Identity Drawing

Sebastian Guerrini is Doctor of Philosophy in Communication and Image Studies (University of Kent, England), Designer in Visual Communication (National University of La Plata, Argentina) and Postgraduate in Communication Technologies (Scan-Centre, Groningen, Netherlands). He was born in Argentina, in 1965. His area of speciality is the analysis and design of Institutional and Corporate Communication. He has carried out image and identity design in 26 nations, among others, in United States, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, England, Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Emirates and China. In 2013 he was featured as one of the five designers selected on the exhibition “United Designs International Biennial”, an exhibition of posters from 300 designers worldwide, University of Missouri at St. Louis. In 2013 he was selected for advising the International Co-operative Alliance (London-Geneva), on the development of a brand for the whole Global Cooperative Movement. In 2009, he won the competition for the design of the slogan and logo for the Argentine Pavilion in the Frankfurt Book Fair, for which Argentina was host country in 2010. His job was completely implemented. In 2008 he won the international competition to design the image of the Organic World Foundation (Bonn, Germany). He has also developed projects for Amnesty International, International Federation of Organic Movements, Green Building Council, UNICEF, UNESCO, CLACSO and the United Nations. Author of the graphical version of the Argentine National Emblem, Sebastian also designed the brand of CONICET, the image of the Museum of Natural Sciences of Argentina and the visual identity of the nation’s Presidency, Ministries and Secretaries of State. Recently, the logo he designed for FIBA (the International Theatre Festival of Buenos Aires) colourfully adorned the streets of Buenos Aires. He is currently teaching and tutoring students in the Master Degree of Design and Communication at Escola Elisava, and at Blanquerna´s Master Degree on Art Direction (Barcelona, Spain). Articles about his work were published in Mexico, the United States, Canada, South Africa, Japan, China, Australia, England, Italy, Spain and Germany. His writings have been published by ICOGRADA and AIGA. Aside from his Portfolio at www.guerriniisland.com you can read a collection of his thoughts on design and identity at www.sebastianguerrini.com and his art at www.