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

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Main Experience


BUCK
Art Director
New York

Work & Co
Senior Designer
Sao Paulo

Aruliden
Graphic Designer
New York

R/GA
Visual Designer
Sao Paulo

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Select clients


Apple
Amazon
Audi
Google
IBM
Mastercard
Meta (Facebook)
Microsoft
Nike
OpenAI
PayPal
Ray-Ban
Samsung
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 various design publications, including Revista Recorte, where I also serve as a guest editor. I teach at Aprender Design School and frequently co-host the Brazilian design podcast Diagrama.


Speaker engagements

World
Interaction Design Day (IxDD/IxDA) 2019
Design Ativista 2022
Recorte Launch Event 2022
UFF
2025
Anhembi Morumbi
2021
UnP
2021
EBAC
2020
UniFil
2025


Published Articles

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


Guest Critic Engagements

2025
Harvard University - Graduate School Of Design
Final Review for the Master's in Design Studies Open Project: Experimental Infrastructures
Students: Gustavo Borges, Nathalie Attalah, Ella St. Hilaire, Jules Bernstein, Sijia Ma

2021
Universidade de São Paulo - FAU-USP
Banca Examinadora de Avaliação Final de Graduação
Agitprop gráfica: Atelier Populaire e propostas para o agora
Student: Lais Matias

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