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 [...]
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.
Adélia Borges, Bruno Porto and Fred Gelli are among the distinguished professionals and academics from more than 40 countries that will join “Design at the Edges: 2011 IDA Congress” in Taipei from 24-26 October. Curator and writer Borges will deliver a lecture on Latin American projects concerning social innovation; Gelli will present the Olympic Games Rio 2016 branding and participate as panellist in the session “Urbanism – Shaping Cities through Urban Design Strategies”; and Porto will be a Category Presenter for the 2011 Adobe Design Achievement Awards ceremony.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Gilvan José Meira Lins Samico (Recife, Pernambuco, 1928- ). Engraver, painter, draughtsman, lecturer. In 1952, together with other artists, Gilvan Samico founded the Ateliê Coletivo [Collective Studio] of the Sociedade de Arte Moderna do Recife – SAMR [Recife Modern Art Society], conceived by Abelardo da Hora (1924). Gilvan studied wood engraving with Lívio Abramo (1903 – 1992) in 1957 at the Escola de Artesanato [School of Crafts] of the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – MAM/SP [São Paulo Museum of Modern Art]
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 [...]
Jair de Souza, Daniela Thomas, Felipe Tassara, Mauro Munhoz and Leonel Kaz received the Gold Medal at IDSA’s IDEA 2010 Awards in the Entertainment Category for Museu do Futebol [...]
HOW Magazine has awarded São Paulo / London based Casa Rex for three different projects in its HOW 2010 International Design Awards.