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About Oscar Bastidas : Oscar Bastidas is a Venezuelan Art Director, specialized in Branding Design, currently living in Brooklyn, New York. Oscar has over 15 years of experience on the development of advertising material and art pieces for clients such as Toyota, Johnnie Walker, Ciroc, Buchanan´s, Budget, McDonald's and JW Marriott Hotels, among others. His work has also been featured in international publications specialized in Design such as: Logoism, Logo Decode, Logos 4, Graphics Can Be Managed and Eat & Go. Oscar also teaches Branding Design in Crehana.com, a major Hispanic e-learning platform for Visual Arts, with more than 2600 students on his class. He is also known as "Mor8", name under which he has expanded his calling for graphic arts, with a focus on what he calls "Hand-Crafted Branding Design", a different and organic way he uses to design a brand, full of illustrations and hand-made details. Currently, his artwork is booming amongst emerging brands from numerous industries in countries like the US, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Argentina and Switzerland.
ORGANIZATION:
Mor8 Design

EDUCATION:
2002, Graphic Designer, CU Monseñor de Talavera, Caracas/Venezuela

EXPERIENCE:
2002-2014 Art Director at Hener Publicidad, Caracas/Venezuela.
2014-2017 Freelance Art Director

MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2011, "In Vino Veritas", Tasca El Abuelo, 20 artists, Caracas, Venezuela.
2017, "36 Days of Type", Vasava Studio, 216 artists, Barcelona, Spain.

AWARDS:
2015, Behance Review at JWT agency- 1rst place, Best Portfolio Branding, Caracas, Venezuela

2017 International Visual Identity Awards
Gold Winner in Hospitality, Travel & Leisure Category

BOOKS:
“Logoism”

2017 Sandu Publishing
Logoism is an inspirational reference for contemporary logo design, a guide to the latest innovations as well as a precursor to coming trends. Over 1500 cutting-edge logos were selected and divided into six groups based on their styles and characters — symbol, type, symbol and type, form, ensemble, and retro. Whether they consist purely of symbols or/and letters, apply retro aesthetics or vintage styles, were designed with multiple variations or mimic geometric structures, all are brilliant examples of the form from designers around the globe.

This book features Oscar’s logo designs for the following clients:

• Fashion photographer Alvaro Camacho
• Azaí (Organic foods brand)
• Creola (Craft beer)
• Edukos (Restaurant)
• Inicio (Tequila)
• Jucleanse (Detox drinks)
• Lafant (clothing)
• Moon Fox (Lingerie)
• No Halftime (Sports Fantasy App)
• On the wok (Restaurant)
• Salami & Co (pet-friendly coffee shop)
• Serious Cow (frozen yogurt)
• SV (Insurance company)
• Taikin (Restaurant)
• Taino (fish farm)

“LOGOS 4”

2017 SendPoints Publishing
LOGOS 4 offers a new and practical reference for logo design. This edition presents a careful selection of the latest outstanding logo works from around the world, exploring the rational approaches and detailed design techniques of logo creation. Divided into four chapters- Food & Beverage, Fashion, IT and Culture, it covers various industries for a comprehensive review of this branding element.

“Graphics can be Managed”

2016 Designer Books Publishing
The book features Oscar Bastidas’ previous work such as:

• Branding development for international lingerie brand, Moon Fox
• Illustration featured on the casual clothing line, Shop Clothing
• Branding and redesign of Venezuelan advertising agency Hener Group
• Environmental awareness campaign for Toyota

“EAT & GO”

2014 Sandu Publishing
Eat & Go — Branding & Design for Takeaways & Restaurants showcases the latest and freshest graphic design of restaurants offering takeaway services. It features the most original restaurant, bistro, café, sweet shop, etc. The book is going to attract and inspire designers, marketing professionals and gourmets alike.

"Logo Decode"

2017 Sandu Publishing
Logo Decode - From Logo Design to Branding aims to tell the story behind a brand, offering you valuable resources on how to create a successful logo that best presents a company. Case studies focus on “how a logo comes into being,” taking you through some of the decisions designers made and why they made them. It will be a valuable guide for people engaged in graphic design and marketing, and even brand owners.

This edition also features Oscar Bastidas branding development for international lingerie brand, Moon Fox.

COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
"Advanced Branding Design" teacher at Crehana.com (2015-currently)

WEB SITE:
mor8graphic.com

PORTFOLIO URL:
be.net/mor8

RSS URL:
https://www.instagram.com/mor8_branding/

REGISTRATION DATE:
2017-09-16 13:32:12

COUNTRY/REGION:
United States of America

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional

Awards received by Oscar Bastidas


Taikin Corporate Identity

Silver A' Design Award Winner for Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Category in 2017
Oscar Bastidas for Mor8 Design Studio



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