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Francisco Laranjo

MA work

MA work

Graphic design broadens, merges and blurs its boundaries every second. With this reality, a designer's identity is lost, contaminating society with even more ambiguity.

My goal is to reduce this ambiguity, generating work that can simultaneously inform, suggest and criticise. I aim to generate discussion, promote social awareness, while exploring and researching what I believe to be the same thing: theory and practice.

Info

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Communication

    Programme

    MA Visual Communication, 2008

  • Graphic design broadens, merges and blurs its boundaries every second. With this reality, a designer's identity is lost, contaminating society with even more ambiguity.

    My goal is to reduce this ambiguity, generating work that can simultaneously inform, suggest and criticise. I aim to generate discussion, promote social awareness, while exploring and researching what I believe to be the same thing: theory and practice.

  • Degrees

  • BA (Hons) Communication Design, Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Oporto, Portugal, 2004
  • Experience

  • Designer, Imaginaid Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007 to present; Designer, Sagmeister, Inc., New York, USA, 2006; Designer, poster and identity of film Espelho Mágico, by Manoel de Oliveira (Venice Film Festival), Porto, Portugal, 2005 \n \n
  • Awards

  • Joint First Prize, Experimental Design - Lisbon Biennial/Superbock Design Award, Portugal, 2005; Certificate of Excellence, Book Design, Print Magazine, USA, 2007