Rodrigo Cardoso (he/him) is a designer, programmer and researcher interested in the ecological and social dimensions of digital technology. His work questions how we build digital tools by examining how the values embedded in them, along with their infrastructure and energy use, shape people and the planet.
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A circuit box and an electronic ink screen inside a transparent enclosure. On the screen, barely readable, one can see the leftovers of a faded message - my guilty conscience.

Decaying Data

What if the internet needs a nap, but we won't let it sleep?

Energy-responsive Installation, 2025

Installation Research Coding Electronics

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A yellow title graphic overlayed on a photo of a tree trunk covered by wood-decaying fungi.

Fungal Tech

Software Development Practices for a More-than-human World

MA Thesis, 2025

Research Writing

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Stack of four identical black and white A5 magazines, each decorated with differently coloured stickers.

Conversas Rotterdam 171 – 180 Publication

Conversas give way to hopeful conversations on how we can do things differently.

Publication, 2025

Design Publication

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Poster announcing event, showing the title "Is This Real" stylised as a newspaper article on a smartphone screen.

Is This Real?

Visual identity for Practicum Artium 8.

Graphic Design, 2025

Design Poster

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Medium shot of a group of 5 people sat around a low round table, smiling as coffee is prepared.

Reflective Coffee Corner

A space that invites critical thinking around coffee’s complex social and material entanglements with the world

Series of Workshops, 2024

Workshop Research

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Stack of four identical black and white A5 magazines, each decorated with differently coloured stickers.

A Reflective Cup of Coffee

Coffee’s colonial history as told by Coffee, based on archival research.

Video Essay, 2024

Video Writing Research

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Zoomed in, grainy view of a window at night, lit my blue and red lamps.

Weekend at Gjorgji's

What can I find out about you if I know where you are at all times? Investigating item trackers.

Video Essay, 2024

Video Coding Research

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View of the website in both laptop and mobile formats. One sees the Conversas title followed by a menu and a list of existing Conversas in different cities.

conversas.net

Connecting the many Conversas around the world.

Website, 2023

Website Design Coding

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View of two event posters on a black background.

Conversas Rotterdam 171 – 180 Posters

Conversas is a series of monthly informal meetings to get to know each other and share projects, stories, or interests.

Event Posters, 2022

Design Poster

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View of four letters, spelling TYPE, on a black background.

36 Days of Type 2022

A letter a day for 36 days.

Type, 2022

Design

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A 3D render of a room. A monitor stands atop a desk, with the message "thanks for watching".

The Autonomous Web

How can people self-govern their internet experience? How can they obtain autonomy from the internet while still being able to use it according to their needs?

Series of Publications, 2021

Research Design Publication

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Cover of a magazine, shwoing a collage of a year of events within the WORM building.

WORM – Selected Print Work

Selected print and editorial design work for WORM, an independent and forward-thinking arts venue in Rotterdam.

Print Media, 2021

Design Publication

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