Barbara Cutlak


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Counter-Dotsself-directed
Counter-Dots is an interactive book of letters made out of spiral binding holes. A grid of laser cutted holes matches the same modularity of the standard spiral binding. The holes create a layering effect, in which the letters relate to one another. The book can be completely unbound, allowing for playfulness and interaction.

How do you see?self-directed
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Inspired by Corita Kent's viewers, and Bruno Munari's inventions, this set of devices for vision transforms the viewer’s perception with its varied shapes and colors. 

Created for the galleries of the RISD Museum and accompanied by prompts and small guides, they are touchable objects that symbolize different ways of seeing and interacting with artworks inside a museum.

Clube Fbrand identity
Clube F is a feminist book club organized by Bazar do Tempo, a brazilian publishing house. The logo focuses on the letter F that stands out in the shape of a projected light or as colorful super-heroine badge. 

Developed at Tereza Bettinardi



Carla Juaçaba editorial design; editing A publication about the Holy See Pavillion in Venice, by Brazilian architect Carla Juaçaba. The book uses photography, lectures, interviews and references to build a narrative from the architect's voice. The architecture is a minimal metal beam structure that merges with the surroundings. Different paper surfaces represent constrasting textures of nature and metal and the japanese binding emphacizes continuity. The book proportions and page margins are based on the square and the cross forms.


Balcão Street Food
Bronze at the Latin American Design Awards, 2024—Branding Categorybrand identity; visual systems; packaging
 Balcão is a food establishment that merges Brazilian and Arab street food. The identity delves into the streetculture and informality of Rio and Telaviv, mixing vernacular and designed typography with neon colors and humours callouts. The menu was designed for three languages. 

MY ROLECreate the visual identity collaboratively; design collaterals and packaging; typeset the menu; manage interns workflow. 

CREDITSDeveloped at Biabum
Art direction by Beatriz Tati Nóbrega
With Isadora Pinheiro, Julia Ferreira, Stella Nardelli

Bronze at the Latin American Design Awards, 2024—Branding Category
Between Us, Between Knotsbook design; illustration
Between Us, Between Knots (Entre nós) is a children's book on grandparents–grandchildren relationships based on PhD research run during Covid. A single cotton thread throughout the book represents shared memories, scenarios, and experiences that ultimately create our own relationships. The title has a double meaning in Portuguese, once us is the same word used for knots. Illustrations made with cotton thread, collages and tape on paper.

Free Freevisual identity for social media
Free Free is a global platform for protecting and empowering girls and women. For their social media branding, we prioritized vibrant colors and graphic treatments with visual impact, using feminist magazines from the 60s as references, such as Ms. and Spare Rib. 

Developed at Tereza Bettinardi


Integrated Report
digital; editorial design

This project is an annual ESG report for Omega Energia (currently Serena Energia) a renowned sustainable energy company. We proposed a more captivating approach to the content, using editorial graphic elements, illustrated infographics and textures.

Developed at Biabum
Art direction by Beatriz Tati Nóbrega
With Gabriela Prestes, Isadora Pinheiro, Julia Ferreira, Pedro Leobons, Stella Nardelli, Vinicius Monteiro

Aerialbook design; photobook
Aérea is a graphic research of the passage of time on an airplane trip. With overlapping images and circular cutouts that allude to the airplane windows, the aim is to simulate the state of contemplation and suspension of an airplane trip.

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