One of my favorite things about being back in Brazil is getting used to "new" visual stimuli that had always been part of my history but somehow was replaced by a much more "sterile" aesthetics when I moved to the US. I can definitely see now how our environment shapes what we create, the colors we work with, our typography, our compositions, and as much as we might try to be conscious about those choices as designers, our spacial stimuli always contaminates our work.
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Looking at typography in Brazil still bothers me. I still don't like how often I see ugly and extremely overused typefaces on designed things, from packaging to restaurant menus. I do love the use of colors and illustration in a lot of the material being produced here.
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I might be going to Buenos Aires, Argentina in a couple of weeks. I want it to be mostly a photography trip, and I am excited to bring back with me the rich imagery from there. Living in the Midwest for so long will do that to you. You'll get all excited about anything.
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And as you can see from these beautiful photos I stole from Mariana Massarani, you'll understand what I am talking about when I say that Brazil so far has been an overdose for my senses.
Make sure you check out her Flickr.
