Flávia Nalon, Brazil (2013)
Flávia Nalon graduated as architect at the Universidade de São Paulo (FAU-USP), in Brazil, and completed a Master of Arts in Communication Design at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz...
Read full biographyFlávia Nalon graduated as architect at the Universidade de São Paulo (FAU-USP), in Brazil, and completed a Master of Arts in Communication Design at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz (FH Mainz), in Germany. In 2003 she founded with Fábio Prata ps.2 arquitetura + design, a studio that creates and develops graphic design projects for both print and digital media. The studio is mainly involved on projects for clients within the cultural field: visual identity, environmental and exhibition graphics, wayfinding, editorial design and websites. ps.2 has received over 100 national and international prizes, including the German ‘best of the best’ red dot award and TDC New York and Tokyo awards, and was twice chosen as ‘studio of the year’ by the Latin American Design Awards. The studio has been published and exhibited worldwide, in countries such as Brazil, Germany, England, France, The Netherlands, USA, Mexico and Japan. Flávia teaches, gives talks and workshops regularly.
Exhibitions
ISTD International Typographic Awards Exhibition
2014
Rooftop Foyer, De La Warr Pavilion, East Sussex
AGI Posters International Exhibition
2014
Museu da Língua Portuguesa, São Paulo
Brazil’s 10th Graphic Design Biennial
2013
Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo
III Bienal Ibero-americana de Design
2012
Central de Diseño del Complejo Cultural Matadero Madrid, Madrid
Conversões: Criação/ Mídia/ Linguagem
2009
Senac, São Paulo
Um Cartaz para São Paulo
2009
Centro Maria Antônia, São Paulo
Connexions><Conexões
2009
Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo
Poster Festival Ljubljana ’09
2009
National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana
Creative Art Session
2008
Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki
Brazil’s 9th Graphic Design Biennial
2008
Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo
Brazil’s 8th Graphic Design Biennial
2006
Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo
Brésil à l’Affiche
2005
Les silos - Maison du livre et de l'affiche, Chaumont
Brazil’s 7th Graphic Design Biennial
2004
Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo
Education
Vernacular Type: An Experimental Graphic Reading of the Spontaneous
- Undergraduate
2001 – 2002
- FAU – USP (Brazil)
Research, documentation and graphic experimentation about the existing vernacular typography in the city of São Paulo, valuing the spontaneity and visual opulence contained in this form of expression. Tracing a parallel between the text “Manuelzão e Miguilim”, by Brazilian writer Guimarães Rosa, and the vision of the metropolis’ inhabitant, the result is a book divided in two main parts: type documentation and the free experimentation based on these images.
Gut zum Druck
- Postgraduate
2011 – 2012
- University of Applied Sciences Mainz (Germany)
Having as central issue the emergence of typographic principles and how they can be interpreted, an extensive research gathers thoughts, statements, theories and rules about typography, as well as images of recent works. On the online tool, texts and images are placed side by side and can be sorted by means of different criteria, allowing the analysis of contemporary graphic design from the typographic principles perspective.
Lectures
25º N Design
(2015)
- 25º N Design – Faculdades Integradas Rio Branco, São Paulo, Brazil
Entrevista Aberta ps.2 arquitetura + design
(2015)
- Escola Livre at Itaú Cultural, Brazil
AGI Congress São Paulo
(2014)
- AGI Congress São Paulo, Brazil
Agencies
ps.2 arquitetura + design
2003 – today
www.ps2.com.br
Awards
2014
2013
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
2008
2006
2004
2004
Other Professional Activities
Jury – Poster Contest of the 27th editions of the Prêmio Design Museu da Casa Brasileira; São Paulo, Brazil
– 2013