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Overview

  • 13 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English; learning Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Furniture and Interior Designer
  • Industrial Design, Singapore and Lausanne
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To promote Portuguese crafts through design collaborations.

ABOUT ME
Currently living between Porto and Singapore, moving to Porto full time next year. Learning about other cultures and languages really interest me, as well as modern art, music and architecture.

I run my own furniture design practice in Porto and Singapore

PHILOSOPHY

I live to see the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I live in a townhouse in the centre of Porto, which I also use as my office. I have a guest bedroom which is available if I am also in Porto.

Interests

Design, Art, Architecture, Music, Theatre.

  • arts
  • architecture
  • design
  • modern art
  • running
  • music
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Fleet Foxes, Kings of Convenience, Feist, Air, Gotan Project, Suede, Arcade Fire, The Shins, Stereophonics, Kavinsky

I like the books of Marquez, Hemingway, Murakami and Kundera.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting lost in the Swiss Alps on a dark winter's night was pretty memorable, I guess it's fun when you live to tell the tale but it's tragic if you don't.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you English and Mandarin, and also about furniture design and product design.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Monaco, Philippines, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, United States

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