Hi!, I am Jose Maria Gonzalez, a South-Spanish guy currently living in the UK who wanted to become a shoelace untier as I found myself with a great ability to untie shoelaces, but finally became designer.
I graduated in Fine Arts in Seville and then went to Falmouth to do the MA in Communication Design in order to complement my artistic education with a rather designy one. I think I am now somewhere in between.
My like for creative stuff comes from my grand parents, a dental technician who created sculptures made up of dental resin, and the other one, a lawyer interested in bullfighting who had a unique a and bohemian lifestyle.
I have been au pair, shop assistant and vigilant in a museum, all in the same day. I love cooking, running and drawing.
Projects
- The History of Portraiture in EmojisThis project is a piece of information design which depicts how emotions have been communicated throughout the history of portrait painting. Considering the expression of the faces in the portraits as data I have translated these into five different simple emojis - :), :|, :(, :’( and :o. The timeline illustrates the work of twelve great masters of portraiture from the 15th century to the present such as Rembrandt, Goya or Lucian Freud. The main intention of this project is firstly, to create a
- Two Degrees° CreativeTwo Degrees Creative is a collaborative platform launched by the London-based designer Ryan McGill. The idea is to bring together the creative industries to combat climate change. The first project is Recycle(d), an Instagram-based campaign that sees designers create their own version of Gary Anderson’s iconic recycling symbol. This is my version of the logo.
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Work history
Mid-weight DesignerDyson UK
London, United KingdomFull Time
Junior DesignerAnalogFolk
- London, United KingdomFull Time
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Skills
- Graphic Design
- Art Direction
- Illustration
- Branding Design
Education
Communication Design MAFalmouth University
Falmouth, United Kingdom
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Bachelor of Arts (BA), Fine Art Universidad de Sevilla
- Seville, Spain
Awards
Penguin Random House Student Design AwardPenguin Random House UK
2nd Prize in the 'Non-Fictional' category with the design of the book cover for In Cold Blood by Truman Capote