We dove super-deep into the process, to achieve something amazing for the museum and something that might take the studio in new direction as a whole. Mingei's redesign project was a lifetime opportunity. How did the typography drive the design treatments for Mingei?
The Mingei Mono spaced font is truly inspired by a fixed width, square after square. The whole dress is a super interesting grid system. It is an exquisite art/craft piece in that the square intersections combined create this amazing grid. Tell us how elements of Mingei's collection inspired the typography.Ī cigar dress caught my attention since the beginning of the project. His projects have been presented worldwide, and he has taught at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, Bauhaus University in Weimar and locally at San Diego State University. He then started his own studio in Rio before completing a Masters in Type Design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, The Netherlands, then continued working in type, design and art in both commercial and educational sectors.
Born in Brasilia and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Augusto initially trained as a graphic designer before studying photography at the School of Visual Arts.
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