welcome to fermello.org

my name is fernando de mello vargas, I am
a graphic designer and illustrator from
são paulo, brazil.

i'm currently freelancing with typedesign,
illustration and graphic design in London
after being approved with a distinction from
the ma typeface design programme at
the university of reading, uk

here you will find a cv and portfolio,
gathered in the same PDF file.

and here you will find a PDF specimen
for Frida, the typeface created during the
course, as well as an essay on spacing methods
written during the course (a dissertation on the
evolution of Tamil typedesign coming soon).


—BREAKING NEWS!—
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Frida recently won 2 international prizes: one of the TDC Prizes at Tokyo TDC 2008, and one of the eight "Constancia de Excelencia" (work of excelence) in the Tipos Latinos 2008 Bienial.

Besides of attending the award ceremony in Tokyo on the 7th of April, on the 6th I will make a presentation of the typeface creation during the TDC DAY 2008 forum, also in Tokyo.

Frida is also recently featured in Smashing Magazine's list of 60 Brilliant Typefaces for Corporate Design.

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for photos, visit my flickr page
for music, visit my last.fm page
you may also find me on facebook
for an old portfolio (portuguese only), click here