Fernando Brízio obtained his college degree in Equipment Design in 1996, at the Fine Arts Faculty of Lisbon, where he is based. Since 1999 he has been developing several product design projects, as well as setting design and exhibition works, for, among others, Details, Protodesign, Atlantis, M Glass, Droog Design, the choreographer Rui Horta, Modalisboa, DIM-Die Imaginäre Manufaktur, Intramuros, Fabrica, Schréder, Lux/Atalaia, Experimenta Design, and Cor Unum.
He is professor and Head of design at ESAD.CR (Caldas da Rainha, School of Art and Design) and also a visiting professor at ECAL (Lausanne). In 2005, he was a curator for the S*Cool Ibérica project. He has participated in numerous conferences, and his work has been exihibited and published internationally.