Covers by CasaRex for the Contemporary Art and Education" series promoted by AEP - Art Education Productions

As a winner in 2009 for the project developed for the Cool Readings book collection (Editora Biruta) and for the book “Our Movie” (Edições Jogo de Amarelinha) in 2010, this year Casa Rex has been acknowledged in the Miscellaneous Company Literature category, for the visual identity that was created for the circle of debates about Contemporary Art and Education promoted by AEP – Art Education Productions.

Casa Rex's "Contemporary Art and Education" brochure interior

In order to develop the illustrations for the programme, Casa Rex made use of seventeenth-century engravings of imaginary animals, created to play with the illusions that people often have about contemporary art: “Generally the subject of contemporary art is viewed as being almost as strange as a seven-headed animal. The concept of portraying fictional animals has been used as a way of making light of these perceptions.” says Gustavo Piqueira, head of the agency as well as the creative director on the project, together with Samia Jacintho.

Casa Rex's "Contemporary Art and Education" Poster

The project has been selected as one of the winning entries out of more than 4000 submissions and it will be featured in the September/ October 2011 issue of the Communication Arts Magazine Design Annual 52 Awards (http://www.commarts.com/annuals/2011-Design/winners).

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REX Design Awarded by Communication Arts Magazine (source: Dexigner)

The design developed for tweens’ books “Leituras Descoladas” collection (“Cool Readings” collection), has rendered another international award for REX Design.

The brazilian design agency has been selected by Communication Arts Magazine among many design agencies around the globe to be on the magazine’s Design Annual 50.

To celebrate their 50th anniversary, Communication Arts Magazine is going to release on November-December of this year, a special edition of their well-known Design Annual and their 2009′s jury awarded REX Design’s project of “Leituras Descoladas” book collection to be a part of it.

The agency has stood out as it brings a whole new point-of-view to the early teen’s literature, creating a contemporary language, much more connected to the youth.

“Our idea was to propose a new paradigm of teen literature and a complementary narrative, more adjusted to the visual repertory of current teenagers,” said Gustavo Piqueira, REX’s partner, that together with Samia Jacintho, has illustrated the books.

via REX Design Awarded by Communication Arts Magazine | Dexigner.

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