"Cinema, ahoy!" was the slogan for the second edition of the European Film Festival in Cuba. It is part of a concept of design focused on travel as a way of connecting cultures. The design evokes the journey of a cruise ship travelling from Europe to Havana loaded with films. The design of the invitations and tickets for the festival was inspired by passports and boarding passes used by travellers across the world today. The idea of travelling through the films encourages the public to be receptive and curious about cultural exchanges.
Daniel Plutin is a graphic designer from Havana, Cuba. For him design is so important, because it opens the possibility to interact with people. Mostly he is doing branding and he finds it very exiting to create a concept for a product or a company and to traduce the important values and ideas into images and emotions. For him design is a connection to the people, it tells stories, creates emotions and provokes feelings. When he is designing, he always tries to focus on the main idea to communicate the essentials and the really important facts to the consumer. Right now he is living in Rome, Italy and he is working as a freelance graphic designer for different companies.
Daniel Plutín Amigó, degree in Graphic Design in 2010 at the Institute Superior of Design of Havana, Cuba (ISDI). He has worked for academic and cultural institutes, technology and environmental organizations, government organizations and ONGs. Experienced creating corporate brands, visual identity, infographics, image for events. With great interest in typography, photography, making videos and online marketing. Within the design and communication team, he has taken part in the 5th Ibero-American Design Biennial (BID16), being selected and made it to finals for the category of graphic design and communication.