Thais Amaral

work

  • 2010

    A senior project aimed at helping emerging designers strengthen their research and critical thinking skills. The book contains relevant information and methods which can be applied throughout the different phases of the design process. The visual style and language were chosen to communicate to design students and recent graduates. A website was also created to present the methods of the book in a more interactive and straight-forward way.

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  • 2010

    A publication designed to share the beauty and growth of one of the biggest countries in the world, while contrasting it with the sad reality of the favelas slums. The cover plays off the idea of Brazil as being trypically associated with the Amazon forest, and how in fact, it is now composed of huge ‘urban jungles’. The text was taken from the book Brazil on the Rise, by Larry Rohter. The typographic and layout choice supports the portrayal of Brazil as a modern country, while allowing the...

  • 2009

    In 2009, I participated in the making of the inaugural issue of Current Design Research Journal, published by Emily Carr University. Current is the first design journal in Canada completely produced by students. The publication was designed by a team of seven students, coming from different backgrounds. I designed some spreads (see example above), an extensive design brief as well as the journal’s blog on Wordpress (...