Primo is Pedro Mota, a communication designer and image creator based in Porto, Portugal.
Contact: info@primo.pt
Social: Instagram or tumblr
Prints: www.cavar.pt
primo is the portuguese word for cousin / a child of your aunt or uncle. / a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you. / a way of describing people from another country who are similar in some way to people in your own country. / a way of describing things that are similar or related in some way.
Book design, Editorial design, Exhibition design, Poster design,
Visual identity, Packaging, Typography, Art direction, Web design
EXHIBITIONS / AWARDS
Collage exhibition 5ª Bienal
de Arte Contemporânea da Maia, 2017
Prémio Nomeação ADCE Europe (Etibeer), 2017
Prémio Design Meios e Publicidade (Etibeer), 2017
Ouro, Categoria Rótulos, Clube Criativos de Portugal (Etibeer), 2017
Grande Prémio Papies (Etibeer), 2018
Silver, Graphis Poster Award, (Abitare Italia), 2020
Silver, Graphis Design Award, (Abitare Italia), 2020
EXPERIENCE
Drop, João Faria, 2014/17/18
Myhre Design, 2016→2019
Bruno Dias, 2019
Inês Nepomuceno, 2019
Another Colective, 2019
Studio Maria João Macedo, 2019→2021
Macedo Cannatà, 2021→2022
united by, 2022
EDUCATION / WORKSHOPS
Communication Design degree, ESAD Matosinhos, 2012
Postgraduate in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects, FBAUP Porto, 2013
Workshop with David Carson
Workshop with Gordon Young
Workshop with Niklaus Troxler
Accessible communication: clear language and design with Maria Vlachou, 2021
01 — Abitare Italia – PDB, Porto Design Biennale, 2020 w/ Another Collective
02 — Mescla, 2020, w/ Inês Nepomuceno
03 — New Spain, Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, 2018, w/ DROP
04 — Terra, Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, 2017,
w/ José Luis Dias and DROP
05 — To Sow, PM2, 2020 - Riso with Paulo Mariz
06 — To Reap, PM2, 2020 - Riso with Paulo Mariz
07 — Diary pages, 2012, Paldro Lurita
08 — Diary pages, 2012, Os Suspeitos
09 — Diary pages, 2012 , Collages
10 — Abc Route, College
11 — Abc Route, Collage, Detail
12 — Fictional Record Cover, Collage
13 — Memory Bag
14 — Alphabet Roller in
15 — Alphabet Roller out
16 — Firecrackers Sticker for Stall Bookshop
17 — Lobo Alfa for A Aldeia Adormece
18 — A Tradição é o que!
19 — Macaco Quadrado
20 — Faces sketch
21 — Society and Human relations, Boxed up
22 — Golo, Illustration for JUP (Jornal universitário Porto)
23 — Memo Bravo for Los Bravos
24 — Bravo collage face for Los Bravos
25 — Stall Bookshop, Collage Exp.
26 — Primata Sketch
27 — Drawings for Fun
28 — Let the Jam Rool, Logo, Letraset
29 — Goma Poster Crop
31 — Macaco, 2014, decal, collage, sewing, stamp
32 — Primata, 2016, decal, collage
33 — Controlled, 2012/13, decal, collage, sewing, stamp — 16x24
34 — 5 estrelas, decal, collage, sewing, stamp — 16x21,5
35 — Etibeer Printing process
37 — Etibeer Printing process
38—44 — Digital Collage Series, 2020,
images from personal public domain archive, selected by Paulo Mariz
45—46 — Numbers 3, for 3threetrois.tumblr
47 — Masc from "Get Ready for evolution" poster, 2012
w/ Ana estrela, finalist of the "Concours Étudiants Tous à Chaumont", 2012
48 — Walls Featuring Draw, 2013, Fbaup, Master's degree
49 — Illustration for JUP (Jornal universitário Porto)
50 — Illustration for poster "Parcours ou boulevard"
Pedro Mota © 2022