Heymikel!

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Hey Mikel! This would probably be how we would greet the artist Miguel Almeida Sousa if we met him on the street. Born in Penafiel and currently living in Oporto, “Heymikel” is a recently graduated graphic designer from “IPCA” in Barcelos, with a passion for illustration. A man who wanted to be many things. That’s probably a somewhat accurate description to an artist who once had many different dreams, and ended up by being something he hadn’t quite imagined before. “The way I came to be a designer was kind of accidental. When I was a kid, I said I wanted to be an engineer (even not knowing what that was), I wanted to be a soccer player and even… Read More →

He won the HKDA (Hong Kong Design Award)

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He won the HKDA (Hong Kong Design Award) last year for his book “P 28”. Modest and hard working, Francisco Elias was interviewed by the BEHANCE PT team about his book, its consequent award and what all this experience meant for him. The P28 Book. Its roots begin in the P28 association, more specifically, in the P28: Association for the Creative and Artistic Development, of which Francisco was a part of one day. But what is the P28 book about? What story does it tell us? This is a book that wants to ”make the design invisible, while giving more importance to the content and the creative way it presents itself”. Or at least this is what Francisco Elias, 28… Read More →

Mariana, a Miserável (Mariana, the Miserable One)

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She is a peculiar artist. And she’s peculiar herself. We’re of course talking about Mariana, a Miserável or Mariana, the Miserable One. The BEHANCE PT team decided to interview one of the most young and prominent artists in the graphic design area in Portugal nowadays… And we can say, in the very least, that it was a fun ride.    First of all… Why Mariana, a Miserável (Mariana, the Miserable One)? Although it happened randomly, the name just fit like a glove. I have an annoying karma but I accept it as a good friend, and I celebrate that friendship with drawings. Being miserable it’s in the same day getting both stuck in an elevator, and, sometime later, being pushed to… Read More →