/ DESIGNBYRAQUEL
Welcome! My name is Raquel Vieira da Silva. I´m from Portugal [Oporto] and I´m a London based young graphic designer. I am also a passionate photographer. This website gathers a selection of my academic, personal and professional projects.


/ CERTIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION
2011 MA in Graphic Branding and Identity at London College of Communication.
2010 Sep-Dec Attended the MA in Communication Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London. Then I woke up.
2007 - 2010 BA in Communication Design at ESAD - Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Oporto, Portugal.
1999 - 2010 Musical studies at Fundação Conservatório Regional de Gaia, Portugal - Harp (ten years) / Musical theory (seven years) / Piano (six years) / History of music (two years) / Group class - harp duet (seven years).
2004 - 2007 High-school in Graphic Design with specialization in webdesign at Escola Secundária Artística Soares dos Reis, Oporto, Portugal.

/ EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007 July-Present Art director and graphic designer of Monseo Jewels (www.monseo.com).
2010 Jun Sport Photographs to cover the KTM Mega-Concept Store ‘Braga Bike’, Braga, Portugal.
2010 Jan Logo and corporate identity of SPB (Portuguese Society of Biomechanics).
2009 Sep Graphic designer of the issue number six of the portuguese architecture Dédalo magazine.
2009 Identity and graphic design of the group Innercity (architecture oriented), developed by FAUP, in the context of program Lidera from Oporto University.
2006 ‘Art and Design’ workshop at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London.
2006 Event photography for Serv’artes gallery, Oporto, Portugal.
2006 Event and Interior photography for Hellen’s Jewels, Oporto, Portugal.

/ AWARDS AND PUBLISHED WORK
2010 Jun Publication of the graphic design project ‘Games in the Memory’ in the portuguese magazine Trama (issue number two).
2010 Jan 1st award, logo and corporate identity for Portuguese Society of Biomechanics.
2008 Young Creatives Award (Portugal) in photography area.
2007 Winner of the ‘Photo of the Month’, March and October editions of the portuguese photography magazine ‘O Mundo da Fotografia Digital’. Also several published photographs and one honorable mention in its January, March, May, June, July, August, September and October editions.
2006 Sep 1st award, ‘Cumplicidades Musicais’ photography contest, Serv’artes gallery, Oporto, Portugal.

/ GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Jun ‘Graphics and Merchandising’, Alice in Wonderland project, ESAD, Matosinhos, Portugal.
2009 Mar Young Creatives 2008, photography, Lisbon, Portugal.
2007 ‘Diversidades 2007’, photography, Order of Doctors, Oporto, Portugal.
2007 Jun-Jul ‘10º Concurso de Fotografia Corroios’, photography, Corroios, Portugal.
2006 Nov - 2007 Jan ‘Corpo em Expressão’, photography, Serv’artes gallery, Oporto, Portugal.
2006 Sep ‘Cumplicidades Musicais’, photography, Serv’artes gallery, Oporto, Portugal.

/ SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 May-July ‘Blow’, Altar Café Concerto, Oporto, Portugal.
2008 Jun ‘Ten Last Minutes as Child’, Pinguim Bar, Oporto, Portugal.