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My name is André Martins.

The monograph PDF is here, and the PDF of the book Figura por Figura here (only available in portuguese).

In the streets of São Paulo, we went out in search of what catches our eyes - peculiarities that capture attention to the point of causing a pause, a break, a hiatus, an interruption to observe, and or, register a certain scene – in short, what we call our "commas".

Next, interpretations of these images were performed, which resulted in experiments with visual poetry, and through it, it was portrayed, or explained, the motivation behind the photographic act and the message that the photograph carries in itself.

The expression of Photography as a visual interpreter of poetics, the path between a "comma" and Visual Poetry making the sensations in relation to the photographs collected tangible, as an exercise of perception and sensitivity, resulted in a book of experimental visual poetry "Figura por Figura".

Authors: André Martins e Felipe Chatah

Authors: André Martins, Felipe Chatah, Renata Pereira, Juliana Mavalli, Maisa Valfré

Quae is a Roman type with transitional serifs, pointed edges and good legibility in long texts, presenting a slightly condensed form of medium/book weight with a smooth humanistic axis, in addition to a medium contrast and "x" height.

It is an experimental project, so the font does not yet have several symbols and accents, so it is not recommended for actual use, but you can download it here.

An experimental book "from designer to designer" developed from Jost Hochuli's text "Designing Books", using digital and manual techniques in a piece with a mostly artistic approach, with metaphorical graphic elements to represent typographic resources and concepts.

Authors: André Martins e Felipe Chatah

Game proposal for Nikon with the dynamics of Jogo do Mico (very popular children's game in Brazil), based on Nikon's new positioning in the compact camera business, having as its main influence the "I am Nikon" campaign, which aims to show that anyone can take pictures and capture the perfect moment.

What the game tries to propose is: yes, you can take pictures using the automatic mode of the camera, but you can also go deeper into the subject and learn a little more, understand about the manual functions and even become professional.

Based on these concepts, the graphic project was developed: the packaging had the role of representing the "I am Nikon" campaign, portraying the ease – automatic mode – of compact cameras, through the image of a monkey holding a camera, about to take a photo.

The game cards are responsible for addressing the depth of photography (manual mode) and they were produced as follows: one of the cards in the pair represents metaphorically, and or, ironically, a certain function in the manual mode, and its pair represents the effect this function has on the photograph.

Authors: André Martins e Felipe Chatah