‘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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Graphic Arts, Design and Visual Communication “Made-in-Brazil”, as seen all over the world, BrazilianGraphicDesign.com showcases Brazilian Design / Designers featured abroad in exhibitions, lectures, awards, workshops, events, presentations etc. _original logo (2009) designed with Brazilian typefaces Brasilêro (2001_ Crystian Cruz), Cantador (1997_ Daniel Morena), Folk (2009_ Marcelo Magalhães), UnB Pro (2008_ Gustavo Ferreira) + Samba [...]