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Chacundum
Claudio Reston
www.chacundum.com
info@chacundum.com
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residence: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Connecting cities: São Paulo, Brazil/Curitiba, Brazil/Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
The majority of this designer’s work does
not have a commercial aim, although
this is not fundamental. His only real rule
is, he says, “to be typographic, whether
commercially or not, and to experiment
with diverse languages just for fun.”
He is inspired by everything that relates
to typography – from the typefaces used
in 1960s cartoons to street typography,
calligraphy, art nouveau typefaces,
CLAUDIO RESTON IS A BRAZILIAN
graphic designer and illustrator who
lives in the wonderful city of Rio de
Janeiro. He is one of the four members
of the motion graphics studio Visorama
Diversões Eletrônicas (www.visorama.tv)
and one of the designers of the fanzine
Design de Bolso. He is a confessed lover of
typography and on his webpage there is a
wide selection of his personal typography
projects.
and Swiss typography. In fact, he says
there is nothing in typography that
does not inspire him – albeit simple or
sophisticated. “Even the most elemental of
things possess a kind of beauty when they
are truly typographic.”
It is paramount for Reston to try and
identify exactly what it is that fascinates
him and then transform this information
into a personal language.
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil
Curitiba, Brazil
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Typographic fables series: In the place of the heart, he had stars/In col-
laboration with Renato Faccini/2007
Mariana foi pro mar/Typographic illustration/Acrylic and letterset
on paper/2007
World Cup Exhibition at Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian National Anthem/Poster/
Illustration/Digital print/2006
Imaginary alphabet series/Typographic illustration/Acrylic and let-
terset on pearl paper/2007
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Agua benta/Typographic illustration/Text by Elesbão/2007
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