Books:

"Disorder in Progress" Book

As a follow-up to the success of the Brasil-Inspired Book, Disorder in Progress shows the contrary and adopts the slogan of the national flag "Ordem e Progresso" ("Order and Progress").

The book features works by Carlos Bêla, Coletivo Design, Stephan Doitschinoff, Raquel Falkenbach, Linn Olofsdotter, Eduardo Recife and many others, providing insight into a deeper look of this fascinating country of dynamic contrasts. You can see more images of the book here.

If you're interested in seeing photos of the printing process, which was finished in February of 2006, please visit Flickr. The books bought from this site will be signed by the editor.

"Brasil-Inspired" Book

This book was released in 2003 by German Publisher Die-Gestalten Verlag. Nando's participation in this project was creating the concept for the book, inviting all of the participants and co-editing it along with Die-Gestalten's staff, which also ended up designing the book's layout and cover.

The concept of the book was to invite artists and designers from around the world to create original artwork about their impressions about Brazil. Thankfully the book was a huge success, which have led me to launch a Brazilian online resource for the arts field Brasil Inspired.com You may see the illustrations that Nando has created for it here.

The book has sold out completely and there will be not second edition, which is why the cost of these last 5 copies is higher than the original price. The books are also signed by the author.

• Limited Edition Off-Set Prints:

"Plastiq Phantom" Poster

This poster was designed as a fold-out cd sleeve for one of Plastiq Phantom's albums. You may see the CD attached to the poster here. This design was created through a collaboration between Nando and his wife Linn Olofsdotter.

This was printed in a 4 color off-set process at 175 lpi as a limited edition of 500 units. We used the Brazilian paper Supremo Duo Design on 250g/m2 weight. We have also added a matte finish on both sides of the poster, which is 47.8(h) x 20.8(w) centimeters or 18.8(h) x 14(w) inches.

The individual tracks from this album have been released on iTunes and you may purchase them here. If you wish to see more photos of the poster click here.. Plastiq Phantom releases his music through Imputor and he creates music for motion graphics through Polar Empire.

"Accumulation of Library Essentials" Poster

This piece was created using various elements from distinct illustrations that the designer Nando Costa has created throughout his career. Nando feels that as a graphic artist he has developed certain group of objects, which tend to re-appear often in his work. Eventually the repeated use of these elements led to what some may consider Nando's graphic style. These are ultimately tools, which the designer feels comfortable using and re-using, therefore the name "Accumulation of Library Essentials". You may see more photos of this item here.

This was printed in a 1 color off-set process at 175 lpi as a limited edition of 500 units. We used the Brazilian paper Supremo Duo Design on 250g/m2 weight. We have also added a matte finish on both sides of the poster, which is 43.5(h) x 21(w) centimeters or 17.1(h) x 8.2(w) inches.

"Tubes" Poster

This was designed by Nando Costa as a self-promotional poster and as an extension for the animation entitled "Tubes". You may see other images of the poster here.

This was printed in a 4 color off-set process at 175 lpi as a limited edition of 500 units. We used the Brazilian paper Supremo Duo Design on 250g/m2 weight. We've also added a matte finish on both sides of the poster, which is 91(h) x 12.7(w) centimeters or 20.8(h) x 5(w) inches.

"My World" Poster

This poster was created out of almost all of the illustrations created by Linn Olofsdotter in 2004. The composition was born out of a collage of the drawings, whcih the artist built aside her desk.

This was printed in a 1 color off-set process at 175 lpi as a limited edition of 500 units. We used the Brazilian paper Supremo Duo Design on 250g/m2 weight. We have also added a matte finish on both side of the posters, which is 89.8(h) x 33(w) centimeters or 39.3(h) 12.9(w) inches.

"Elephant" Poster

This illustration was made by Linn Olofsdotter for the "Curvy" exhibition of 2004 in Australia. Presented by YEN Magazine, the exhibition celebrated the hottest female illustrators, artists & designers worldwide.

This was printed in a 4 color off-set process at 175 lpi as a limited edition of 250 units. We used the Brazilian paper Supremo Duo Design on 250g/m2 weight. We have also added a matte finish on one side of the poster, which is 69.4(h) x 52(w) centimeters or 27.1(h) x 20.3(w) inches.

"Raphsody" Poster

This poster was designed from a collection of paintings and illustrations by artist Linn Olofsdotter. It was intended to accompany the poster "Accumulation of Library Essentials" by Nando Costa.

This was printed in a 1 color off-set process at 175 lpi as a limited edition of 500 units. We used the Brazilian paper Supremo Duo Design on 250g/m2 weight. We have also added a matte finish on both sides of the poster, which is 43.5(h) x 21(w) centimeters or 17.1(h) x 8.2(w) inches.