@cesup.ufrgs.br


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Last updated July 31, 1995 - Lenara Verle & Roberto Tietzmann