Português do Brasil
Cada cabeça, uma sentença
Rico Lins illustrate Folha de São Paulo’s Ilustríssima, with intellectuals testimonials about the political moment in Brazil. Read the news at Folha’s website. Sunday, April 10, 2016.
No Words Posters
Rico Lins and about 100 renowned designers were invited to participate in the book No Words Posters Armando Milani, among them Milton Glaser, Stefan Sagmaister, Alain le Quernec, Uwe Loesh, Niklaus Troxler and Isidro Ferrer.
There are posters where there is no shadow of doubt, regardless of verbal messages. For more sophisticated and ambiguous that the image articulation can be — and the mastery of graphic language — inks, shapes and colors take possession of the generous paper surface that receives them, leaving a definitive, irreversible mark.
Always impressed me the ability that the poster has to work with so many issues in synthetic and personal ways, where the artist’s style is not felt as a trap but as something that frees . This reflection confronts us with what I consider one of the main challenges and consequently creative stimuli: the balance between freedom and limits.
I think it is that friction that generates the great energy of the poster and what makes it so universal: to show that with a few notes one can make a symphony.
Rico Lins
Trabalhos selecionados para Bienal Brasileira de Design Gráfico
Marginal Heroes and Casa do Saber catalogues were selecteds for Brazilian Biennial of Graphic Design!
Design para todos?
The exhibition brings together twenty posters developed with the theme of the fifth edition of the BrazilianDesign Biennial – Design For All – carrying in its almost homonymous title a provocative question mark precisely to instigate reflection and questioning visitors about its relevance.
To contribute to a healthy diversity of views and visual language, twenty names of different generations and professional market segments were invited Being based in nine states of the country, what they all have in common is – besides the presence of praise in the current Brazilian design scenario, communication and arts – the ability to articulate a critical discourse through a piece, so concise, impactful and now increasingly multiplatform, such as a poster.
The development process of the posters included a Creative Workshop immersion held over three days in September 2014 at Il Bell Resort in Jurerê, Florianópolis, where the posters and the curators were able to discuss the different realities and needs of users of a design project in our contemporary society.
the result is a strong set of communication pieces that incorporates the same plurality evoked in many aspects and recipients of Design for All: to clarify, discomfort or inspire the visitors.
Good reflecting.
Bruno Porto e Rico Lins, Curators
Rico Lins integra o livro Linha do tempo do design gráfico do Brasil
Rico Lins is on the list of artists that compose the book “Linha do tempo do design gráfico no Brasil” (Graphic design timeline in Brazil). The most comprehensive survey ever conducted on the activity in the country. Two centuries of production, ranging from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century, a visual testimony to the history of Brazil in this period. Organized by Chico Homem de Melo, and Elaine Ramos, he consumed three years of research in the mapping of books, magazines, newspapers, signs, posters, records, postage stamps and banknotes. The book, which definitely puts Brazil in the panorama of world graphic design, is a compulsory reference for researchers, students and design professionals, advertising and visual arts, and is also a fascinating record of Brazilian visual culture.
Rico Lins integrates the book Linha do tempo do design gráfico do Brasil
Rico Lins is on the list of artists that compose the book “Linha do tempo do design gráfico no Brasil” (Graphic design timeline in Brazil). The most comprehensive survey ever conducted on the activity in the country. Two centuries of production, ranging from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century, a visual testimony to the history of Brazil in this period. Organized by Chico Homem de Melo, and Elaine Ramos, he consumed three years of research in the mapping of books, magazines, newspapers, signs, posters, records, postage stamps and banknotes. The book, which definitely puts Brazil in the panorama of world graphic design, is a compulsory reference for researchers, students and design professionals, advertising and visual arts, and is also a fascinating record of Brazilian visual culture.
Rico at Meggs` History of Graphic Design
Rico Lins was included in the 5th edition of the classic Meggs’ History of Graphic Design, recently released in the United States. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011, by Philip Meggs and Alston Purvis)
Since its first edition in 1983 the work is considered by its extension and pioneering historical research, one of the leading publications in the field, keeping as a key reference for the quality and scope in each edition. In addition to the graphic quality, the book’s main quality systematization and update historical graphic design – essentially ephemeral – from pre-history of typography to digital and interactive, examining and illustrating the most important schools, movements and design professionals. Among the projects that become part of the publication are posters and magazine covers developed by Rico Lins in Brazil and Europe.