Francisca Ramalho
the architects in Lisbon, Portugal

Following the work of the Francisca Ramalho studio, from Lisboa, is a guarantee of finding projects that dialogue incredibly well with their surroundings. At Ivo Tavares Studio, we use our architectural photography to accurately translate that vision. Discover this team's values in the biography below, and don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the page to see the works we've had the pleasure of photographing.

Francisca Ramalho is a Portuguese Illustrator and Designer who uses Illustration to reflect about the world and Design as a way to organize it.

Francisca seeks pure forms dress-up in innocent colours and mix-up in vibrant compositions. With a touch of humor. Treating each project like a dynamic dance piece where elements and characters combine to tell a story. The whole process is a manner of reflecting on herself and others.

Francisca’s portfolio is a diverse collage that spans everything from illustrations for a children’s book for Lisbon’s Roman Theatre Museum, with a view to help attract the younger public to Lisbon's cultural places, to large-scale panels that add little moments of fantasy and play to the walls of the pediatric wing of São João do Porto Hospital, a place meant to heal pain and suffering. In each project, she joins forces with people from different disciplines, such as research, architecture, engineering, production and implementation, who always inspire her further.

Francisca holds degrees in Communication Design from the Faculdade de Belas Artes in Lisbon, and Illustration and Digital Animation from Escola Superior de Artes e Design (ESAD) in Porto. She has been working as an independent Illustrator and Designer since then. She currently lives and works in Lisbon.