Jose Rui Marcelino | Chief Executive Officer and Design Manager
Almadesign

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Master in Transportation Design and PhD in Design.
Founder and CEO of Almadesign (1997), a studio dedicated to Transportation, Product and Interior Design, with more than 1,000 design projects and over 35 national and international awards.
Almadesign has collaborated with Embraer, Airbus, Boeing, TAP (interiors for its entire fleet), Eviation, EVE Air Mobility, Mitsubishi, Beyond Aero, Tekever and many others, contributing to the design of market-ready products and R&D projects.
Founder of PEMAS (2006) — the Portuguese Association for the Aeronautical Industry — which he chaired, and founder of AED (2016) — Portugal’s Aeronautics, Space and Defence Cluster — where he currently serves as Vice-President and is responsible for the Aeronautics sector.
Associate Professor at FA-U.Lisboa and Coordinator of the Master’s in Product Design.