Manuel Lima

Interaction & User Experience Designer

London, United Kingdom

Current
  • Senior User Experience Designer at Nokia Design
Past
  • 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
  • Parsons School of Design
  • Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Connections
251 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Manuel Lima’s Summary

Manuel Lima is an interaction designer, information architect, researcher and founder of VisualComplexity.com - A comprehensive repository of complex network visualizations.

In 2002 he completed a 6 year degree in Industrial Design at the Faculty of Architecture - UTL Lisbon and finished a 7 month internship at the design firm Kontrapunkt, in Copenhagen, Denmark. In May 2005 Manuel Lima completed his MFA degree from the Design+Technology program at Parsons School of Design, New York. For this purpose he received 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 Design.

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

  • Senior User Experience Designer

    Nokia Design

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

    February 2008Present (4 months)

  • Senior Interaction Designer

    R/GA

    (Online Media industry)

    July 2005February 2008 (2 years 8 months)

  • Teacher

    Parsons School of Design

    (Higher Education industry)

    January 2006May 2006 (5 months)

    Parsons School of Design - Department of Design and Management. Design IV – Visual Organization and Information Design.

  • Design Researcher

    Parsons Institute for Information Mapping

    (Information Services industry)

    September 2004January 2005 (5 months)

    Design researcher working exclusively on research projects for NGA – National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency.

  • Interface Designer

    American Museum of the Moving Image

    (Design industry)

    January 2004May 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

  • Parsons School of Design

    MFA, Design and Technology, 20032005

  • Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

    Licenciatura, Industrial Design, 19982002


Additional Information

Manuel Lima’s Websites:

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 Groups:

• Interaction Design Association (IxDA)
• Usability Professionals' Association (UPA)
• ACM SIGCHI (Computer-Human Interaction)
• Complex Systems Society
• Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society
• Mobile Marketing Association (MMA)

  •    UsabilityPro member
  •    Interaction Design Association member
  •    Information Architecture Institute (IAI) member

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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