Hi, I'm João!
I'm a Lettering Artist and Type Designer, currently based in Lisbon, Portugal.
My world revolves around letters of all shapes and sizes, in all mediums and colours. Attracted to everything related to typography, from typefaces and logos to murals and calligraphy, I constantly challenge myself to work with different materials, scales and styles.
In 2020, I graduated with honours from the Master Type Design at École Cantonal d'Art de Lausanne. During my degree, I learned how to fuse the technical and detailed process of Type Design with an emotive and creative approach to Lettering pieces, and that is exactly what I strive to do. My creative process always involves both analogues and digital mediums, either for sketching and finalizing projects.
I’m always thrilled to join projects in which I have the opportunity to draw, paint, build and work with letters! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you want to collaborate, share an idea, or just to chat.
Features
Typism⋅book⋅5 Typism⋅Book⋅8
Écal⋅Matd⋅Type⋅Bulletin⋅2021 Tramontana⋅04 Optimum⋅Type Nuba⋅Mag
Selected Clients
Amoreiras⋅Shopping⋅Center Associação⋅Cais CAS⋅Studio Gerador Circus⋅Network Crackids Crate⋅Records Domestika Grupo⋅Pestana Homem⋅em⋅Catarse Hoopers⋅Club IDB⋅Lisbon ItemZero Lisbon⋅City⋅Hall Lola⋅Normajean Memmo⋅Hotels Mistaker⋅Maker MUDE Paralelo⋅20 Polyester⋅Animation⋅Studio Plano⋅B SkateArt Studio⋅Marie⋅Lusa The⋅Hood
Collaborations
Aheneah &CO.pt Circus⋅Network Crackids Crewz Francisco⋅Lacerda Los⋅Pepes Vasco⋅Mendes Well⋅Rounded⋅Design Xesta⋅Studio
Solo Exhibition
New⋅Year's⋅Solution⋅Crackids⋅2023
Exhibitions
Amoreiras⋅Creative⋅Hall⋅2022 Not⋅So⋅Street⋅Art⋅2022 Cais⋅Urbana⋅2019 Crate⋅Records⋅Fabril⋅2016 Letters⋅Are⋅What⋅Matters⋅2016 Implosão⋅2015 Rabiscuits⋅2015 Trampolim⋅Gerador⋅2015 MAGA⋅2015
Festivals
V-I-A⋅Valongo No⋅Walls⋅Oeiras Fazunchar Muro⋅2021
Website developed using Laytheme. Set in Space Grotesk by Florian Karsten.
© João Varela, All Rights Reserved
Hi, I'm João!
I'm a Lettering Artist and Type Designer, currently based in Lisbon, Portugal.
My world revolves around letters of all shapes and sizes, in all mediums and colours. Attracted to everything related to typography, from typefaces and logos to murals and calligraphy, I constantly challenge myself to work with different materials, scales and styles.
In 2020, I graduated with honours from the Master Type Design at École Cantonal d'Art de Lausanne. During my degree, I learned how to fuse the technical and detailed process of Type Design with an emotive and creative approach to Lettering pieces, and that is exactly what I strive to do. My creative process always involves both analogues and digital mediums, either for sketching and finalizing projects.
I’m always thrilled to join projects in which I have the opportunity to draw, paint, build and work with letters! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you want to collaborate, share an idea, or just to chat.
Find me at
Contact
Features
Typism⋅book⋅5 Typism⋅Book⋅8
Écal⋅Matd⋅Type⋅Bulletin⋅2021 Tramontana⋅04 Optimum⋅Type Nuba⋅Mag
Selected Clients
Amoreiras⋅Shopping⋅Center Associação⋅Cais CAS⋅Studio Gerador Circus⋅Network Crackids Crate⋅Records Domestika Grupo⋅Pestana Homem⋅em⋅Catarse Hoopers⋅Club IDB⋅Lisbon ItemZero Lisbon⋅City⋅Hall Lola⋅Normajean Memmo⋅Hotels Mistaker⋅Maker MUDE Paralelo⋅20 Polyester⋅Animation⋅Studio Plano⋅B SkateArt Studio⋅Marie⋅Lusa The⋅Hood
Collaborations
Aheneah &CO.pt Circus⋅Network Crackids Crewz Francisco⋅Lacerda Los⋅Pepes Vasco⋅Mendes Well⋅Rounded⋅Design Xesta⋅Studio
Solo Exhibition
New⋅Year's⋅Solution⋅Crackids⋅2023
Exhibitions
Amoreiras⋅Creative⋅Hall⋅2022 Not⋅So⋅Street⋅Art⋅2022 Cais⋅Urbana⋅2019 Crate⋅Records⋅Fabril⋅2016 Letters⋅Are⋅What⋅Matters⋅2016 Implosão⋅2015 Rabiscuits⋅2015 Trampolim⋅Gerador⋅2015 MAGA⋅2015
Teaching
Domestika⋅Calligraphy⋅Course
Typography⋅Workshop⋅ETIC
Street⋅Art⋅Workshop⋅Muro⋅LX
Festivals
V-I-A⋅Valongo No⋅Walls⋅Oeiras Fazunchar Muro⋅2021
Website developed using Laytheme. Set in Space Grotesk by Florian Karsten.
© João Varela, All Rights Reserved