MARIANA MATOS✦
Communication Designer based in Detroit. Books are open for new projects & clients. Shoot her an email :)
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PublicATION
Orchid
Boom Book
Condon Report
Shinola Mooncraft Monster
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helloGirl
Motion
Bees & Time
Ch-Ching!
Morality 101 (Coming Soon)
The Girlfriends (Coming Soon)
—Film Photography
INTERACTION
Space Place Landscape
What We Wore (The Henry Ford Museum)
Design for Disassembly
MOTIONArrival
What I learned
The subtleties of timing and type-image interactions
Inspired by the unique visual language of the 2016 film Arrival, this title sequence pairs mechanical typography with the elegant and organic forms of ink moving through water — a stark juxtaposition which nods to the film’s themes of understanding differences and bridging gaps in communication. Soft blur and subtle typographic movement is underscored by an eerie, dramatic tune from the movie’s original score, making this sequence the perfect introduction to this cerebral sci-fi drama.
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Extensive research and re-watches with a critical eye illuminated key visual and thematic motifs that sparked the idea of pairing geometric type with organic image. All video footage was shot by me with a very minimal, somewhat janky, DIY set-up... which actually proved to be one of the less challenging aspects of this project. All I’ll say is this: my poor MacBook was fighting After Effects for its life.