Rafael Bessa — Brazilian Designer and Art Director based in NYC, specializing in brand identity and visual systems. Currently Senior Designer at BUCK.

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Main Experience


BUCK
Senior Designer
2020-Present

Work & Co
Senior Designer
2019-2020

Aruliden
Graphic Designer
2016-2017

R/GA
Visual Designer
2011-2012

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Select clients


Apple
Audi
Google
IBM
Mastercard
Meta (Facebook)
Microsoft
Nike
OpenAI
PayPal
Ray-Ban
Samsung
Stripe
Venmo
WhatsApp

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In 2017, I created the design research project 148 Designers (ᴘᴛ), and since then, I have been invited to speak at universities and design events such as the World Interaction Design Day (IxDD 2019). I have written for some design publications, such as Revista Recorte, where I’m also a guest editor. I teach a course at Aprender Design School and am a frequent co-host at the Brazilian design podcast Diagrama.


Speaker engagements

Interaction Design Day (IxDD by IxDA)
Encontro Design Ativista
Revista Recorte Launch Event
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Anhembi Morumbi
Universidade Potiguar
EBAC
UniFil


Published Arcticles

Design Radical ᴘᴛ
Designers ou Militantes? ᴘᴛ
Livros sobre Emprecariado ᴘᴛ


Lectures & Courses

Ongoing Design Visual para Produtos Digitais ᴘᴛ
2024
Sonhos de autonomia no design ᴘᴛ
2023
Guest @ Brand-Driven Interfaces
2023
Curso D:GCNP ᴘᴛ
2022 Espaços do Design no Contemporâneo ᴘᴛ

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