Joice Dantas Leal

She is currently executive director of the Association Object Brazil, OSCIP acts in promoting Brazilian design within the concept of economic, social and environmental. He has experience in coordinating workshops of Design and Industrial Design. Has developed activities in the following areas: design, design history, historical research, economic and iconic design and innovation, marketing, marketing and intangible heritage. Coodenate seminars in Brazil and abroad about Brazilian design. Curators for the exhibition of Brazilian design in Brazil and abroad: Italy, Japan, Portugal, England, United States, South Korea, Argentina. In Brazil-design in 500 years, the Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo and Parque da Luz, in two special expositions I Bienal Brasileira de Design, Oca Parque Ibirapuera. Currently, at Objeto Brasil Association, together with the Brazilian Export Promotion and Investment (Apex-Brazil), organizes and promotes the Award IDEA/Brasil. This award is an endorsement of the Society of Industrial Design America (IDSA) which promotes for 40 years the International Design Excellence Award (IDEA), the biggest design award in the United States and one of the largest and most prestigious in the world. Member of the jury's Global Cities Summit 2011 in Seoul, responsible for choosing the host city of the discussion forum of design as an instrument to improve quality of life in cities around the world. Author of "A look at the Brazilian design" released in 2002 in co-edition with the Imprensa Oficial do Estado de São Paulo in english and portuguese versions. In 2011, launched the title "The Business of Design" in partnership with the Imprensa Oficial do Estado de São Paulo for the collection Register of the Design. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)