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


Young Guns 21: Finalist

2023


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



Talks + Lectures


Wix Playground: Screen to Screen

2024


The Atlantic
Re:Think Design Talks

2023


MICA: Lecture + Weekend Workshop

2023


TDC: Type Drives Culture

2023


Shillington: Guest Lecturer

2022


Sam Fox School of Design at Washington University: Guest Critic

2020


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


Latin American Design Young Talent
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. 


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.




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