New York Times’ “Lens” section on Photography, Video and Visual Journalism has recently highlighted the work of Luiz Carlos Barreto (born 20 May 1928), Brazilian photographer, film producer and screenwriter [...]
MyFonts’ Creative Characters Issue #52 highlights the work of Pintassilgo Prints: “They used to do it all: illustration, graphic design, product development, screen printing — hence the name of their company, PintassilgoPrints. Lately this young couple from the seaside city of Vitória, Brazil, has concentrated almost exclusively on type design. And quite rightly so. Their fast-growing collection of playful and informal display and script fonts has met with increasing success, and these past few months they’ve scored more than one bestseller. Don’t be fooled by the apparent nonchalance of their letterforms: technically, their fonts are painstakingly made. Meet the bird-loving, hard-working, type-enamored Erica Jung and Ricardo Marcin”.
Infographic design in Brazil is considered to be one of the best in the world. At this year’s Malofiej, the Oscars of design information assigned by SND, Brazil toke 8 awards (you can check the whole list here), and it’s been like that for the past years. In a country where the habit of reading newspapers and news magazines still have an enormous margin for growth, infographics are increasingly assuming a role far beyond news and data visualization – the role of capturing and retaining more and more readers. Inspired Magazine picked 10 of the best Brazilian infographic designers, as well as the links for their online portfolios [...]
Vertigo’s multi award-winning graphic novel Daytripper by São Paulo twin brothers Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá takes its readers into an intimate journey through life and Brazil.
The week of August 8th,2011 marks the halfway point of Coroflot Genius Gallery, and Wagner Campelo had his work highlighted:
Casa Rex, one of the most creative and renowned design agencies in Brazil, with branches in São Paulo and London, has just won another award by the American magazine Communication Arts. This is one of the most acclaimed design awards in the world [...]
Bruno R. Padovano, Suzana M. Sacchi Padovano and Alessandro Sacchi Padovano of Padovano Arquitetura em Rede Ltda received the Gold Medal at IDSA’s IDEA 2010 Awards in the Environments Category [...]
The artwork for the January/2010 issue cover was produced at Gráfica Fidalga in São Paulo, one of the city’s last remaining letterpress workshops [...]