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JMBEZERRA DE SOUZA

Founder:José Marconi Bezerra de Souza

Editor:Natália Bastos Zandomingo

Director of Digital Media:ProSite

Text Editor:José Marconi Bezerra de Souza

Director HR and Administration:Natália Bastos Zandomingo

Director of Planning and Control:www.behance.net/jose-de-souza/frame

Contacts

E-mailmarconi2006@googlemail.com

Another Addresswww.behance.net/jose-de-souza/frame

Digital Media:jose-de-souza.prosite.com/14991/gallery

Videos:www.youtube.com/user/marconidesigner

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JM BEZZERRA DA SILVA DISCOVERYear I / Number 1 is a biannual publication of the digital work of José Marconi Bezerra de Souza freely distributed throughout the country.

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page 9pictorial cards for alternative comunication

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josé marconi bezerra de souza

who am I?Besides background in industrial and footwear design, my main expertise is on instructional illustrations, but I am also able to create expressive or artistic images (mixed media). My objective for the next years is to join my craft skills as illustrator (handrawn mainly) with my scientific knowledge on how to design effective graphic and cinematographic instructions.Fifteen years experience as university lecturer including a short experience as teacher assistant at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication (The University of Reading, UK). I have made presentations about the graphic representation of dynamic events in USA (Philadelphia and Atlanta) and UK (Wrexham, Cambridge, Greenwich and Reading), where my audience included technical communicators, information designers and illustrators.

Experience:January 2009, Federal University Paraná, Information Designer Lecturer

Education:Sep 2004 – Sep 2008, Reading, UK Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading, PhD

Skillslecturer, Illustrator, Designer, Instructor, re-searcher

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COLLECTION AND “SHOW AND TELL” ABOUT ILLUSTRATED MANUALSCollection of i l lustrated manuals that was developed during my PhD years at Reading (UK).

This is a small sample of my collection of more than 300 illustrated manuals. The start point was my PhD research, which has a chapter on “graphic representations of motion for instructional purposes”. Besides working as a source of ideas, the collection became a topic of “show and tell” presentations at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication (The University of Reading, United Kingdom) and Department of Design (Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil).

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BEZERRA DA SILVA

Bezer ra da Si lva is a popu la r Braz i l ian music ian famous by h is sambas and ly r ics about R io de Janei ro’s shanty towns cha racters and thei r ma rg ina l l i fe

HERMETO PASCOAL

Por t ra it of Hermeto Pascoa l, a h igh ly creat ive Braz i l ian music ian, composer and mu lt i-i ns t rumenta l i s t, he is known among h is pa i r as The Sorcerer.

PIXINGUINHA

Pix ingu inha is a Braz i l ian composer, i s cons idered one of the g reates t Braz i l ian composers of popu la rmusic, pa r t icu la rly w ith in the gen re of music known as choro.

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ZÉ RAMALHO

My homage to a Braz i l ian s inger and composer: Zé Rama lho. The i l lus t rat ion is based on photog raph ies for the cover of h is new CD “Zé Rama lho s ings Beat les”.

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS

Heitor Vi l la-Lobos was a Braz i l ian composer, descr ibed as “the s ingle most s ign i f icant creat ive f igu re in 20th-centu ry Braz i l ian a r t music”

RAUL SEIXAS

Was a Braz i l ian rock composer, s i nger, songwr iter and producer. He is somet imes ca l led the “Father of Braz i l ian Rock” and “Ma luco Beleza”

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BRAZILIAN GREATS

Sketches developed by José Marcon i Bezer ra de Souza du r ing 2011 in Cu r it iba and São Pau lo.

URBAN AND MUSICAL SKETCHES

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PICTORIAL CARDS FOR ALTERNATIVE

COMUNICATION

These illustrations were developed for the project

“Communis” sponsored by SENAI (Brazilian organisation that

deals with industrial trai-ning). Communis is a graphic system

formed by printed cards with images and text. It is targeted to

industrial managers who has to deal with employees that have

speech difficulties (e.g. brain damages, intellectual deficiency,

autism). In graphic terms, there is an obvious influence from Otto Neurath and Gerd Arntz work for

the Isotype. However, later on these drawings had to be changed

in order to fit to the in-house designer’s style.

Professions are represented in accordance with their uniform vests.

Family members.

The representation of verbs

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These are design projects that I have developed during my MA (1992, Birmingham City University,

UK) and for Brazilian north east companies (1992-1998). Initially, I was strongly influenced by technological and fashion trends related to sports shoes design (Nike, Reebok and Adidas products). The prototypes of the “Hero Collection” of safety footwear were sponsored by C&J Clark International the biggest British footwear company.Later on, I had the opportunity to work as designer for Brazilian small companies and artisans´s community. “Brazilian North east Sandals” collection was designed to be in tune with local needs and aesthetic expressions, tight budget and very limited technological resources.

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FOOTWEAR DESIGNDrawings developed du r ing my Indust r ia l Master Deg ree and job as des igner consu ltant i n Braz i l .

THE NEXT EDITIONRECENT SKETCH BOOK ON HUMAN FACES

josé ma rcon i bezer ra da s i lva e been work ing recent ly (June 2011) on exper imenta l d raw ings of human faces and these a re examples taken f rom h is sketch book.

HOUSE’S FAREWWLL

Homage to ou r Doctor. Since Dr. House is say ing goodbye to us, wwI have decided to express g raph ica l ly my feel i ngs about h im

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