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Lygia Pires is a graphic designer and visual artist based in Brazil. She has qualification in Fashion Design from the Faculdade Santa Marcelina, Graphic Design and Motion Graphics from the Panamericana School of Art and Design, and Drawing and Illustration from the Quanta Academy of Arts. She is currently a freelancer and works out of her own studio producing lettering, illustration, calligraphy and design pieces for big national and international names like Louis Vuitton, Mont Blanc, Budweiser, and Puma, to name just a few.
She also teaches calligraphy and lettering courses across Brazil as well as online since 2015. Her work has been published in the Australian book Typism in editions 5, 6, and 7. In 2020, she received the Communication Arts Typography Award of Excellence and the Type Directors Club New York (TDC 66) Certificate of Typographic Excellence.
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Lygia Pires é designer gráfica e artista visual, que vive em Itu/ São Paulo, Brasil .Ela é formada em Desenho de Moda pela Faculdade Santa Marcelina, Design Gráfico e Motion Graphics pela Escola Panamericana de Arte e Design e em Desenho e Ilustração pela Quanta Academia de Artes. Atua como freelancer em seu próprio estúdio, produzindo trabalhos de caligrafia, lettering, ilustração e design, atendendo grandes clientes nacionais e internacionais como Louis Vuitton, Mont Blanc, Budweiser, Puma, entre outros.
Atualmente, ministra cursos de caligrafia e lettering em diversas cidades do Brasil e online desde 2015. Teve trabalhos publicados no livro australiano Typism (Edições 5, 6 e 7). Em 2020, recebeu o Prêmio de Excelência da Communication Arts Typography 2020 e o Certificado de Excelência Tipográfica do Type Director Club de Nova York (TDC66).
2019
– Typism
“Don’t feed your monsters” – Selected for Publishing in Book 5
– Typism
“Don’t feed your monsters” – Selected for Publishing in Book 5
2020
– Communication Arts Typography 2020 – Award of Excellence
– Communication Arts Typography 2020 – Award of Excellence
– Type Directors Club New York (TDC 66) – Certificate of Typographic Excellence
– Typism
“Você define o que é sucesso” – Selected for Publishing in Book 6
“Você define o que é sucesso” – Selected for Publishing in Book 6
2021
– Typism
“Across the universe” and “Sorrir” – Selected for Publishing in Book 7
– Typism
“Across the universe” and “Sorrir” – Selected for Publishing in Book 7
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Exhibitions
2015
– “Poetry Now”
Portuguese Language Museum – São Paulo
– “Poetry Now”
Portuguese Language Museum – São Paulo
– “MALC” (Open Show of Contemporary Lettering)
Sinlogo Gallery – São Paulo
Sinlogo Gallery – São Paulo
2016
– “Contínua”
Creative Club Festival Brazil – São Paulo
Curation: Norte Agency
– “Contínua”
Creative Club Festival Brazil – São Paulo
Curation: Norte Agency
2018
– “Portraits of Citizenship”
Ministério Público de São Paulo
– “Portraits of Citizenship”
Ministério Público de São Paulo
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Lectures
2016
– “Typography x Lettering x Calligraphy”
Diatipo Curitiba
With Camila Actum, Victor Tognollo, Henrique Beier, Thiago Bellotti and Lygia Pires
2018
– “A Letra Dela Project”
With Aline Kaori and Lygia Pires
– “Typography x Lettering x Calligraphy”
Diatipo Curitiba
With Camila Actum, Victor Tognollo, Henrique Beier, Thiago Bellotti and Lygia Pires
2018
– “A Letra Dela Project”
With Aline Kaori and Lygia Pires
2019
– “What I’ve learned with Lettering”
FMU Design Week
2020
– “Drink and Draw: Lygia Pires”
Diatipo X
– “What I’ve learned with Lettering”
FMU Design Week
2020
– “Drink and Draw: Lygia Pires”
