Image of the Palestinian Nakba, 1948
Image of the Palestinian Nakba, 1948
Image of the Palestinian Nakba, 1948
Image of the Palestinian Nakba in 2023
Image of the Palestinian Nakba in 2023
Image of the Palestinian Nakba in 2023

Plantas Studio demands a cease fire now.


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Norsk • Português • English


Free Gaza. Now.

Exhibition view of "Your breath, Your Voice"

Your Breath, Your Voice • Michelle Tisdel for Oslo City Museum

Visual Identity, Exhibition and Publication Design

Exhibition view of "Your breath, Your Voice"

Your Breath, Your Voice • Michelle Tisdel

Visual Identity, Exhibition and Publication Design

Exhibition view of "Your breath, Your Voice"
Exhibition view of "Your breath, Your Voice"

Your Breath, Your Voice • Michelle Tisdel

Visual Identity, Exhibition and Publication Design

Drone shot of installation made by Gustavo Prado, Carollina Lauriano and João Doria de Souza shown at the "Rock the Mountain" festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Manifesto Coletivo • Rock the Mountain Festival

Typographic Installation

Manifesto Coletivo • Rock the Mountain Festival

Typographic Installation

Drone shot of installation made by Gustavo Prado, Carollina Lauriano and João Doria de Souza shown at the "Rock the Mountain" festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Manifesto Coletivo • Rock the Mountain Festival

Typographic Installation

Members of the Akerselva Women's choir hold the poster during the Mørketid concert
Poster displaying a portrait of Kim Friele below the words from "Opp all kvinner", a feminist anthem
Cover of "Dreaming Awake" publication

Akerselva Kvinnekor • Mørketidskonsert Poster

Poster design and Risoprinting

Cover of "Dreaming Awake" publication

Akerselva Kvinnekor • Mørketidskonsert

Poster design and Risoprinting

Detail of "Dreaming Awake" publication

Dreaming Awake • Marres

Publication Design and Co-editing

Detail of "Dreaming Awake" publication

Dreaming Awake • Marres

Publication Design and Co-editing

Detail of "Dreaming Awake" publication

Dreaming Awake • Marres

Publication Design and Co-editing

Cover of "Dreaming Awake" publication
Spread view of "Dreaming Awake" publication
Cover of "Dreaming Awake" publication
Spread view of "Dreaming Awake" publication
Cover of "Dreaming Awake" publication
Spread view of "Dreaming Awake" publication
Words "TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO" on a glass window of a gallery at Kistefos Museum

TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO • Rhea Dall for Kistefos Museum

Visual Identity, Exhibition and Publication Design

Words "Typography over glass window of a gallery at Kistefos Museum
Caption plates of "TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO" exhibition

TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO • Rhea Dall

Visual Identity, Exhibition and Publication Design

Words "TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO" on a glass window of a gallery at Kistefos Museum

TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO • Rhea Dall

Visual Identity, Exhibition and Publication Design

Object view of "TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO" publication
Object view of "TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO" publication
Object view of "TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO" publication
Object view of "Jakob Weidemann's Ringsveen", edited by Karin Hellandsjø, published by Orfeus Forlag
Words "Typography over glass window of a gallery at Kistefos Museum

Jakob Weidemanns Ringsveen • Orfeus Publishing Red. Karin Hellandsjø

Publication Design

TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO • Rhea Dall

Publication Design

Words "TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO" on a glass window of a gallery at Kistefos Museum

Jakob Weidemanns Ringsveen • Orfeus

Publication Design

Composition with scans of "Klikk-her TV" publication for Kunsthall Stavanger
Composition with scans of "Klikk-her TV" publication for Kunsthall Stavanger

Klikk-her TV • Kunsthall Stavanger

Visual Identity, Website, Publication and Risoprinting

Composition with scans of "Klikk-her TV" publication for Kunsthall Stavanger

Klikk-her TV • Kunsthall Stavanger

Visual Identity, Website, Publication and Risoprinting

Type Specimen for Iness-Regular

Iness-Regular

Typeface Design, Revival

Type Specimen for Iness-Regular

Iness-Regular

Typeface Design, Revival

Type Specimen for Iness-Regular

Iness-Regular

Typeface Design, Revival

Cover and Spread views of "Mother Tongue" Publication

Mother Tongue • Stiftelsen 3,14

Publication Design

Cover and Spread views of "Mother Tongue" Publication

Mother Tongue • Stiftelsen 3,14

Publication Design

Cover and Spread views of "Transcultural Flux" Publication

Transcultural Flux • Stiftelsen 3,14

Publication Design

Cover and Spread views of "Transcultural Flux" Publication

Transcultural Flux • Stiftelsen 3,14

Publication Design

Cover of an issue of the newspaper "10 Undersøkelser"

10 Undersøkelser • TrAP

Publication Design

Cover of an issue of the newspaper "10 Undersøkelser"

10 Undersøkelser • TrAP

Publication Design

Cover of an issue of the newspaper "10 Undersøkelser"

10 Undersøkelser • TrAP

Publication Design

Spread view of "São Casas" publication by Luiza Baldan
Spread view of "São Casas" publication by Luiza Baldan

São Casas • Luiza Baldan

Publication Design

Spread view of "São Casas" publication by Luiza Baldan

São Casas • Luiza Baldan

Publication Design

Poster design for "Events!"
Object view of "Photophobia" publication

Events! • Ingrid Roede & Alena Rieger | OCCAS

Visual Identity, Poster design and Risoprinting

Object view of "Photophobia" publication

Events! • Ingrid Roede & Alena Rieger | OCCAS

Visual Identity, Poster design and Risoprinting

Poster series view of "Dealing with It"

