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Living in China: Capoeira?

It’s interesting to see that, even though I’m living 16,469 kilometers away from home (or 10234 miles or 8893 nautical miles), there is always something here and there to bring you back that feeling of “being at home”. In Portuguese, we would call that feeling Saudade.

Street Art: Capoeira
Street Art: Capoeira
Street Art: Capoeira
Street Art: Capoeira, originally uploaded by designative.

It’s interesting to see that, even though I’m living 16,469 kilometers away from home (or 10234 miles or 8893 nautical miles), there is always something here and there to bring you back that feeling of “being at home”. In Portuguese, we would call that feeling Saudade. So, every time I see a Capoeira presentation right here in Shanghai, I can’t help but being a little nostalgic, can’t help but think that the world is getting smaller and smaller.

By Itamar Medeiros

Originally from Brazil, Itamar Medeiros currently lives in Germany, where he works as VP of Design Strategy at SAP, where he leads the design vision for the entire Human Capital Management product line, ensuring cohesive product narratives and establishing best practices.

Working in the Information Technology industry since 1998, Itamar has helped truly global companies in multiple continents create great user experience through advocating Design and Innovation principles. Itamar has also served as a juror for prestigious design competitions and lectured on design topics at universities worldwide.

During his 7 years in China, he promoted the User Experience Design discipline as User Experience Manager at Autodesk and Local Coordinator of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in Shanghai.

Itamar holds a MA in Design Practice from Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), for which he received a Distinction Award for his thesis Creating Innovative Design Software Solutions within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments.

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