The copy center “O Grilo” is located at the headquarters of the Academic Federation of Porto. The name “the cricket” comes from the cricket statue which is the emblematic symbol of this building. This statue was created to mark a series of student protests at the time when Marçal Grilo was the minister of education. The Grilo Copy Center has served hundreds of students in their photocopying, printing, scanning and stationery selling needs. It is an important place in your student life that you turn to at various stages of your journey, either to keep your notes up to date, or to print important assignments, master’s theses or doctoral theses.

Bridging the old and the contemporary, António Sousa Oliveira’s Binding Workshop is one of the few spaces dedicated to this activity that still resists the passage of time.
Founded in 1969, with a small workshop on Rua das Taipas, it moved in 1974 to the space where it still stands today, Rua do Pinheiro.
Its founder, António Oliveira, passed on to his descendants all his passion and dedication for the art of binding. They are the ones who, today, make use of this excellent training and lead this family business, continuing a craft business that has already been operating for half a decade.

With over 50 years in the graphics market, Tipografia Formosa offers our clients technical advice from creation to the granting of their work, with the support and supervision of designers and production technicians. It has modern equipment and qualified personnel. Our areas of activity include the creation of graphic lines, the preparation of advertising material and printing. Tipografia Formosa also performs works for communication or design companies that provide graphic support, thus saving on the final value of the work. You can have Tipografia Formosa do various types of work such as editing books, audiobooks or receipt books.