Manufactura Independente is a design research studio born in 2010 and based in Porto, Portugal. It is the playground and testing grounds for Ana Carvalho and Ricardo Lafuente’s design experiments and general fooling around.
We’re on identi.ca and Twitter.
You can write us at: hi [AT] manufacturaindependente [DOT] org
Demo.cratica
Demo.cratica is a resource for finding useful information on MP’s, as well as making available the full transcripts of the Portuguese Parliamentary sessions in an easy-to-read form.
It is a self-commissioned project that had its starting point in Transparência Porto, a collective dedicated to working on Open Data.
The website’s source code is available as free software under the AGPL and can be found here.
Libre Graphics magazine
Libre Graphics magazine, a magazine edited using exclusively free software and licensed under CC-BY-SA, showcasing graphic work produced with f/loss tools.
Manufactura Independente is a part of the editorial team together with ginger coons. We’re also responsible for design and layout.
Visit the magazine website for the full issues in print and as PDF free downloads.
PropCourier Sans
A remix of OSP’s NotCourier Sans, designed for Libre Graphics Magazine.
Visões Úteis
Visões Úteis is an established theatre and performance group based in Porto.
We have been doing, in tandem with EntropiaDesign, the visual identity for most of their projects since 2009.
Batch Commander
Batch Commander is an application to visually edit styles for the TeX typesetting system.
It was developed using Python and Qt, and was presented by Kaveh Bazargan at TUG 2010 in San Francisco. It was also showcased at Libre Graphics Meeting 2010.
Visit Batch Commander’s website for more information.
Shoebot
Shoebot started as an academic project during Ricardo Lafuente’s MA studies at Piet Zwart Institute. It was created as a rewrite of Nodebox running on GNU/Linux on the Cairo graphics engine, geared towards server usage through a command-line interface. A bit about the history of Shoebot can be found here.
In the meantime, it grew to become a proper community project, with a group of interested developers and users providing feedback and improvements to the source code.
Visit Shoebot’s website for more.
Listary App icon
Icon for the iphone app Listary. Listary is a simple app for making lists, and sync them with Simplenote. For more information visit the app website.
Listary is an application developed by Portmanteau.
