Interaction & User Experience Designer
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Senior UX Designer | NextGen Software & Services at Nokia
- Past
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- Senior User Experience Designer at Nokia Design
- Senior Interaction Designer at R/GA
- Teacher at Parsons School of Design
- Design Researcher at Parsons Institute for Information Mapping
- Interface Designer at American Museum of the Moving Image
- Education
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- Parsons School of Design
- Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
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Manuel Lima’s Summary
Nominated by Creativity magazine as "one of the 50 most creative and influential minds of 2009", Manuel Lima is an interaction designer, researcher and founder of VisualComplexity.com - A comprehensive repository of complex network visualizations.
He holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the Faculty of Architecture - Technical University of Lisbon and a MFA in Design & Technology from Parsons School of Design, New York. For this purpose he received 3 scholarships from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Luso-American Foundation and a Dean's scholarship from Parsons School of Design. During the course of the MFA program, Manuel worked for Siemens Corporate Research Center, the American Museum of Moving Image and Parsons Institute for Information Mapping in research projects for the National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency.
After 3 years living, studying, working and teaching in NYC, Manuel moved to London where he currently works as a Senior User Experience Designer at Nokia's NextGen Software & Services.
Manuel is also a frequent speaker in conferences and festivals around the world, on the topic of Information Visualization, in particular the visualization of complex networks. He has spoken in events such as OFFF, SHiFT, Reboot, VizThink, IxDA Interaction and MeshForum.
Manuel Lima’s Specialties:
• Interaction and Interface design
• Screen flow and process mapping
• Information Design and Visualization
• Design research, usability evaluation
• System Mapping
• Network Visualization
• Information Architecture
Manuel Lima’s Experience
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Senior UX Designer | NextGen Software & Services
Nokia
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
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Senior User Experience Designer
Nokia Design
(Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)
February 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 1 month)
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Senior Interaction Designer
R/GA
(Online Media industry)
July 2005 — February 2008 (2 years 8 months)
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Teacher
Parsons School of Design
(Higher Education industry)
January 2006 — May 2006 (5 months)
Parsons School of Design - Department of Design and Management. Design IV – Visual Organization and Information Design.
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Design Researcher
Parsons Institute for Information Mapping
(Information Services industry)
September 2004 — January 2005 (5 months)
Design researcher working exclusively on research projects for NGA – National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency.
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Interface Designer
American Museum of the Moving Image
(Design industry)
January 2004 — May 2004 (5 months)
Digital Media Internship. Web/interface designer and multimedia developer. Worked in applications and interfaces for museum internal projects.
Manuel Lima’s Education
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Parsons School of Design
MFA , Design and Technology , 2003 — 2005
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Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Licenciatura , Industrial Design , 1998 — 2002
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Manuel Lima’s Interests:
Interaction Design, Information Visualization, Information Architecture, Information Diffusion, Interface Design, Usability, HCI, New Media, Cartography, Complex Networks, Memetics
Manuel Lima’s Honors:
• Dean's Scholarship, Parsons School of Design, 2003-2005
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Scholarship, 2003-2005
• Luso-American Foundation Scholarship, 2003-2005
• Bronze Award Medal – New York Festivals 2006
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