Cary Da Costa

Graphic Design + Art Direction
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15.12.09 - UPDATES!

I've just made some important updates to my site with recent work. I'm prepared to make some moves into aquiring new work opportunites in 2010. Happy New Year + all the best for the beginning of the "Teens" !

 

18.08.09 - OFF TO PORTUGAL

After six months working for the Fabrique in Amsterdam I am now going on vacation — heading out to the coast of Portugal with Judy for some well deserved relaxation. Can't wait to be in those Portuguese waters again, so sooothing.

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Poster

Le Cabinet

¨Music for


Mountains¨


Geneva

Music Poster - for my solo concert in Geneva with special guest Samuel Action 

on the assfire guitar.

Click on the thumbnails !

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Identité visuelle


Atelier 32

Propositions,

Fribourg 


Switzerland

Identité Visuelle - Le but de ce projet c'est
de créer une identité typographique ou autrement dit, de créer un : wordmark qui communiquera l’ensemble des activités
en communication graphique et publicité
chez l’Atelier 32.

 

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Flyer


St. Job 
Loft
Appartments


Bam Vastgoed,
Colloquium BV

This informational flyer was distributed in schools throughout Holland accompanied by the campaign poster.

 

 

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Poster
St. Job
Loft Appartments,
Bam Vastgoed
Colloquium BV

As a part of a student competition, 

this poster was distrubuted in schools throughout Holland as an open invitation
to come up with ideas to re-develop the 

ST JOB warehouse building in the Llyod Kwartier, Rotterdam.

 

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Art Direction
Graphic Design

¨Ik Ben Stad¨
Short Film by
Kevin Jansen,
Rotterdam

Graphic design and art direction for a short film by Kevin Jansen.

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Poster
Postgrad Exhibition
Haute école d'art
et
 de design
Genève,
(HEAD)

This poster was designed as part of the solution to go ahead with the end of year postgrad fine art exhibition in Geneva.
The exhibit, which was originally held
in the school, was now being held in a
large student 
house.

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Poster

¨Interventions

Artistiques dans
le Village de

Chêne Bougeries¨
HEAD, Genève

This poster was designed for a 5 month long exhibition which involved artist interventions in the public space of Chêne Bougeries.

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Visual Identity

Nieuwe Poppodium

Haarlemmermeer

Fabrique, NL

Visual Identity - Pitch proposal for a new Poppodium in Haarlemmermeer.
Fabrique Amsterdam

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Sales Brochure

St. Job

Bam Vastgoed,

Colloquium BV

A large format sales brochure was designed to promote St. Job Loft Appartments in the form of a vinyl record sleeve. The sales brochure included 1 vinyl record as well
as a CD.

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Flyer

Art Face Party, 

D2 Association

Laps, FR

As a part of D2 festival, the Art Face Party flyer was distributed both in France and in Geneva for a fund raiser event hosted at Shakers Bar in Geneva.

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Illustration
"Only A God
Can Save Us
Now".

Martin Heidegger


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Poster
¨Interventions
Artistiques dans
le Village de
Chêne Bougeries¨
HEAD, Genève

This poster was designed for a 5 month long exhibition which involved artist interventions in the public space of Chêne Bougeries.

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Pattern Design

Zilverstad
Fabrique, NL

This pattern design, built from the ampersand set in Hoefler Text Italic, was used in a label design for Zilverstad. Fabrique, Amsterdam

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Branding
Visual Identity
Ad Campaign
ABCs for Change,
Geneva

Complete visual identity and packaging for a simple but novel cookie campaign designed to raise funds with the United Nations non-profit organisations in Geneva.

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Poster

Buy Nothing Day,

Rotterdam

This poster was submitted and printed in ADBUSTERS magazine in Vancouver for BUY NOTHING DAY. It was designed in Rotterdam, NL.

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Tshirt Design

Limited edition country shirts!

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Identity
Librairie du
Carefoure
Nyon, CH

This identity was designed for a small library in Nyon Switzerland. The idea was to communicate a 'cross roads' or 'meeting place' within a christian setting.

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Ad Campaign
Open
Bam Vastgoed
Real Estate,
Colloquium BV

The 'Open' campaign was developed for
Bam Vastgoed's new corporate image.

