Portfolio

*You are about to enter into my beside table, where my dreams are under construction. You will find the very best projects of my professional career as a product and communication designer with an option in textile design from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotรก, Colombia.

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FOLIO beside table Please write me an email to js.caceres126@uniandes.edu.co and visit some of my other projects at www.issuu.com/wildtotheworld.

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Juan Sebastian Cรกceres phone: (057) 3203028953

LIST OF PROJECTS A. “TIDY MESS” B. “INFINITO” C. “LUMBALÚ” D. “FLUCTUATING GENDERS” E. CAREER

”Tidy Mess” *Surface design

2012

Tidy Mess, was a project developed from an exploration with materials, marbling techniques and a surface application guided by a concept. *Surface design + Pattern design + Furniture

*There was an interest in the way we develop our intimacy and how different patterns of organization brought some aesthetic universes.

Having this in mind, the design process was guided to find ways of putting together the visual universe applied to a surface with my perception of tidiness.

The main goal was to make a contradiction between random ornaments and structured surfaces to represent the idea of neatness and messiness in just one piece.

�Tidy Mess� *Moodboards

*main concept *material sketching - prototyping

APPROACH

*The human footprint as a latent sign of intimacy and everyday lifestyle, is not strictly tidy, instead, it represents that alive part of each of us, as a mess that might be neat and correct for us but useless for others.

*Marbling technique on pine wood with random patterns that makes implicit the contradiction between the furnishing dispose idea and the chaotic and irregular pattern design.

TIDY MESS

*2012 “Andando” exhibition at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia

”Infinitely mystical” *Art direction - product design

2012

Infinto, was a project that took the formal-aesthetic approach from a film in order to find new insights that allowed me to develop new products and experiences. *Interaction design + Art direction + Product design

*The main goal was to develop an Art direction capable of producing experiences through spaces from a particular aesthetic thinking based in the research and concept analysis from the Luc Besson’s film “The fifth element�. *The main concept was Infinite as the result of the universe sensation that evokes feelings of loneliness and coldness in addition to the minuscule and mystical sense that we represent in this endeless cosmic space. *This allowed me to create a space experience and a product solution guided by the concept...

*art direction: infinite installation Infinity sensory experiencing

*Watch the video at https://youtu.be/elDxIdEhT2A

*product design result: Infinite paper jewelry

LUM BA LĂš *Editorial design - textile design

2013

Lumbalú, was a project that involved textile design with and editorial book design that communicated the value and story behind the collection. *Editorial design + Textile design

“Lumbalú” explores the materials intervention, concepts development and textile design application with a costume design collection which translates an aesthetic universe from a latinoamerican identity character. “San Basilio de Palenque” is a village located in the atlantic area in Colombia, with a strong colonial slavery history that has preserved african traditions. San Basilio means emancipation, afro-colombian struggle and traditions.

There is where Maria Lucrecia was born, a “Palenquera”, an afro-colombian woman who sells fruits and other traditional sweets in Cartagena, who lives constant metamorphosis, finding herself and imagining her own “Lumbalú”, an african ceremony related to dead. With this story background the collection was created and developed.

The Book editorial was the piece that expressed the storytelling, using graphic and photographic resources that supported the essence of the collection.

Please take a look to the entire book at http://goo.gl/G6vDNs

GÉNEROS

FLUCTUANTES

“fluctuating genders” *Concept design - graduation project

2013

Fluctuating genders, was my graduation project with a succesful academic result, the project express a critical point of view through concepts developed in different body pieces. *Editorial design + Textile design

*Fluctuating Genders is a project that speaks about Queer theory, Gender studies and the fashion system, opening possibilities outside a male/female binary system revealing how gender is culturally and socially made.

The project was published in a book that explains the entire process of conceptualization, design thinking and the design approach to the pieces that resulted from the research. It was essencial the book design to communicate the different resources that were specifically designed to get information about gender studies locally.

*2013 “Volarán” Best graduate projects exhibition at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia

*Please watch the video here: https://vimeo.com/77172722

*Career

2013-2014

Kingdom’s news, is publication from a private school in Bogotå, that communicates their activities and achievements to their community.

They remark the work of their teacher and students. *Editorial design + Communication design

*United Kingdom School

The design process started from a new school identity created to refresh and establish a closer relation with their students where they were the main characters. As it is a bilingual school, the iconic british elements are the main graphic line through the entire publication.

2014

The United Kingdom School, every year present an artistic event. In 2013, I devolped the communication design to promote their event, that included graphic pieces and the photography in it. *Editorial design + Communication design

The concept behind the design was developed under the focus of the event that was to show the colorful and rythm of the most important national folk song and dances. Colombia is a one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world, thats why the organic forms of nature were the main graphic concept.

A special calligraphy font was created to contribute to the fluency and spontaneity eye-catching name and identity of the event.

The reading of the graphic pieces was aimed at opening a natural scenario full of colours and movements.

2014

CCDE ANNUAL REPORT

Annual report about the access to education in Colombia. The issue was designed to express the concern about the education progress in Colombia.

*Editorial design + Communication design

Colombian Coalition for the Educational Right Annual Report This publication was designed to inform about the annual report on education access progress in the country. The Coalición Colombiana por el Derecho a la Educación (Colombian Coalition for the Education Right) wanted to express their report with a neat and easy to read issue. The main goal was to use big titles and quotes about the access to education in Colombia, promoting key data through charts and images supporting the report.

“Education is a human right”

2014

DIGITAL LEARNING BOOK

A digital learning book designed to enhace the learning process through multi-device digital platforms. These are more interactive and rewarding easy-to-use multimeadia books.

*Editorial UX design + Communication design

The layout design of this new multi-device media book claim to give a more intuitive navigation between different contents and the digital resources supporting them. The user experience was created based in students needs and classroom activities developed by teachers.

The media book can be used in parallel with the printed book and was made to enrich and feed the acquired knowledge. The graphic line was designed to make the learning process efficient and effective, as well as enjoyable and practical.

*Please visit www.manualstudio.com a design studio where I am one of the co-founders to see some of my projects.

Thank you for taking the time to consider my application, I sincerely hope that you will give me the chance to extend my studies with you.

Juan Sebastian Cรกceres

product and communication designer with an option in textile design, from Bogotรก, Colombia.