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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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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Still from promotional video – yellow angular shapes morphs into a banana to announce Autonomy Lab + Eat Art Collective workshop.

Autonomy Lab

The Autonomy Lab is a research group that is challenging the concept of autonomy in art.

Motion Design, 2020

Design Video

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3D Render. Top-view of two keyboard players, one human and one machine, playing face-to-face.

HOPE

A machine-learning synthesiser that plays back when spoken or played to.

Machine-learning Synthesiser, 2020

Research Coding Writing

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3D Render. Desk filled with old screens, each showing a different WORM Weekend video.

WORM Weekends – Selected Video Work

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

Series of Animated Videos, 2020

Design Video

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Landing page. The cursor doubles as a digital torch, lighting up spaces in an otherwise dark floorplan.

WORMworld

WORMworld is the virtual embodiment of the Open City.

Website, 2020

Website Design Coding

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Magazine cover. The titles 'Invisible Planets' and 'Folding Beijing' are superimposed by the names Chile, Hong Kong and Qatar.

2019: A Media Space Odyssey

A tripartite anthology of fictional and real-world stories where the voices of minorities is questionably represented by digital media.

Publication, 2019

Design Research Publication

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Magazine cover. The titles 'Invisible Planets' and 'Folding Beijing' are superimposed by the names Chile, Hong Kong and Qatar.

Fourteen Mirrors

Two posters made for the Fourteen Mirrors exhibition at the Palace of Typographic Masonry.

Posters, 2019

Design Poster

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Green scribbles, or sound encoded into an image, cause by a laser pointer vibrating sound.

Cymatics

Cymatics incorporates the physicality of sound in the world of music composition and merchandising.

Audio Research, 2019

Design Research

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Grid of a5 publications using the Pseudo Mono typeface.

Pseudo Mono

Pseudo Mono is a headliner font inspired by the invention of the synthesiser.

Typeface, 2018

Design

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Face being scanned by the Tube.

The Tube

The Tube invites you to sit down and confront your deepest concerns about data privacy, as our secretive projection technology harvests your personal data.

Installation, 2018

Installation Coding Research

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Face being scanned by the Tube.

The Cloud is Clouded

What exactly is The Cloud?

Visual Essay, 2018

Video Research

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