Editorial - September 2016 Experimental publication to show my design process through adventure research.
Editorial - September 2016 A4 210x297mm - Digital printed - Black and white
New atlas is a collaborative publication made by all of the graphic design students in my cohort. Each of us constructed a visual narrative based on twelve tasks that we each had to complete in various locations around Providence. Every classmate designed eight spreads, and together we determined the order in order to compose a larger narrative in the form of a book. In my view, the goal of this particular project was to get to know our new territory and our team, while at the same time revealing and challenging our personal design processes.
Poster & Editorial - August 2018 A project that aims archive my visual interest and experiences of my last three years living in the United States.
Poster & Editorial - August 2018
A project that aims archive my visual interest and experiences of my last three years living in the United States. This project is ongoing and with an undetermined outcome.
Experience - January 2017 Collaborative alphabet result of a conditional design experiment with participants. Check out video.
Experience - January 2017
Using leftover counter forms from the previous project, I set up a new scenario in which I asked my classmates to use these pieces to spell out a list of words. The collection of words resulting from the experiment contained all the letters in the alphabet, so the final result was a collaborative alphabet that I later shared with the participants.
Identity & Editorial - January 2016 Brand design and related applications for the interior designer Guido Valin.
Identity & Editorial - January 2016
Brand design for Guido Valin studio, a small interior design firm specializing in developing renders for spaces and products. The brand design and its systems are inspired by the tools of rendering software as well as the final outcomes.
Editorial - January 2017 Self-Interview zine to analyze and found thesis contents and directions.
Editorial - January 2017
As a writing exercise, I interviewed myself as a tool to reflect, discover and guide my thesis thoughts. The writing's design in a form of zine with self-distorted selfies as a visual narrative.
Poster & Identity - October 2018 Identity, poster, and merchandising for Biruji Festival, an alternative music festival celebrated in the countryside of Catalunya.
Poster & Identity - October 2018
Identity, poster, and merchandising for Biruji Festival, an alternative music festival celebrated in the countryside of Catalunya.
Editorial - July 2018 RISD MFA thesis book entitled Constellations which demonstrates how graphic design systems allows to explain the complexity of the rational and symbolic world.
Editorial - July 2018
In this book, you will find a collection of projects that both reflect and simultaneously reinvent my personal way of seeing the world, which I consider to be a space that is complex, diverse, and in continuous transformation. Graphic design is the lens through which I examine and understand this complexity, and it is also the medium through which I translate this huge realm into navigable systems of ideas, tales, forms, and experiences.
Illustration - October 2017 Editorial Illustration proposal for the article Happiness is Other People published on October 27th, 2017 at the New York Times.
Illustration - October 2017
Editorial Illustration proposal for the article Happiness is Other People published on October 27th, 2017 at the New York Times.
Identity & Editorial - January 2016 Brand design, naming, and applications for the interior design studio Scala.
Identity & Editorial - January 2016
Logo design, branding, and various applications for Scala Studio. The form experiments for the logo ended up influencing the final selection of the name Scala. The applications are continuing to expand as the studio grows.
Editorial - January 2017 Editorial piece with personal responses to All Possible Futures book.
Editorial - January 2017
In the process of searching for ideas and inspiration, I encountered a book entitled All Possible Futures. I had become aware of how my projects generally took a historical approach to research and never a futuristic or speculative one. When I started reading John Sueda’s book, I found an interview in the first chapter that caught my eye. The quote that struck me most was, “The further back you can look, the further forward you are likely to see.” I felt as though certain quotes and images were speaking directly to me, and as a result, I decided to overlay my own commentary on top of his text as a way to share my own thoughts and engage him in conversation.
Editorial - 2018 Interview with anthropologist Octavi Rofes about the relationships between culture, art, and society.
Editorial - 2018
Interview with Octavi Rofes, Ph.D., an anthropologist and professor at Eina University in Barcelona. In February of 2018, I interviewed Octavi seeking answers to questions I have regarding culture, society, and art. After the conversation, I transcribed and translated our dialogue, eventually presenting it in the form of a book.
Identity - January 2014 Campaign for the Pacte Nacional pel Dret a Decidir. Developed with creative team: Artofmany
Identity - January 2014
Campaign for the Pacte Nacional pel Dret a Decidir, a non-governmental organization, to encourage voter turnout and democratic actions in the Catalan referendum in 2014. Claim Translation: "You'll be saying nothing?" Developed with creative team: Artofmany
Editorial - May 2018 Zine of an email interview with the American graphic designer Ryan Waller.
Editorial - May 2018
Designer Ryan Waller is a partner at Other Means, a Brooklyn-based graphic design studio that works primarily on behalf of artistic and cultural institutions. My admiration of the way he transforms everyday form into graphic design projects led me to conduct this interview, which took place over email. To celebrate that fact, I designed a zine whose form relates directly to our digital conservation.
Illustration - January 2017 Editorial illustration proposal for a New York Times politics article.
Illustration - January 2017
Editorial illustration proposal for a New York Times politics article.
