Sexta / Friday
The Opening Rupture
- 10:00Doors: Fábrica do SalAlcântara
- 14:30Keynote: A student speaks firstSala Um
- 18:00Opening: 63 flags, one alphabetCais
- 22:00Night print: risograph marathonOficina
Lisboa · 17—26 Out 2026
RUPTURA
The 2nd international biennale of experimental design.
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Manifesto
We spent a decade sanding the edges off every interface, and design got polite. RUPTURA gathers the people who put the edges back: type that misbehaves, software built like sculpture, print that refuses the grid. Ten days in Lisbon. Bring your doubts.
A biennale is a promise: that once every two years, the discipline looks at itself without flinching. The first RUPTURA drew 18,000 visitors into a former cod warehouse. The second one opens four venues, doubles the residencies, and hands the keynote stage to a student.
Every talk is translated live between Portuguese and English. Every workshop ships its files as open source. Every installation must survive being touched. These are the house rules, and they are not negotiable.
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Program
Three of ten days — full schedule at the door
Terça / Tuesday
Software as Clay
- 09:30Workshop: shaders by handOficina
- 13:00Debate: the end of the design toolSala Um
- 16:00Live build: a website in publicCais
- 20:00Screening: interfaces on filmCinema São Jorge
Domingo / Sunday
The Closing Argument
- 11:00Open crit: bring your worst workSala Um
- 15:00The Rupture Prize: jury in publicCais
- 19:00Closing: one long table, all of usAlcântara
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Voices
Seven of sixty-three
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Venue
Fábrica do Sal
A 1907 salt warehouse on the Alcântara docks. Main stage, exhibition halls, and the long table where the biennale ends.
38.7031° N · 9.1780° W
+ 3 satellites
Oficina (workshops), Cais (installations, free entry), Cinema São Jorge (screenings). All within one tram line.
Tram 15E · Santos ⇄ Alcântara
Ten days. One rupture.
- Day pass€ 35
- Full biennale€ 180
- Students & under-26€ 60
- Installations at CaisFree
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