PORTFOLIOMARIA GRILOIt happened that I studied design, earned myself a bachelor degree and now I’m looking for a job.

THE ICEBERG MANIFESTOtypographic expressionismThis was a work for one of the main classes in the first year of this communication design graduation, and the students weren’t allowed to use printing directly on the pages, so we had to use alternative techniques. In my case, I decided to use multiple techniques, such as grog ink, xylene over lazer printing, some waterproof pen and watercolors. The paper is thicker than the usual and the hard binding was also handmade, lined with black fabric.

OS LIVROS QUE DEVORARAM O MEU PAIgraphic design

Cover for a book about a boy who searches for his father in literature classics, always sitting on a striped sofa

(pictures on the left and below).Also poster for conferences on the book and informative flyer

about the author.

Homage to writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Poetry expressionism explored through typography and texture variations.The materials used were kraft paper with some inks, xylene over lazer printing and black pen

PÁTRIAtypographic poetry

UGLY BIRDSillustrationOngoing series of black pen drawings of the so-called ugly and undesired birds.

LIBRARY CARDgraphic design

Project for the library card of the Faculty of Fine Arts of

Lisbon. The card had to include the library logo and compulsory colours: black, white and pink

(representation below).The result: books and ink that

represent the bond between books in a library and ink in arts.

THE THREE DREAMS OF SENHOR CALVINOillustration

A sequence of three illustration works about the three dreams of Mr. Calvino, a character from a book wrote by Gonçalo M. Tavares.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOODillustrationIllustrations using watercolor, crayons and graphite. These are about the very well known fairytale, but with an adult twist.

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINSillustration

Illustrations on the seven deadly sins, being that these are represented through something that envolves men. The materials used

were watercolor and black pen.

COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY

BACK TO BLACKblack and white photography and respective chemical development

FISSUREinterior designThe concept I intended to explore consists on the interaction between light and space. The space should be very tight and reduced, not allowing the light to be flowing freely, but confined to certain angles and points of view. For this purpose, fissures are opened between the window and the place where the observer first stands, this being the door. Confronted with this situation, the observer should see very thin rays of light and experience a slight sensation of disconfort and curiosity.

The origin of this idea lies on my personal disconfort not with the actual concept of subtraction, but with the action that leads to it (indexed by the consequent results). When confronted with the necessity to use this technique, the first thought that crossed my mind consisted on the disgoust felt with the idea of “digging” something. This disgoust and disconfort lead to susequent mental images

of certain situations, such as roots of trees that pierce through the road tar, the slits on the ground, on rocks, ants building entire cities underground, through cracks and gaps.The purpose of my intervention then would be to project the same disconfort present in my mind on a real object, making it somehow less abstract, exploring what, in fact, troubles me.

FIBONNACIinterior designHere, the concept explored was based on the idea of pure rationalism, since everything had to be supported on platforms. For that effect, the fibonnaci sequence was used to create mathmatical proportions between walls and platforms. This allwed the creation of certain corners and interactions that could originate a very peculiar library, where you’re allowed to sit or lie down either in seclusion or in the open light.

The origin of this idea lies on my personal disconfort not with the actual concept of subtraction, but with the action that leads to it (indexed by the consequent results). When confronted with the necessity to use this technique, the first thought that crossed my mind consisted on the disgoust felt with the idea of “digging” something. This disgoust and disconfort lead to susequent mental images

of certain situations, such as roots of trees that pierce through the road tar, the slits on the ground, on rocks, ants building entire cities underground, through cracks and gaps.The purpose of my intervention then would be to project the same disconfort present in my mind on a real object, making it somehow less abstract, exploring what, in fact, troubles me.

CHILDREN VILLAGEwebdesign and codingProject developed in the last year of my bachelor. It consisted on a website for an ogm that helps children in Kenya through participatory video. The main goal of this website consisted in creating a light, helpfull and african image to the organization, in order for it to more easily collect funds.

JAMOBconcept development, branding, webdesign and codingProject for the last semester of my bachelor that consisted on the development of a web site/ application from/to young people. In this case, the problem being solved consisted on the lack of musical life in Bolzano, creating a platform where young people can get organized by themselves and give birth to musical jams. (concept development below and on the right)

some design studies

final demo version