Hi! I’m Raquel Maia Marques, a designer based in Oslo, Norway.
My professional disciplines are design and visual communication. I design visual identities and communication materials for print, digital use, and physical spaces.
As a designer, I appreciate visual experimentations and art.
Self-portrait – a quick drawing exercise done without looking at the paper and holding a continuous line as much as possible. June 2023.
Education in design:
MA – Design, Visual Communication
Bergen Academy of Art and Design (Norway)BA – Communication Design
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Work experience as designer:
design studios,
in-house,
self employed,
from Norway, Portugal and Thailand.
Other relevant experience
From 2016 to 2021, I helped organise the Bergen Art Book Fair, an art book and self-publishing festival. In 2016, I co-founded the artistic platform Ramsalt together with Sara Morgado and Ana Rita António. I was also a co-founder of Pamflett studio, a self-publishing workshop with a gallery in Bergen, with Ann-Kristin Stølan, Fredrik Rysjedal and Åge Peterson. Pamflett organises the Bergen Art Book Fair.