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For Inspiration: “A Volta” by Trio Mocotó

The singer, instrumentalist, and arranger Marco Antonio Gonçalves dos Santos died recently at the age of 68.

Marco Antônio Gonçalves dos Santos from Trio Mocotó
Marco Antônio Gonçalves dos Santos, better known as Skowa died recently at the age of 68.

After suffering a cardiac arrest and spending a week hospitalized in a hospital in Botucatu (SP), the singer, instrumentalist, and arranger Marco Antonio Gonçalves dos Santos, known as Skowa, of the Mocotó Trio and the band Skowa e a Máfia, which was successful in the 1980s, died this Thursday (13), at the age of 68.

Marco Antônio Gonçalves dos Santos, better known as Skowa, had been admitted to a hospital in Botucatu since last week, after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was still recovering from the sequelae of COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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