The Porto Design Summer School is an intensive two week workshop led by renowned international graphic designers where participants can explore the creative possibilities of editorial design, by examining typographic systems, hierarchy and composition, narrative structure, navigation, cover design, editing and notions of authorship.

About to embark on our 6th edition, one of the aspects of the course with which we are the happiest is its truly international nature. Over the past five editions we have welcomed participants from all over the world – United States, UK, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Russia, Greece, South Africa, Australia, New Zeaand, India, Thailand, China, South Korea and Portugal. They have included design students at the beginning of their journey to experienced professionals, all looking to expand their outlooks and take a break from their routines.

The course sets out a practical outcome for each participant in the form of an individual editorial project that develops personal interests. The aim is to expand technical and conceptual skills and thus move participants closer to finding a unique outlook and signature as a graphic designer.

Course fees include tuition, lectures, individual accommodation, and all programme receptions. We welcome students and professionals alike, and anyone who has a real passion for editorial design.

Join graphic designers from around the world in Portugal this summer in a unique learning experience – a two week practice-based course that focuses on editorial design.

Visit www.idiomatic.pt for full details. Application deadline: 31st May 2018.

Porto DesignSummer School

2018 Edition2–15 July

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Porto DesignSummer School

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Porto DesignSummer School

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Andrew Howard is a British graphic designer, educator, curator, and design writer who has lived in Portugal since 1993. He is the founder of the Porto Design Summer School, and of Studio Andrew Howard, that specialises in editorial and exhibition design work for cultural and educational institutions, receiving international awards over the years from the New York Type Directors Club, the Art Directors Club of America, and The International Society of Typographic Designers, among others. In 2009 he devised and became course director of the MA in Communication Design at the Escola Superior de Artes e Design (ESAD) in Porto, where he has lectured for over 20 years. He is responsible for the Personal Views international conference series which since 2003 has bought together over 50 of the world’s leading designers and design educators in a unique forum to discuss the changing boundaries of contemporary design practice. He is one of the original signatories of the First Things First Manifesto 2000, and has written for numerous international design publications. He is author of the book Gateways: International book cover design.

Hamish Muir completed his design education at the Basel School of Design in 1981 where he studied under Armin Hofmann and Wolfgang Weingart. Muir was co-founder of 8vo (1985–2001), a London-based studio which established a considerable international reputation for its typographically-led work. From 1989–1994, 8vo designed over forty exhibition catalogues and posters for Wim Crouwel as client during Crouwel’s tenure as Director of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. Muir was co-editor of Octavo, journal of typography (1986–1992) which has recently been fully documented in ‘Octavo Redux’, a 342 page book published by Unit Editions. Since 2001, Muir has taught part-time on the BA (Hons) Graphic and Media Design programme at the London College of Communication (formerly the LCP). In 2010, Hamish co-founded MuirMcNeil with Paul McNeil. MuirMcNeil’s activities are focussed on exploring parametric systems in typographic design. MuirMcNeil received ISTD Premier Awards for their work in both 2011 and 2014.

Ronnie Fueglister (CH)Andrew Howard (UK/PT) Hamish Muir (UK) Sonya Dyakova (RU)

Ronnie Fueglister is a Swiss graphic designer specialising in book design, typography and type design. He studied at ECAL (Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne) and at the Basel School of Design where he graduated in 2005, as well as at Zurich University of the Arts where he graduated on Advanced Studies in Type Design in 2013. Between 2008 and 2013 he worked in collaboration with Studio Sport in Basel / Zurich, where he focused on cultural clients. As independent graphic designer he designed the corporate identity for LISTE Performance Project 2013 and 2014, the visual identity of Portikus in Frankfurt and a new website for Kunsthalle Basel. As a specialist in typography and book design he has worked together for artists such as Mike Bouchet and Paul McCarthy, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Miriam Cahn, Bruce Nauman, Mandla Reuter, Amy Sillman, Hannah Weinberger and many more. He teaches workshops at the University of Applied Arts Dusseldorf, Basel School of Design, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, SUPSI Lugano and Design Academy Eindhoven.

Sonya Dyakova is an art director and graphic designer, who studied and began her career in San Francisco. She is the founder of Atelier Dyakova, a multi-disciplinary, award winning visual communication agency in London. Clients include museums, galleries, cultural institutions, restaurants and fashion brands, currently with clients such as Vitra Design Museum, Noma, Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth and Fondation Cartier. Previously Sonya worked with Vince Frost and Kerr|Noble, before joining Phaidon Press in 2005, where she worked closely with the iconic British designer Alan Fletcher. At Phaidon she was responsible for the design of a wide range of books, from contemporary art and design to architecture and photography. Her approach is strongly rooted in conceptual and typographic experimentation developed through research with special attention to tactile details. In 2011 Sonya re-designed frieze magazine and was the publication’s art director for 5 years. She created Frieze Masters and Guestbook magazines. In 2011 she received a Grand Prix from the Tokyo Type Directors Club. In 2013 she became a member of AGI, Alliance Graphique Internationale.

Porto DesignSummer School

2018 Edition2–15 July

2013 Jonathan Barnbrook (UK) Jessica Helfand (USA)Andrew Howard (UK/PT) Hamish Muir (UK)

2014 Jessica Helfand (USA)Andrew Howard (UK/PT) Hamish Muir (UK)

2015 Jessica Helfand (USA)George Hardie (UK)Andrew Howard (UK/PT) Hamish Muir (UK)

2016 Jessica Helfand (USA)Andrew Howard (UK/PT) Hamish Muir (UK)Adrian Shaughnessy (UK)

2017 Catherine Griffiths (NZ)Andrew Howard (UK/PT) Hamish Muir (UK)David Pearson (UK)

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