Bruta revives Blockschrift, a German grotesque released in 1897 by the Genzsch & Heyse foundry, marked by monolinear strokes and low contrast. From this reference, the project introduces an authorial component tied to the materiality of concrete, cement and raw…
Category: Course Projects and Assignments
Installations
Installations is a biannual magazine devoted to installation art in the contemporary scene, aimed at artists, curators and anyone interested in art and visual culture.
Judge By the Cover
Judged by the Cover is an informative visual catalog exploring the intersection of music and design through 200 iconic album covers, selected for their relevance or controversy.
Reescreve a Tradição Rejeita a Conversão
The campaign “Rewrite Tradition, Reject Conversion” turns research on SOCE (sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts) into a visual response aimed at both queer and Catholic communities, seeking to raise awareness in both without gratuitous provocation.
Gesto e Memória: Bordado da Madeira
This archive-book, developed for the Project course, responds to the brief for a large-scale personal project. It documents and graphically explores Madeira embroidery through a visual essay on gesture and memory, both deeply present in the embroidery process.
Arquivos de Gestos
The starting point was the side view of the page edges of well-used sketchbooks, overflowing with textures and colors that naturally form a mark. Developed for Advanced Studies in Editorial Design and Typography, in response to a brief for a…
Sem Algumas
Sem Algumas (“Without Some”) is a book investigating the invisibility of women’s work in Portuguese design — work that existed but was never signed, archived or cited.
Página Inicial
“Página Inicial” (Home Page) proposes a reading of Google Doodles as small visual interruptions of an everyday interface. The project moves these images from screen to book, turning a digital, ephemeral and functional experience into a physical, sequential and interactive…
HUNT The Russian Taiga
The brief called for a publication that does not rely on text to explore a theme in a subversive way. The starting theme is the world’s largest boreal forest, in Siberia, Russia.
Little Red Riding Hood: A Call for Heresy in Book Design
Developed in parallel with the Methodologies course, theoretical research was a fundamental part of the graphic creation. The object explores ways to promote active, critical reading by subverting the norms of editorial design.