※ A personal archive by
Duarte Vaz de Almada
VOL. 04 / 2026 — NOW PLAYING

A picture
is worth
a thousand
words.

This is me, in images. A curated visual diary of the things I make, the things I run after, and the things I stop to look at. Not a portfolio. An archive.

Enter the archive 04 Index of works
family - NY 2024
My 2020 Exhibition
me, at work - 10yrs of worten
Full Ironman Barcelona 2024
← start here
— archive
1247 frames
— paintings
38 works
— finishes
27 races
— years
2000 — now
— 01 The wall · 247 frames

My inspiration.

— things I keep looking at.

Pinned to a corkboard in my head. Architecture, sport, dust, color. I don't know yet what they all have in common. That's why they're here.

Unless stated otherwise, images are curated from my personal Tumblr archive.

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studio
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sailboat
Stefan Leal
wave
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dogs
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may '26
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surf
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may '26
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surf
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may '26
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nature
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— 02 Studio · 2008–now

My paintings.

Oil, acrylic, paper. I paint slowly. Most of these took longer than they should have. A few took less.

Blonde girl
Plate 01 / 09

Blonde girl

Medium
—
Size
—
Year
2025
Status
Available

Acrylic painting on 3D canvas 150x100cm

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— Process · painting from start to finish
PROC·01 Lisbon Skater
PROC·02 Bailarinos
— 03 How I think · build · lead

My job.

I build systems, shape teams, and turn ideas into scalable output.

● Currently @ Worten Lisbon
— Manifesto / vol. 04

I'm not interested in output alone. I'm interested in building the conditions that make great output inevitable.

⊞ — Capabilities · the four corners
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Design systems and frameworks that allow consistency, speed and quality across everything we ship — without flattening the work into sameness.

⊟ — Milestones · not a CV
from execution → to system thinking
01 Worten Scaling a high-volume e-commerce platform through systems and team structure now 2016 →
02 Internal Tools Creating applications that turn repetitive work into scalable processes in progress 2023 →
03 UX Systems Connecting design, development and business into coherent systems practice ongoing
04 Multinational Experience IBM, Vodafone, Vizzavi, Telecel — complex digital ecosystems, large teams, high expectations foundation 2000 — 2016
05 Foundations From execution to system thinking origin 2005 — 2008
— role
Lead, Web Design
— now @
Worten
— shipping for
10+ years
— thinking in
systems
— 04 Off the clock · sport · film · slow walks

My hobbies.

— what keeps me moving.

⚑ — running · triathlon · gravel →
140.6
full ironman · Barcelona
Sines
Sines 2025
Triatlo Sines · 2025 rough conditions, clear mind 2 km swim + 80 km bike + 18 km run = 100 km, start to finish.
Corida fim da Europa
Sintra · 2022
Hard to find a more beautiful race. 17 km of pure challenge, between the charm of Sintra and the vast Atlantic.
◐ — Family · Frends · Triatlons · Run
com Raquel em sprint SMP
behind every finish
ironman barcelona
the right people
corrida das lezirias
with legends
são martinho
kept it fun
maratona Sevilha
42.2 reasons
self, mirror
not just mine
What I do outside work to stay curious, active, and grounded.

Sports, movement, and personal projects that balance how I think and create. Every finish line looks individual. It never is. Built on people, time, and a lot of quiet work.

— DVA
— 05 Get in touch · slowly

Let’s make
something
worth keeping.

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