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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
HOW Magazine has awarded São Paulo / London based Casa Rex for three different projects in its HOW 2010 International Design Awards.
Advertising campaign created by Curitiba based Heads Propaganda for the Electrolux Facile high pressure washer illustrated by distinguished Brazilian comic book artist Joe Bennett is featured in Lürzer’s Archive magazine.
Bruce Sterling has recently post an article about Galeria Choque Cultural in the “Beyond the Beyond” column at Wired Magazine [...]
Slovakia’s magazine Stripburger dedicated its issue #54 to alternative Brazilian comics, featuring Allan Sieber, Clayton Junior, D. W. Ribatski, Fabio Zimbres, Gabriel Goes, Jaca, Laura Teixeira, Mateus Acioli and Rafael Sica, an interview with DSalete and cover art by Daniel Bueno.
John Barrat spent some time in Brazil earlier this year to attend of the IDEA/Brazil Award jury. He shared some of his impressions of Brazilian Design with Fast Company magazine, including a retrospect since 2008, when Brazil made history with 12 award wins in the U.S., a feat never achieved by any South American country [...]