Portfolio - Graphic Design

GRAPHIC DESIGN

FERNANDA ALVAREZ LARRAIN

Hello,

Fernanda Alvarez Larrain is a multidisciplinary artist, who principally explores the graphic and visual arts. Currently, she is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in architecture at McGill University. She has recently taken an interest in generative art.

Born in Bolivia, raised in Mexico and based in Montreal, Fernanda’s work reflects a conversation around the different cultural exposures she has received and her observations around them. She utilized digital and traditional media to portray the intersecting dialogue within her.

Techincal Skills

___ Languages

Spanish

English

French

___ Graphic softwares

Photoshop

Illustrator

Indesign

Gravit Designer

Premiere Pro

___ Modelling Softwares

Rhino

Vray

Grashopper

Revit

Sketchup

___ Programming

Python

SUKO Magazine aims to foster dialogue in the hopes of representing historically excluded voices. Through SUKO we hope to create a sanctuary for artists and readers alike, built on a foundation of compassion and awareness.

The position is in charge of the development of SUKO in social media. Responsible to, create and curate an effective content strategy that will actively engage the audience.

Yiara Magazine is a student-run Feminist art publication. Yiara seeks to encourage feminist dialogue within the field of art, we hope to raise critical questions on the art historical canon, study feminist representation, pay tribute to women and figures of the past, explore ideas of gender, and the self and give voice to students concerned with these themes in their work and practice to contribute to the ongoing dialogue of issues raised by intersectional feminism.

I am the leader of the creative team of Yiara Magazine. My responsibilities included defining the aesthetic direction of the volume, developing and overseeing creative projects, and ensuring that all media assets output were cohesive with the volume’s vision. Finally, I was responsible for the graphic design work of the magazine volume 11. This role introduced me to various aspects of the art and design industry, ranging from graphic design and fine arts to managing relationships with artists.

Student association that seeks to create an inclusive and safe environment at school. The association focuses on pointing out and resolving any situation or behavior that promotes gender inequality. In addition, It offers support to victims of gender discrimination.

“THE LOOP OF LIFE”

ZINE

“The Loop of Life”

Supervisor Teachers - Ella den Elzen & Cameron Cummings

“Loop of Life” is a zine that illustrates my architectural analysis of Louis Kahn’s Class of 1945 library, using Mbembe’s “The Power of Archives and its Limits” as a critical framework for the design and program of the archival building.

The critical framework used is based on archives being seen as debris of the past. They represent the act of dying, which I consider to be representative of death. In this sense, archivists and historians are representatives of mediums, as they act as guides for the living to walk amongst the world of death.

Now that death and mediums have been established, where is the life?

To reach life, there are two inevitable steps to take - firstly, to dwell and then birth. Dwell was denoted to the areas that were passive against death - meaning the archives. Every area whose only role was to accept the content of the archive was denoted to be passive. On the other hand, birth was denoted to the areas that took action against death. Every area whose role was to create with death meant that there was a ritual of resuscitation of life, a birth in the making, a place to inhabit from where they may continue to exist and express.

Accordingly, I classified the areas based on their role in the library’s program and examined how the visitor’s experience - its access and work on archives - are affected by the building program’s narration

YIARA Magazine

Yiara is a student-run publication and annual magazine that seeks to encourage feminist dialogue within the field of art by providing a platform where student can contribute their voice, work, and practice to the ongoing discourse of issues raised by intersectional feminism.

I designed the graphics for Volume 11 of the Yiara Magazine. The magazine’s grid was created based on the graphic design principles outlined in Josef Müller-Brockman’s “Grid Systems in Graphic Design”. The graphic style is inspired by fashion magazines System and CircleZeroEight. The purpose behind the simplistic and minimalistic, yet organized layout was for the graphic design to complement and enhance the works of the artists, rather than overshadow them. The graphic design seeks to invite readers, rather than impose upon them.

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FERNANDA ALVAREZ LARRAIN

GET IN TOUCH WITH ME

Email: fernanda.alvrl@hotmail.com

Phone: +52 (461) 120 4089

Linkedin: Fernanda Alvarez Larrain

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