A PhD thesis of the notorious Brazilian illustrator and professor Rui de Oliveira, transformed by design into a high standard edition. This book won awards of The Best Theorical Book by FNLIJ and Best Secondary Literature form Brazilian Academy of Letters both in 2009.
As a central concept to the design in this project are the Italian humanism, Florentine art, and the European aesthetic revolution which are the major references of the authors work.
As a central concept to the design in this project are the Italian humanism, Florentine art, and the European aesthetic revolution which are the major references of the authors work.
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About the design of this book written by Ana Sofia. At his request, it was included a special seccion “Sobre o design...” "About the design...", in which we detail the book’s graphic conceptualization. This opened a precedent after which other publishers started to ask for the same "About the design..." in other well designed books.
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