Carolina Giovagnoli

Type Designer, Custom Lettering, Graphic Designer

Berlin, Germany
I’m a freelance designer from Rosario, Argentina based in Berlin. I hold an specialization in Typeface Design from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I currently am a guest professor. Since 2008 I run my own studio, focused in editorial design. I’m also co-founder and partner at Huerta Tipográfica —an independent font foundry established in 2010—, where I specialise in researching, creating and developing innovative typefaces, custom type design and advisory for external projects. I have a particular interest in language issues, specially native languages from Latin America. Andada ht, the typeface I designed as part of her specialization, was awarded with the BID_10 prize at the 2010 competition. I have given lectures and workshop in type design and typography in Argentina and Europe. My work has been part of several exhibitions such as Tipos Latinos (Latin America), MAMM (Argentina), MDML (Portugal), BID (Spain).

Work Experience

Huerta Tipográfica

Co-founder

March 2009 - Present

GDD/El Paso

Senior Designer

Editorial design, branding, packaging
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Fontana Diseño

Guest Designer

Identity Communication
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tridimage

Guest Designer

Packaging Design Identity
Buenos Aires, Argentina

ABA Diseño

Senior Designer

Editorial Design
Buenos Aires, Argentina

El Visor (Newspaper)

Art Director

Editorial Design
Rosario, Argentina

Education

Escuela Superior De Diseño Gráfico N49

Bachelor of Graphic Design

March 1994 - November 1998 Rosario, Argentina

Universidad De Buenos Aires (UBA)

Post-Graduate Type Design

March 2008 - December 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Languages

English (Conversational),
Italian (Conversational),
Spanish (Native),

Awards

Bienal Tipos Latinos

Misceláneas • Robots ht

2014

BID 2010

Premio Diseño Gráfico

2010

Bienal De Tipos Latinos

Diseño con Fuentes Latinoamericanas

2010

Bienal Tipos Latinos

Diseño con Fuentes Latinoamericanas

2012

Bienal De Tipos Latinos

Tipografía para texto, Familia

2012

Museo Municipal De Arte Moderno De Mendoza

La visualidad de las palabras

2013

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Branding, Editorial Design, Glyphs, Packaging, Caligraphy, FontLab Studio, Typography,