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Visual Identity
Tarwewijk
Bam Vastgoed,
Colloquium BV

Visual Indentity for the community Tarwewijk located in south Rotterdam.The goal of this project was to help the integration process of a multi-cultural community with a familiar bag which was mailed to all of its residents.

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Brochure
Arion Music
Ensemble,
Montréal, CAD
Upperkut

This poster and brochure series was designed for the Arion classical musical group in Montréal.

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Poster

¨Infiltration

Artistique dans
l'Espace Collectif

de Reignier¨, FR

Association LAPS

D2 was held in Reignier, France — an event for art in public space. This flyer folds out into a 420 mm x 594 poster and was printed using 2 colours.


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Book Design
¨Look, See,
Think, Know¨,
Vancouver,
CAD

Book 2 : Look, See, Think, Know — is a design manifesto written and designed in Vancouver CAD. This book is a result of my experience living in Rotterdam Holland.

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Book Design
Design Idea,
Rotterdam

Book 1 : Design Idea — is a book on graphic design written and designed in Rotterdam.

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Identity
SOS, 'Save 
Our Species'
United Nations,
IUCN, Geneva

This identity, designed in a series of proposals, aims to illustrate the idea 'collaboration' & 'connectivity' in an effort to raise awareness for global species conservation.

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Identity

Christine Bernier
Montréal, CAD

Upperkut

This Identity was created for Christine Bernier — an interior decorator in Montréal. The brief was simple, she insisted on using as many colours as possible.

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Branding
Visual Identity
& Ad Campaign
Ekopod,
Geneva

EKOPOD - Branding,Identity, product design, web design, video trailer & animated signature.This is a complete identity design made for a new electric generator called EKOPOD.

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Brochure

Markendaal

Bam Vastgoed,

Colloquium BV

This large format Brochure was designed for the Markendaal real estate project in Breda.

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Ad Campaign
St Job
Loft Appartments
Bam Vastgoed,
Colloquium BV

Borrowing from the events of everyday life, this ad campaign was created for the St.Job Loft Appartments in Llyod Kwartier, Rotterdam. 'This is not a warehouse,
this is my life.'

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Identity
Gekken Werk,
Colloquium BV

This mark was created for a desktop publishing service bureau in Rotterdam. Cutting, trimming, & pasting documents, etc...is their line of work, coined
as 'crazywork' — 'Gekken Werk'.

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Brochure
MorgenStond
AM Amsteland,
Colloquium BV

This project brochure was designed as a pitch proposal for an architectural project entitled 'Morgen Stond'.

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Flyer
Invitation Cérémonie
de remise des
diplômes, Université
d'ingénieurs et
d'architectes,
Fribourg

This invitation was designed for the diploma ceremonie for architects and engiineers in Fribourd, Switzerland.

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Illustration
Book Cover
Series,
Vancouver

With Illustration and light typography these book covers were designed as a part of a murder mystery series.

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Brochure
Venlo
Comissaris,
Colloquium BV

This project brochure was designed for de Comissaris as a part of a pitch proposal for Q4 Venlo.

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Brochure
de Scheg
Bam Vastgoed,
Colloquium BV

This large format sales brochure was designed for young professional families buying their first home. This development project was located near an actual apple orchard in Nijmegen.

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Flyer
de Drie Rivieren
Bam Vastgoed,
Colloquium BV

This flyer is part of a promotional package to kick off the real estate campaign for de Drie Rivieren real estate project.

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Art Direction
Golden Years
Bam Vastgoed,
Colloquium BV

This campaign was developed for BAM Vastgoed's Golden Years project. The campaign focuses on the growning trend in Holland of senior citizens moving back into the city.

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Art Direction
"Laat Vastgoed
Spreken"
Ballast Nedam,
Colloquium BV

The purpose behind this identity was to revisit the logo and create a new visual language. As a result, the hexagone becomes a dominant form which can be used as a communications tool for
Ballast Nedam's campaigns.

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Identity
Self Promotion
Rotterdam

Self Promotion - This mark was designed as a self-promotion item. The concept for this identity stems from my own curiosities with the visual world. From simple questions there are often great ideas.

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Typography
Course Outline
Proposal,
Willem de Kooning
Academie,
Rotterdam


2nd year Typography course outline proposal for the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam, NL.Typeface by Rudy
Vanderlans, Emigre

 

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Web Design
National Bank
of Kuwait
Parenti Design
Mori Piscines
Stop TB Forum

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