P O R T O
Porto is Portugal’s northern workshop: exporters, design studios and shared-services floors share the Douro.Porto is Portugal’s northern workshop: textile and footwear exporters, design studios, shared-services floors and a university city share the Douro.

E C O N O M I C D E N S I T Y
Porto’s professional density is a maker city: export industry, design and a growing services floor sit inside one river metropolis.
Export + design
shape the Douro desk
Sources: Statistics Portugal / Porto metropolitan economic briefings.
A factory week and a studio week share one city. International buyers are ordinary.The labour market hires for a factory week and a studio week in the same city. International buyers are ordinary; the house still closes for lunch.
C I T Y P O R T R A I T
Sample Discipline
Porto scores the intern who can move a sample, a price and a delivery date without a missing email.

River And Workshop
Exporters and design houses share a Douro map. Context is a crate, not a postcard.

C I T Y P O R T R A I T


River And Workshop
Exporters and design houses share a Douro map. Context is a crate, not a postcard.
Sample Discipline
Porto scores the intern who can move a sample, a price and a delivery date without a missing email.