Mr Francisco Laranjo
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Arts & Sciences
Francisco Laranjo is a graphic designer based in London, UK. He runs his own studio since completing an MA in Communication Art & Design at the Royal College of Art, London. Before that, after finishing a BA in Communication Design at ESAD (Portugal), Francisco worked in Porto as a freelancer for a wide range of cultural clients and in New York (USA) at Sagmeister Inc.
His work focuses on printed matter as well as design criticism. His writings have been published in ARC magazine, Bypass, Pli, the London Design Festival blog and in the books Design - Critical Readings (Labcom) and A Nervous Nap – On expanding the field of design (Foundation Bec Zmiana).
Francisco teaches Communication Design at Richmond University (London) and is currently a PhD candidate at the London College of Communication, undertaking a practice-led research investigating the role of design criticism in the graphic design process.
Courses taught
ADM 340 Communication Design: Type
ADM 407 Communication Design Studio
Articles
Self-publishing or graphic design in a curatorial mode?, Pli Magazine no. 2, 2011
Trendy Anarchy, or why just being 'anti' is not enough, London Design Festival blog, 2010
The Fluorescent Society, Bypass Magazine no. 2, 2010
Beyond Hybridity (revised version) in Cichoki, Sebastian; Swiatkowska, Bogna (Eds.), A Nervous Nap - On Expanding the Field of Design, Fundacja Bec Zmiana, 2009
Each one, another one, Experimenta Design 2009 - Design Biennale website, 2009
Shock and ressonance, in Bártolo, José (Ed); Design - Leituras Críticas, Labcom, Portugal, 2009
What's shock(ing) in graphic design?, Arc 11, London, UK, 2008
Beyond Hybridity, Arc 10, London, UK, 2007
Difference in design, Arc 8, London, UK, 2006
Conferences
Modes of Criticism, Masters Design, Sandberg Institute – Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2011
A history of critical graphic design, Masters Design, Sandberg Institute – Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2011
Criticality – Towards an understanding of critical graphic design, Research Network of the University of the Arts London, UAL, London (UK), 2011
Graphic design: from speed to criticism, MA Communication Design, ESAD, Porto (Portugal), 2009
Awards
Certificate of Excellence, Book Design, Print Magazine, USA, 2007
Experimenta Design/ Super Bock design award (co-winner), Lisbon Design Biennial, Portugal, 2005
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