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9th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial goes to Mexico

By ⋅ November 4, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, the Franz Mayer Museum, the National Association of Schools of Graphic Design (Frame), the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes and the Mexican Council for Accreditation of Program Design (Comaprod) are bringing the 9th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial to Mexico, with lectures by André Stolarski and Chico Homem de Melo [...]

Alexandre Wollner featured in the “Distinguished Lecture Series” of the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

By ⋅ November 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Graphic designer Alexandre Wollner will lecture on November 5 at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, during the “Visual Communication” conference. In the lecture — part of the “Distinguished Lecture Series” of the School of Art, Design and Media, Wollner will present his own work and discuss the history of design, its origins, evolution, influences, creative process, practice and principles in the context of Brazilian culture [...]

Brazilian design featured on Computer Arts Magazine’s “Viva Brasil” article

By ⋅ October 27, 2009 ⋅ One comment

By producing work rich with feeling and a growing sense of sophistication, Brazil has begun to turn up the creative heat. According to Computer Arts magazine, the world of graphic design is waiting to see what happens next [...]

Brazilian Design at the New York’s MoMA Store

By ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Museum of Modern Art’s Design Store has been running regionally-sourced collections in their retails shops and online. Currently they’ve got an excellent array of products from Korea, and next up they’ll be bringing work from Brazil. The collection focuses on locally sourced materials—many of them environmentally-minded—like coconut, eucalyptus, and Brazilian white clay. The objects range in scale from small jewelry and vases to stools and even a large lounge chair designed by the Campana Brothers [...]

São Paulo’s Modern Art Museum “Brazilian Design Today: Frontiers”

By ⋅ October 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

With Brazilian designers and companies like F. Akasaka and Melissa helping to put Brazil on the map for design (not just street art), there’s a lot of talent that’s on the brink of making it big, which is the subject of the exhibit “Brazilian Design Today: Frontiers.” [...]

“Brazilian Design Classics”, according to UK’s the Guardian

By ⋅ October 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Think Brazilian design and the first things that spring to mind may well be plastic flip-flops and miniscule beachwear. But there is more to Brazilian style than Carmen Miranda’s fruit basket headgear [...]

UK’s The Guardian highlights the work of young Brazilian designers in the article “Artistry in the Blood”

By ⋅ October 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Brazilian design, from fashion to architecture, is usually recognised simply for its flamboyance, but it is only recently that its unusual mix of influences is being embraced for its inventiveness, originality and sheer diversity [...]

DINGBATS BRASIL

By ⋅ October 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

DINGBATS BRASIL is an exhibition that features the first decade (1996-2006) of Brazil’s production of digital pictorial alphabets – the dingbats – through thirty-five projects by 22 prominent contemporary designers. The fonts can be seen in its blog , which also to keeps track of the upcoming Brazilian symbol fonts.

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