The Brazilian Design Biennial has been run by ADG Brasil since 1992, and is the country's most established design exhibition. After a pandemic hiatus, the 14th edition relaunched in Aracaju — a first for the event — with 1,654 entries judged by 200 professionals and a curator from Sergipe, the most diverse jury in its history. 791 projects were selected across 15 categories and 70 subcategories; 110 were shown in a main exhibition of over 2,000 m², which drew more than 7,000 visitors from 20 states. It also brought PretADG, a dedicated exhibition of Black Brazilian designers. Its catalogue has been the standing record of Brazilian design for over three decades.
As one of ADG's directors, I was part of the eight-person team that put the Biennial together, start to finish. I worked across several fronts — identity, jury, communication — and led two. First, the platform that carried the entries through to selection. Second, the catalogue: 544 pages, 791 works across 15 categories, the record of five years of Brazilian design.
The Biennial identity drew on Parafusos, a dance from Sergipe — an ancestral movement of liberation and resistance. Mirrored 3D forms carry traces of the dance into the landscapes, textures and colours of Aracaju, spinning memory and future into one gesture.
Exhibition
General Coordination: Adriane Shibata Santos, Dandara Almeida, Gustavo Greco, Haro Ristow Wippel Schulenburg, Isadora Burmeister Dickie, Jonathan Prateat, Laila Rotter, Renato Faccini e Thaïs B. de Araújo
Local Coordination: Babi Monteiro, Haro Schulenburg, Isadora Burmeister Dickie, Izabella Cristtine, Thyago Neves
Curator: Samia Jacintho
Production: Natália H S Toledo, Lena Amano
Exhibition Design: Mangaba Estúdio
Local Coordination: Babi Monteiro, Haro Schulenburg, Isadora Burmeister Dickie, Izabella Cristtine, Thyago Neves
Curator: Samia Jacintho
Production: Natália H S Toledo, Lena Amano
Exhibition Design: Mangaba Estúdio
Catalogue
Editors: Airton Jordani, Dr., Dandara Almeida, Laila Rotter, Msc.
Editorial Production: Adriane Shibata Santos, Airton Jordani, Dr., Dandara Almeida, Gustavo Greco, Laila Rotter, Thaïs B. de Araújo
Cover, Graphic Design and Layout: Pablo Blanco
Editing and Proofreading: Victor Cruzeiro
Production: Natália H S Toledo
Graphic Production: Greco Design
Printing: Rona Editora
Editorial Production: Adriane Shibata Santos, Airton Jordani, Dr., Dandara Almeida, Gustavo Greco, Laila Rotter, Thaïs B. de Araújo
Cover, Graphic Design and Layout: Pablo Blanco
Editing and Proofreading: Victor Cruzeiro
Production: Natália H S Toledo
Graphic Production: Greco Design
Printing: Rona Editora
Visual Identity
Design: Camila Mattos, Breno Loeser e Vicent Bernardo Alves
Motion Design: Eduardo França
3D: Bruno Faiotto
Copywriting: Camila Rocha
Sound Identity: Consoante Soma de Sons
Music Research and Curation: Patrick Tor4
Local Sound File Contribution: Luís Américo Bonfim / Visanthropos Project
Photography: Débora Colares (Catalogue), Fabi Aguiar (Exhibition)
Motion Design: Eduardo França
3D: Bruno Faiotto
Copywriting: Camila Rocha
Sound Identity: Consoante Soma de Sons
Music Research and Curation: Patrick Tor4
Local Sound File Contribution: Luís Américo Bonfim / Visanthropos Project
Photography: Débora Colares (Catalogue), Fabi Aguiar (Exhibition)
Brasil Design Awards - Ilustration | 14th Brazilian Design Biennial - GOLD
Brasil Design Awards - Marca de produto ou serviço | 14th Brazilian Design Biennial - GOLD
Brasil Design Awards - Motion | 14th Brazilian Design Biennial - SILVER
Brasil Design Awards - Inclusão e Diversidade | 14th Brazilian Design Biennial - SILVER
Brasil Design Awards - Poster | 14th Brazilian Design Biennial - SILVER
