Experience
Base (NY)
Associate Design Director
September, 2023/Present
Senior Designer
February, 2022/August, 2023
Jones Knowles Ritchie (NY)
Senior Designer
October, 2020/February, 2022
&Walsh (NY)
Designer
June, 2019/October, 2020
Aprender Design
Teacher
August, 2020/Present
(student’s projects)Gretel (NY)
Design Intern
August, 2018/May, 2019
Atolón de Mororoa (Montevideo)
Design Intern
July, 2017
Anywhere
Co-Founder
TUUT (Rio)
Design Intern
2016/2017
Junior Interprise (Rio)
Consultant Intern
2014/2015
Education
Pontifical Catholic
University of Rio de Janeiro
Visual Communication
2012/2017
Bezalel Academy of Arts
and Design (Jerusalem)
Study Abroad
2015/2016
Awards
The One Club For
Creativity Colorful: Finalist
2022
Latin American Design
Awards: Editorial
2022
Brasil Design Award:
Graphic Design
2020
Latin American Design
Awards: Branding
2020
The Design Kids Awards
2018
Latin American Design
Awards: Branding
2019
Latin American Design
Awards: Finalist Editorial
2018
Latin American Design
Festival: Young Talent
2017
12th Brazilian Graphic
Design Biennale
2017
Press
AIGA Eye on Design
The Brand Identity (Arp)
The Brand Identity (Magu)
The Design Kids
Adobe Live
Adobe Workshop
Creative Doc
Logos Brasileiros
Graphic Front
Judge
Premio Bornancini
The Side Show Awards
Carlos Bocai is a designer from Rio de Janeiro based in New York, currently an Associate Design Director at Base – previously at Jones Knowles Ritchie, &Walsh and Gretel. He's worked at studios worldwide, such as Atolón de Mororoa in Montevideo, and TUUT in Rio. Carlos is also the half of Anywhere with Julia B Aguiar — an everywhere based creative practice. Alongside Julia, he teaches the course “Decoding Identities” at Aprender Design. Carlos studied at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.
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His work applies systematic thinking to create engaging visual solutions across all platforms. He has participated on projects for clients like Nike, Apple, Google, Snapchat, Target, MTV and Knoll. His work has been recognized by The One Club For Creativity, Brasil Design Award and multiple editions of the Latin American Design Awards.
say hi or literally whatever ︎︎︎ ola@carlosbocai.works pls no spam