- Nelson Balaban
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Nelson Balaban (born June 12, 1989) is a Brazilian designer and art director for motion graphics, music videos, TV commercials and print design.
He was introduced to drawing and traditional art by his mother when he joined the Arts course at UFPR, Brazil's first major educational institution, when he was 12.
4 years later, at the age of 16, Nelson was featured on British magazine Computer Arts [1] amongst other 9 designers from other countries as one of the promising young talents for the next year, in the main article for the special anniversary edition.In 2007 (at the age of 17) Nelson started to send samples of his personal work to magazine editors, which gave him international exposure and ended up starting his career as a graphic designer and illustrator – In 2008, Nelson was freelancing for motion graphics studios such as Lobo, Stardust, Nakd (founded by Nando Costa) and Tronic; Later on he worked for a short period at AlmapBBDO as art director in a few projects.
Nelson is a senior member of the world's largest creative collective - The Keystone Design Union, or The KDU - being part of group artwork exhibitions in New York,[2] launching fragrance products by Diesel.
Today, Nelson works at production company ParanoidBR,[3] amongst film directors and screenwriters Cisma, Heitor Dhalia and Luis Carone. Paranoid is an international holding that represents artists such as Friends With You, Gaspar Noé and Zeitguised.
In 3 years of freelance experience, Nelson has worked with brands such as Coca-Cola, Nike, MTV and publications such as Computer Arts and The New York Times.Contents
Miscelanea
Talks
- OFFF - Oeiras, Portugal (2009)[4]
- PIXELSHOW - São Paulo, Brazil (2009)[5]
- SUDALA - Santiago, Chile (2010 – upcoming)[6]
Interviews
- @ Bak Magazine (Turkey) - http://www.bakmagazine.com/interviews/10/nelson-balaban
- @ Design You Trust - http://designyoutrust.com/2008/06/12/interview-with-nelson-balaban-xtrabold/
- @ Psdtuts+ - http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/interview-with-nelson-balaban/
Links
External links
- http://www.xtrabold.net - Online Portfolio
- http://www.thekdu.com - The Keystone Design Union
- http://www.paranoidbr.com - Paranoid Brazil
- http://br.linkedin.com/in/xtrabold - Linkedin
References
- ^ YOUNG GUNS: Untrained, under 21 and after your job - Computer Arts gets down with the new generation of... - http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/features/young_guns
- ^ FORMAT MAGAZINE: KDU X Diesel. “Only The Brave” Expo NYC http://www.formatmag.com/news/kdu-x-diesel-only-the-brave-expo-nyc
- ^ CCSP: ParanoidBR anuncia novo diretor http://ccsp.com.br/ultimas/noticia.php?id=44141
- ^ OFFF Oeiras, Portugal - Featured Artists http://www.offf.ws/oeiras/#artists
- ^ ABCDesign: PIXELSHOW, talento de todas as idades http://abcdesign.com.br/design-grafico/pixel-show-talento-de-todas-as-idades/
- ^ SUDALA 2010 — Conferencistas http://www.sudala.cl/site2010/conferencistas/
Categories:- 1989 births
- Digital artists
- Web designers
- Brazilian designers
- Living people
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