Diatipo X
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Youtube, Podcasts & TV
2019
– Frila Podcast #1
– Frila Podcast #1
2018-2020
– A Letra Dela’s Lives
– A Letra Dela’s Lives
Education
– Faculdade Santa Marcelina – FASM
Bachelor of Fashion Design
2002-2005
Bachelor of Fashion Design
2002-2005
– Quanta Academia de Artes
Drawing
2010
Drawing
2010
– Escola Panamericana de Artes e Design
Graphic Design and Motion Graphics
2012-2014
Graphic Design and Motion Graphics
2012-2014
– Quanta Academia de Artes
Illustration
2014
Illustration
2014
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Workshops
2011
– Foundational – Andrea Branco
– Copperplate – Andrea Branco
– Foundational – Andrea Branco
– Copperplate – Andrea Branco
2012
– Italics – Andrea Branco
– Blackletters (Textura) – Cláudio Gil
– Blackletter (Fraktur) – Cláudio Gil
– Experimental Calligraphy – Yomar Augusto
2013
– Sign Painting – Caetano Calomino
– Lettering – Marina Chaccur
– Brush Calligraphy – Cláudio Gil
– Rulling Pen – Silvia Cordero Vega (Argentina)
– Italics – Andrea Branco
– Blackletters (Textura) – Cláudio Gil
– Blackletter (Fraktur) – Cláudio Gil
– Experimental Calligraphy – Yomar Augusto
2013
– Sign Painting – Caetano Calomino
– Lettering – Marina Chaccur
– Brush Calligraphy – Cláudio Gil
– Rulling Pen – Silvia Cordero Vega (Argentina)
2014
– Brush Pen – Jackson Alves
– Carolingian and Uncial – Cláudio Gil
– Brush Pen – Jackson Alves
– Carolingian and Uncial – Cláudio Gil
2015
– Italic Script – Luca Barcellona (Italy)
– Italic Script – Luca Barcellona (Italy)
2016
– Chalk Lettering – Cristina Pagnoncelli
– Calligraphy with Brush – Guilherme Menga
– Roman Capitals – Cláudio Gil
– Copperplate – Andrea Branco
– Letterpress – Claudio Rocha and Marcos Mello (Oficina Tipográfica São Paulo)
– Calligraphy Expressions – Guilherme Menga
– Chalk Lettering – Cristina Pagnoncelli
– Calligraphy with Brush – Guilherme Menga
– Roman Capitals – Cláudio Gil
– Copperplate – Andrea Branco
– Letterpress – Claudio Rocha and Marcos Mello (Oficina Tipográfica São Paulo)
– Calligraphy Expressions – Guilherme Menga
2017
– Roman Capitals – John Stevens (USA)
– Foundational – Cláudio Gil
– Calligraphy – Style and Composition – Luca Barcellona (Italy)
– Script Lettering – Martina Flor (Argentina / Germany)
– Sign Painting – Victor Tognollo
– Lettering – Yani & Guille (Argentina)
– Roman Capitals – John Stevens (USA)
– Foundational – Cláudio Gil
– Calligraphy – Style and Composition – Luca Barcellona (Italy)
– Script Lettering – Martina Flor (Argentina / Germany)
– Sign Painting – Victor Tognollo
– Lettering – Yani & Guille (Argentina)
2018
– Blackletter Variations – Julian Waters (USA)
– Italic Variations – Julian Waters (USA)
– Spencerian – Christopher Hammerschmidt
– Letterpress (Tupigrafia Edition) – Claudio Rocha (Oficina Tipográfica São Paulo)
– First steps in Type Design – Joana Correa (Portugal)
– Typographic Sketches – Sabrina Lopez (Argentina)
– Blackletter Variations – Julian Waters (USA)
– Italic Variations – Julian Waters (USA)
– Spencerian – Christopher Hammerschmidt
– Letterpress (Tupigrafia Edition) – Claudio Rocha (Oficina Tipográfica São Paulo)
– First steps in Type Design – Joana Correa (Portugal)
– Typographic Sketches – Sabrina Lopez (Argentina)
2019
– Capital Romans – Guilherme Menga
– Watercolor – Renato Palmuti
– Explosive Calligraphy – Maximiliano Sproviero
– Capital Romans – Guilherme Menga
– Watercolor – Renato Palmuti
– Explosive Calligraphy – Maximiliano Sproviero
2020
– Watercolor – Renato Palmuti
– Bruta – Cláudio Gil
– Watercolor – Renato Palmuti
– Bruta – Cláudio Gil
2021
– Empty Space, Womb of Shape – Marina Soria (Argentina)
– Empty Space, Womb of Shape – Marina Soria (Argentina)