Artist Biography
Marcos Mello is a graphic artist, typographer, and letterpress printer. He concluded his studies at Rudolf Steiner, a German school in São Paulo (Waldorfschule) with a course in graphic arts and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP) and a post-graduation course in Graphic Design from Faculdade Belas Artes de São Paulo. He has a Master's Degree in Education, Art and Culture History from Faculdade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and a Ph.D. in Social History from University of São Paulo (USP). He is currently a Design lecturer at Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM). He is a founding partner at Oficina Tipografica São Paulo, an NGO dedicated to researching Brazilian typographic memory, courses, and projects in letterpress language. His work in graphic design and visual arts focuses on experimental typography. In his atelier Letterpress Brasil, he develops letterpress and graphic design projects.

Description of Process
Poster printed in letterpress using wood type and metal cliches produced especially for this project with the digital Noka font by the Brazilian type designer Daniel Sabino.
The poster was printed first using a Vandercook Universal 3 and then on a platen press adapted for large formats. The artwork had eleven passes to register the typographic shapes. Conceptually, the project is characterized as an exploration of graphic language in dialogue between the digital and analog typographic universes. The artwork explores the shapes, textures, and countless possibilities that typographic language invites us each to consider.
Printed on Fedrigoni paper with different colors, 300gr, 20 numbered copies.