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Roots: ADG Brasil (Associação dos Designers Gráficos)

By ⋅ November 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

ADG Brasil, founded in 1989, has as its fundamental objectives to promote Brazilian Graphic Design. Acting as a channel between professionals, suppliers, entrepreneurs and the public in general, to affirm the profession’s identity, contributing for the country’s social, cultural and economic development [...]

Kiko Farkas poster exhibition in China

By ⋅ November 15, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Brazilian graphic designer Kiko Farkas gave a talk at the Nanjing Arts Institute on November 10th 2009 during the opening of an exhibition of 50 of his posters for the São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra.

Roots: Ziraldo (1932)

By ⋅ November 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Ziraldo Alves Pinto (Caratinga, Minas Gerais, 1932 – ). Draughtsman, caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and writer. In 1954, he replaced the caricaturist Borjalo (1925 – 2004) on the daily Folha de Minas and contributed to the magazine Binômio. In 1957, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, and in the following year, began to work on the magazine, O Cruzeiro, where, two years later, he created the character, Pererê. In 1963, he began to work for the Jornal do Brasil, and in 1964, for the magazine Pif-Paf, edited by Millôr Fernandes (1923-). He became a member of the founding team of the magazine, O Pasquim, launched in 1969. Since then, he has devoted himself to the publication of children’s books, with many titles, most notable among which are Flicts (1969), O Menino Maluquinho [The Crazy Kid] (1980) and O Bichinho da Maçã [The Little Apple Worm] (1982) [...]

Roots: Duarte, Rogério (1939)

By ⋅ October 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Rogério Duarte started his career as a graphic designer in the 1960s. He had begun his formation in this area by taking the experimental course offered by Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro MAM-RJ [ Rio de Janeiro's Modern Arte Museum]. He worked with Aloísio Magalhães between 1961 and 1962. He is famous for his collaborations with the musicians of the Tropicália movement, especially Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, his book covers and movie posters. In the latter field, he designed the poster of the movie “Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol” (1965) of Glauber Rocha, one of his most famous works.

London Design Festival’s “Brazil Illustrated”, featuring Bruno Kurru, Wagner Pinto and Eduardo Recife

By ⋅ October 12, 2009 ⋅ One comment

‘Brazil Illustrated’ brings together three individual artists — Bruno Kurru, Wagner Pinto and Eduardo Recife — whose work synthesizes the numerous possibilities of the medium in its multiple variations. The exhibition, curated by João Guarantani, concentrates on the possibilities of illustration outside its applied state, before it is appropriated by design and visual communication, and presents an exploration of the most expressive qualities of the medium in its raw state through site-specific installations.

Rogério Duarte exhibition in Australia

By ⋅ October 9, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

For the first time in Australia, Brazilian graphic artist Rogério Duarte will exhibit original examples of art and design including his acclaimed album covers and film posters at The Narrows, within the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival.

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.

Discover the Brazilian Cinema

By ⋅ October 2, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The Discover the Brazilian Cinema poster exhibition was presented in Art Scene Gallery in Shanghai in June 2007 featuring original posters by 30 Brazilian visual artists and 10 Chinese visual communication students. This exhibition, accompanying the Focus on Brazil (the Brazilian film exhibition taking place within this week’s tenth Shanghai International Film Festival) is a true visual carnival. The idea was to take forty designers, artists, illustrators, and photographers spanning all generations and regions of Brazil, and ask them to create an original collection of posters for famous Brazilian films. The collection in turn aims to introduce China, a country with an equally distinctive cultural flavor, to the richness and beauty that Brazilian cinema has to offer [...]

9th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial goes to China

By ⋅ October 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The 9th issue of the biggest graphic design event in South America, featuring almost 300 Brazilian graphic design projects – from visual identity systems and packaging to posters and typeface design – will be exhibited during the 2009 Shanghai International Creative Industry Week from October 15th–21st, and at the Beijing Icograda World Congress from October 26th–30th.

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