Nando Costa

Nando Costa (born May 23, 1978) is a Brazilian graphic designer and director. He began his career at an early age as an illustrator and painter after studying traditional drawing, experimental photography and painting education at Brazilian Art School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage. He soon began working with graphic design exploring the field in the printed and interactive realms. During his career Nando has published two graphic design related books entitled "Brasil Inspired" and "Disorder in ProgresS", both published by German publisher Die-Gestalten Verlag.

In the years 2000 and 2001, Nando recognizably developed his own style as a graphic artist by adopting Adobe's Illustrator computer software as his main creative tool. At the time, his personal creative online space Hungryfordesign.com became the online showcase of his personal work, which consequently helped jump-start his career as a designer. Over the following years Costa showcased a variety of graphic experiments involving a combination of illustrations, Flash and Music (the website initially intended to serve as a digital resource for graphic design students).

In 2001 he began creating animations for on-air purposes, which re-directed his career to the field of broadcast design. His first work experiences in the field were at Iconologic in Atlanta, GA and Digital Kitchen in Chicago, IL. In 2003 he relocated back to his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and founded animation studio Nakd along with his wife and creative partner Linn Olofsdotter & business partner Mick Ebeling.

In 2005 Nando joined the staff of Boston advertising agency Modernista! as a creative director, however he soon moved to Portland, Oregon to once again start his own company Nervo. Since its creation in 2007, the studio has worked with brands such as McCann-Erickson, Arnold Worldwide, Concept Farm, Microsoft, Zune, Apple Inc., Adobe Systems, Timex, Dentyne Ice, Mercedes, and Nike.

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