Rafael Ribas

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Education

2017–2019 Post-MA in Type Design, ANRT, Nancy
2015-2017 MA in Type Design, ESAIG Estienne, Paris
2014-2015 NSD in Graphic Design, HEAR, Mulhouse
2013-2015 BA in Graphic Design, ESMA, Montpellier

Experience

2016 Internship, J+T Kritis, Brussels
2016 Internship, Atelier Jérôme Knebusch, Frankfurt-am-Main
2016 Messine workshop w/ Alejandro Lo Celso, ESAL, Metz
2016 Pangramme: learning type design, editorial and exhibition design, Frankfurt am Main/Metz
2016 Blanc sous presse, workshop w/ Franck Jalleau & Raphaël Lefeuvre, Imprimerie Nationale, Douai
2015 A Letter From Sancho Panza To His Wife workshop w/ Jérôme Knebusch, HEAR, Mulhouse
2013 Internship, FANQ! Crossmedia, Lisbon

Work

Post-Romantic

Posters for romantic music concerts, set in Golgotha.
— 700^×1000^mm, screen print, January 2017

Titre 1

Titre is a magazine on things, which subject matter changes every issue.
#1 is a collection of self-written articles on typography.
— 150^×240^mm, 28 pages, April 2017

L'Oulipo et les savoirs

Sheet and fold for L'Oulipo et les savoirs, exhibition about the literary society of Oulipo, by students of École Estienne. Curated by Claire Tirefort and Karine Hulin, Bibliothèque des Grands Moulins, March 15 to June 10, 2017, text by Erell Guillemer, under the supervision of Julien Gineste.
— 210^×297^mm and 297^×420^mm, March 2017

Golgotha

Golgotha, a revival and extension of a set of capitals found in a 19th century french fantasy face catalogue from type founders Renault & Marcou.
— 180^×270^mm, 48 pages, Autumn 2016

T185

T185, typeface inspired by the city of Frankfurt am Main, its techno period, the bright and radical developments of Theodor Adorno, and the Jersey Club breaks.
— November 2016

FaM

Poster about the city of Frankfurt am Main or moving objects in a standard space. Set in T185.
— 700^×1000^mm, January 2017

Atlante

Type design based on a manuscript interpretation of a humanistic model. Work supervised by Michel Derre and Frank Jalleau.
— November 2016

한글, les discours d'une écriture

Thesis on Hangul, written under the supervision of Philippe Buschinger and Erell Guillemer, assistance of Jo Gyuyeon and Park Jun Woo, and including an interview of Victor Thibout.
— 170^×240^mm, 100 pages, December 2016

EXPOsition: images DE sCÈne

Wood- and Stereotype posters for an exhibition gathering visual production around performing arts. Curated by Erell Guillemer, École Estienne, January 31 to March 6, 2017. Setting and printing w/ Antoine Elsensohn and Guillaume Letellier.
— 400^×620^mm, January 2017

RIP ( 1.1 )

Yearly revue de poésie curated by Antoine Dufeu & Frank Smith. This 1^st issue invites multiple ways of reading, blown up or continuous, plane or in depth. In collaboration with Héloïse Laurent. Available here and on www.ripforever.xyz.
— 180^×270^mm, 240 pages, September 2016

Bartleby, the Scrivener; A Story of Wall Street

Paperback book joining Hermann Melville and Gilles Deleuze again, along with stills from Goddfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi. The book seeks to confront views on how human nature can be challenged by technological outbreaks.
— 110^×180^mm, 304 pages, March 2016

Printemps de la typographie no.7

Poster and invitation card for the Printemps de la typographie, annual typographic symposium taking place in Paris and organized by the students and professors of the MA Type Design of école Estienne
— poster : 600^x800^mm, card : 150^×210^mm, March 2016

6th High School Annual Litterary Contest of lycées Fénelon, Henry-IV and Louis-le-Grand

Proposal for the annual novel contest between students from Parisians high schools lycées Fénelon, Henry-IV and Louis-le-Grand. The pamphlet contains the four awarded novels illustrated by the students of École Estienne's gravure workshop.
— 140^×200^mm, 68 pages, January 2016

Ptolemy

Revival of the type used in Cosmographia by Claudius Ptolemaeus,
atlas printed by Lienhart Holl in Ulm, 1482. — workshop by Jérôme Knebusch, HEAR-Mulhouse, march 23 to 26th, 2015 w/ Caroline Amadei, Gyuyeon Jo, Margaux Lopes, Stéphanie Thiriet, Lina Kahal, Alix Sanchez, Adrien Joufflineau, Julia Pinter, Marion Coudert de Masi, Rafael Ribas, Louis Fouilleux, Axel Bidault, Aline Riou

Liberty

Film program and timetables for the Liberty,
movie theater in Monsempron-Libos, 47500, France.
— 525^×210^mm, December 2015

Bell Biv Devoe

Poster collection for New Jack Swing band Bell Biv Devoe.
— 600^mm800^mm, December 2014

Garrido

Type design inspired by 19th century french "Belle Époque" typefaces.
— ongoing

Loterie Rue

Editorial study on the relationships between text & image, in an analysis of the losses and gains of automatically generated translation. The original texts are from Young Scooter's mixtapes Street Lottery I & II, 2013-2014, 1017 Records.
— 200^×270^mm, 88 pages, April 2015

Young Cellski

Poster collection for Bay Area rapper Young Cellski.
— 600^×800^mm, December 2014

Dej Loaf

Poster collection for Detroit based rapper Dej Loaf.
— 600^×800^mm, December 2014

Mnozil Brass

Visual identity proposal for the Mnozil Brass tour celebrating the bicentenarial of
Richard Wagner's death.
— booklet : 200^×280^mm, 28 pages, poster : 895^×1280^mm, leaflet : 210^×400^mm,
February 2015