Lidia Zuin

Foresight and trends in technology innovation researcher.

Researcher and planner assistant. Blog editor, newsletter curator and leader of the project UP Future Sight. We research trends in innovation and technology and, based on these studies, we create reports, transmedia content, experience and visualization of scenarios based on the methodology of design fiction that brings the inspiration of science fiction to the present.

Lecturer in events and courses. Discussed themes: futurism and futurology, innovation and technology, virtual reality, science fiction, transhumanism, art and culture.

Trends research on consumer behavior and technological innovation. Production of reports, talks, lectures and experiences using the design fiction methodology. Clients: P&G, IKEA, Santander, GIZ, World Global Summit, ArmaSuisse, Olympikus, Oxiteno, ABInbev

Articles about second-hand fashion, sustainability, trends and behavior.

Fashion articles for Farfetch's blog project.

Editor and social media manager. Articles about blockchain, finance, culture, and technology.

Writer of the textbooks for the discipline of Culture Theories.

Articles about videogames, technology, culture, art and philosophy.

Finding, reproducing and fixing linguistic errors or problems in-game. Reporting and revision of those errors or problems. Proofreading and looking for inconsistencies in context and style throughout large text files – ensuring the language text matches the English. Providing translations when required. Tracking and ensuring consistency of in-game terminology between languages and projects. Researching topics to ensure authentic and accurate contextual use of language.

Website management Writing, proofreading and editing texts for website and magazines (Esquinas, Cásper and Imprensa) Layout and webdesign Photo and video editing Meetings with students Social media manager

Website update Events and workshops coverage Image editing HTML and CSS Social media manager

MA in Social Communication and Semiotics. My dissertation "Fotografando Sombras: um olhar sobre as imagens obscuras de Gottfried Helnwein" (Photographic Shadows: an analysis of the obscure images by Gottfried Helnwein" is a study about the work of Austrian painter and photographer Gottfried Helnwein using an approach of communication, philosophy, psychology and art history. I made an exclusive interview with the artist during his retrospective exhibition in Vienna, 2013.