Oscar Maia is a Visual Designer based in Porto, Portugal. With expertise in Communication Design, he’s been actively working and collaborating with fellow designers and studios from around the globe since 2008. Until 2014 he was part of former Atelier Martino&Jaña’s core team. He then started collaborating as a Senior Designer with White Studio before deciding to work freelance in 2017. In 2019 he began collaborating with NYC studio &Walsh and has been practicing his trade with a wide range of clients dedicated to the cultural and commercial fields ever since.
Specialised in developing creative strategies applied in print, editorial, branding systems, and digital design projects, his work is recognised as aesthetically simple and bold, with a steady balance between great attention to detail, strong use of typography, and composition.
EXPERTISE:
ART DIRECTION
BOOK DESIGN
NEWSPAPER DESIGN
MAGAZINE DESIGN
POSTER DESIGN
VISUAL IDENTITY
TYPOGRAPHY
BRANDING & STRATEGY
CONCEPTS
PACKAGING
EXHIBITION DESIGN
WEBSITE DESIGN
EXPERIENCE:
JUNE 2017 → CURRENT
OSCAR MAIA
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
& ART DIRECTOR
MAY 2019 → MAY 2020
&WALSH
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
OCTOBER 2014 → MAY 2017
WHITE STUDIO
(STUDIO EDUARDO AIRES)
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
JUNE 2008 → AUGUST 2014
ATELIER MARTINO&JAÑA
(NON-VERBAL CLUB)
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
ARTICLES & FEATURES:
PUBLICATIONS:
INSPO FINDS 2018
GRAPHIS DESIGN ANNUAL 2017
SLANTED MAGAZINE N.º 27
COLOURLESS, VICTIONARY 2017
VINTAGE MODERN, SANDU PUBLISHING 2017
STOP, THINK, GO, DO, ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS 2012
TYPOGRAPHY 31, TDC 2010
TURNING PAGES, GESTALTEN 2010
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Oscar Maia is a Visual Designer based in Porto, Portugal. With expertise in Communication Design, he’s been actively working and collaborating with fellow designers and studios from around the globe since 2008. Until 2014 he was part of former Atelier Martino&Jaña’s core team. He then started collaborating as a Senior Designer with White Studio before deciding to work freelance in 2017. In 2019 he began collaborating with NYC studio &Walsh and has been practicing his trade with a wide range of clients dedicated to the cultural and commercial fields ever since.
Specialised in developing creative strategies applied in print, editorial, branding systems, and digital design projects, his work is recognised as aesthetically simple and bold, with a steady balance between great attention to detail, strong use of typography, and composition.
EXPERTISE:
PUBLICATIONS:
ARTICLES & FEATURES: