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Luiz Carlos Barreto lifetime achievements highlighted in the New York Times

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 highlights the work of PintassilgoPrints

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”.

Inspired Mag highlights the visualization work of Brazilian Designers

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 [...]

Brazilian Adman Washington Olivetto’s Life Will Be a Movie

Brazil’s top creatives are treated like rock stars, so its no surprise that Washington Olivetto is about to have a movie made of his life. Mr. Olivetto, whose W/Brasil agency merged with McCann Erickson in Brazil last year to form W/McCann, was one of the first larger-than-life Brazilian creatives to start his own agency, create iconic ad characters and become part of the country’s popular culture [...]

Brazilian venture featured as one of “The best places to find artistic inspiration online” by TNW

In an attempt to spark the familiar flame of innovation, you find yourself Googling keywords like “cool artwork” or “inspiring designs”. Sadly, these desperate attempts to revive your creative juices yield regurgitated and over-promoted results that fall just short of your expectations. If you find yourself desperately trying to get past that creative road block, look no further: among their many readers suggestions, The Next Web (TNW) picked We Heart it as one of their favorites [...]

Daytripper is a stunning one way ticket to Brazilian stories, lifestyle and souls

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.

Brazilian designer featured on Coroflot Genius Gallery “Eyes On the Prize”

The week of August 8th,2011 marks the halfway point of Coroflot Genius Gallery, and Wagner Campelo had his work highlighted:

For the 3rd consecutive time, CasaRex Receives a Communication Arts Award

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 [...]

Trabalho Gráfica Urbano para o Bairro do Bixiga wins Gold Medal from IDSA’s 2010 IDEA awards

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 [...]

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