Image of the day: Vidas by Eugenia Mello

Computer Arts [CA]: Tell us about Vidas ...
Eugenia Mello [EM]: The project was an assignment for college. I had to design three fascicles, each containing a different interview, that would work both individually and together as a collection. They would, hypothetically, come with a biweekly newspaper. My idea for the project was to accentuate the different voices from different interviews. Make them stand out, creep in, yell, silence. That is the idea behind the perhaps unconventional use of the grid.

CA: How long did the project take to put together?
EM: This project took about two months, but the actual design was developed in two weeks, more or less. It was a case of brainstorming which aspects of the brief could be used conceptually to create an idea that would develop into an interesting editorial project. That's usually the way I work: I think a lot, plan different project scenarios in my head and just start and don't stop until I'm done.

CA: How did you get into design and who or what are your influences?
EM: I studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I'm still involved as teacher's assistant in typography and graphic design classes. I like books: printed books, old books, new books, the smell of paper and ink. Good typography inspires me, and colour in everyday life: a colour combination between a person walking by and the walls of the building behind; the geometry of a last shade of light that leaves a triangle shape in an otherwise obscure wall.

Check out more images of Vivas in the gallery below, and more from Eugenia on Behance. 

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