Poster - June 2017 Poster series that presents a personal and contemporary interpretation of Dadaism through an homage to Arthur Cravant. Photography by Maria Sturm.
Poster - June 2017
Poster series that presents a personal and contemporary interpretation of Dadaism. The posters aim to honor the poet and boxer Arthur Cravant, who was among the artists of the Dada avant-garde. His unique work and his exuberant life left behind significant traces in Barcelona, where he lived for some years. My process of making this project echoes his practice, which was an unusual combination of writing, boxing, and performing. See Process. Photography by Maria Sturm.
Identity - January 2013 Branding and applications for a Catalan surfboard shaper.
Identity - January 2013
Branding and application for a Catalan surfboard shaper. The project includes web design, clothing, merchandising, and collaboration on the graphics for surfboard designs.
Poster - November 2017 Poster design based on a personal article about a fiction origin of art and design history.
Poster - November 2017
Appropriating the mythological tale of Romulus and Remulus, I created my own work by re-identifying Romulus and Remulus as Art and Design, respectively. I also changed the names of the other characters in the story, referring to them, for example, as Technique, Creativity, and Ideas. With that personal article, I designed a poster.
Identity - January 2015 Naming and branding for a new media production company. Collaborates for naming and copywriter Victor Sarria.
Identity - January 2015
Naming and design of the corporate image, for new and young Production Company. They are specialized on Brand Content. They came from cinema productions and use this language to make short stories for advertisement using the new media. Collaborates for naming and copywriter Victor Sarria.
Illustration - February 2018 Self-initiated editorial Illustration proposals for articles based on science and technology.
Illustration - February 2018
Self-initiated editorial Illustration proposals for articles based on science and technology. The one shown illustrates an article that exposes how technological advances effects on human evolution.
Poster - December 2017 Poster that tracks the process of thinking and making.
Poster - December 2017
Poster that tracks the process of thinking and making.
Illustration - March 2015 Editorial illustration about the dysfunctionalities of the Spanish political system.
Illustration - March 2015
A collection of editorial illustrations critiquing the political Spanish system and its dysfunctionalities. The collection was created in 2015 and unfortunately, it still remains updated.
Illustration & Editorial - February 2017 Newspaper spread containing an editorial illustration collection for relevant world news of 2016-17.
Illustration & Editorial - February 2017
Editorial illustration collection for relevant world news of 2016-17. The images are laid out as a newspaper spread that includes only headlines and my visual response to each of them.
Poster - January 2017 Poster to celebrate the Mediterranean sea as a cultural and trade territory.
Poster - January 2017
Through my research into the history of the Mediterranean, I realized how this body of water has been a primary arena of transport, trade, and cultural exchange among diverse peoples spanning three continents. Inspired by this, I designed a poster in which I used road signs and visual language to represent the fluidity of the sea in contrast to its quantifiable features, such as depth, length, and location.
Editorial - January 2017 Large book in which I tell the story of Barcelona as highlighted by its systems of ornamentation — in this case, the tiles.
Editorial - January 2017
A walk through Barcelona tiles arose from my decision to engage in research on the Barcelona street tiles as objects of strong local identity. My findings took the of form a large book in which I tell the story of Barcelona as highlighted by its systems of ornamentation — in this case, the tiles.
Maria is a graphic designer who graduated from the master’s program at the Rhode Island School of Design. She was born and raised in Barcelona, where she graduated from EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona (UAB) in 2013. She has worked in Barcelona and Brazil, and has lived and studied abroad for more than three years. Maria focuses on graphic design projects such as corporate identities, books, posters, and websites. She also enjoys working collaboratively.
Email:
mariarullbescos@gmail.com
info@mariarull.com
Skype:
mariarull
LinkedIn:
Maria Rull Bescos
Phone:
+34 679 926 375
Currently located:
Amsterdam
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This website and the works shown here are designed by Maria Rull. The website is programmed by Sergi Robles. It is typeset in Aperçu Bold & Regular. Typeface design by the Entente released by Colophon-Foundry.
Rhode Island School
of Design
MFA Graphic
Design
Providence, RI, US
Universitat Eina UAB
Multidisciplinary
DesignBachelors
Barcelona, Spain
2010–2013
Escola d’Art i Superior
de Disseny Serra i Abella
Hospitalet del
Llobregat, Spain.
2007–2010
BAU Design College
Illustration course
Barcelona, Spain
2015
Rhode Island School
of Design Media Group
Graphic Designer
assistent
Providence, RI, US
2018
Malabars
Graphic Designer
Barcelona, Spain
2014–2015
Artofmany
Graphic Designer
Barcelona, Spain
2013–2014
Sambba Propaganda
Graphic Design Intern
Florianópolis,
Santa Catarina, Brasil
2012–2013
Aesthetic Artistic
Productions
Graphic Design
Colaboration
Florianópolis,
Santa Catarina, Brasil
2012–2013
Rhode Island
School of Design
Instructor
Typography
Elective
Section Instructor
History of Graphic
Design
with Douglass Scott
Teaching assistant
Poster Design
with Tom Wedell
Teaching assistant
Typography II,
with Micah Barrett.