Before we launch the new season of The PRINT Awards, we wanted to take another look at some of our favorite winning entries from this year. In the coming weeks, we’ll highlight stellar creative work across the breadth of categories. The 2025 PRINT Awards will open for entries in early November 2024.
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Felipe Goes is a graphic designer, journalist, and creative director whose work centers around the development of creative concepts and strategies for various design communication systems. Goes collaborates with clients to pave a new road for content creation that pushes the boundaries of multimedia journalism and reimagines existing work with a personalized twist. With a master’s degree in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects from Universidade do Porto, Goes has worked as a design educator since 2013.
Goes’ work on Alucinação earned him third place in the Books Entire Package category of The 2024 PRINT Awards. Alucinação is a poem written by Samuel Maciel Martins and was curated and edited by Rodrigo Marques. The book retains dense and precise language to capture the poetry found within the everyday experiences of Brazil’s young black residents.
The book, printed solely in black, boasts a relatively uncomplicated visual design at first glance but portrays a complex and intentional visual narrative that not only catches but maintains the audience’s attention. The book’s dust jacket is littered with a collection of abstract fluorescent shapes that contrast with its minimalist nature and play off of the text’s carefully calculated mathematical relationship, creating a geometric yet fluid dynamic. The stitching serves as a graphical element that connects with the title of the work and maintains cohesiveness throughout the piece.
The various choices made throughout this project stem from a focus on visual aesthetics, meticulous attention to detail, and the essential visual traditions necessary for the creation of a final tangible product that exudes care and imaginative fervor.