Dealing with It • Oslo Architecture Triennale

Visual Identity, Publication Design and Riso Printing

Object view of "Photophobia" publication
Outdoor image with posters for "Dealing with It"

Dealing with It • Oslo Architecture Triennale

Visual Identity, Publication Design and Riso Printing

Object view of "Photophobia" publication

Dealing with It • Oslo Architecture Triennale

Visual Identity, Publication Design and Riso Printing

Poster series view of "Ten Takes"

Ten Takes • Oslo Architecture Triennale

Poster Series Design and Riso Printing

Poster series view of "Ten Takes"

Ten Takes • Oslo Architecture Triennale

Poster Series Design and Riso Printing

Poster series view of "Ten Takes"

Ten Takes • Oslo Architecture Triennale

Poster Series Design and Riso Printing

Spread view of "Notes on the Lettering" article
Spread view of "Notes on the Lettering" article
Spread view of "Notes on the Lettering" article

Notes on the Lettering • Lars Müller Publishers

Writing for "Sverre Fehn, Nordic Pavilion, Venice" monograph

Spread view of "Notes on the Lettering" article
Spread view of "Notes on the Lettering" article
Spread view of "Notes on the Lettering" article

Notes on the Lettering • Lars Müller Publishers

Writing for "Sverre Fehn, Nordic Pavilion, Venice" monograph

Worker hat with the saying "You're a worker too"
Worker hat with the saying "You're a worker too"

How to: not make an architectural magazine • CCA Montréal

Research and online publication in residency

Worker hat with the saying "You're a worker too"

How to: not make an architectural magazine

Residency at CCA Montréal

Object view of the "Biennials/Triennials" publication

Biennials / Triennials • Columbia Books on Architecture and the City

Publication Design

Object view of the "Biennials/Triennials" publication

Biennials / Triennials • Columbia GSAPP

Publication Design

Object view of the "Biennials/Triennials" publication

Biennials / Triennials • Columbia GSAPP

Publication Design

Concrete Oslo • Torpedo Press

Publication Design

Multiple covers of the "Concrete Oslo" publication

Concrete Oslo • Torpedo Press

Publication Design

Multiple covers of the "Concrete Oslo" publication
Object view of "The Fog" publication

The Fog • Galerie Roger Tator

Publication Design

Object view of "The Fog" publication

The Fog • Galerie Roger Tator

Publication Design

Detail view of "The Fog" publication
Detail view of "The Fog" publication
Object view of "Photophobia" publication

Photophobia • Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Publication Design

Object view of "Photophobia" publication

Photophobia • Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Publication Design

Object view of "Photophobia" publication

Photophobia • Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Publication Design

Reader exploring the particular binding of "Photophobia" publication
Film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul exploring the "Photophobia" publication
Reader exploring the particular binding of "Photophobia" publication
Film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul exploring the "Photophobia" publication
Reader exploring the particular binding of "Photophobia" publication
Film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul exploring the "Photophobia" publication
Multiple spreads of the "Vogue's Potential Guide to Life" publication

Vogue's Potential Guide to Life • Self-published

Publication Design and Writing

Multiple spreads of the "Vogue's Potential Guide to Life" publication

Vogue's Potential Guide to Life • Self-published

Publication Design and Writing

Poster series view of "Classic Album Sundays"
Poster series view of "Classic Album Sundays"

Poster series • Classic Album Sundays

Poster Series Design and Riso Printing

Poster series view of "Classic Album Sundays"

Poster series • Classic Album Sundays

Poster Series Design and Riso Printing

Poster series view of "Classic Album Sundays"
Poster series view of "Classic Album Sundays"

PTSDISCO 001 • 314 AM

Poster design for 314 AM

Poster series view of "Classic Album Sundays"

PTSDISCO 001 • 314 AM

Poster design for 314 AM

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Plantas Studio is the design practice of João Doria de Souza (MFA Graphic Design, Yale University School of Art, 2014). We’re a sibling of Plantas Press and Good in Theory.


Based in Oslo, Norway but together with an international network of collaborators, we offer purpose-driven design & editorial services in the field of publications & exhibitions in the cultural sector.


We cultivate a hand | eye for craft & production, a heart | brain for content & social impact, plus a soul | spirit for concepts & ideas.


Reach us at

e: hi@plantas.studio

i: @plantas.studio

🪴


Plantas Studio is the design practice of João Doria de Souza (MFA Graphic Design, Yale University School of Art, 2014). We’re a sibling of Plantas Press and Good in Theory.


Based in Oslo, Norway but together with an international network of collaborators, we offer purpose-driven design & editorial services in the field of publications & exhibitions in the cultural sector.


We cultivate a hand | eye for craft & production, a heart | brain for content & social impact, plus a soul | spirit for concepts & ideas.


Reach us at

e: hi@plantas.studio

i: @plantas.studio

🪴


Plantas Studio is the design practice of João Doria de Souza (MFA Graphic Design, Yale University School of Art, 2014). We’re a sibling of Plantas Press and Good in Theory.


Based in Oslo, Norway but together with an international network of collaborators, we offer purpose-driven design & editorial services in the field of publications & exhibitions in the cultural sector.


We cultivate a hand | eye for craft & production, a heart | brain for content & social impact, plus a soul | spirit for concepts & ideas.


Reach us at

e: hi@plantas.studio

i: @plantas.studio

Clients (selected)


Automatica (BR); Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo (NO); Apichatpong Weerasethakul (TH); Classic Album Sundays (NO); Columbia Books in Architecture and the City (US); Espen Dietrichson (NO); Hayward Publishing (UK); Kistefos Museet (NO); Stavanger Kunsthall (NO); Michelle Tisdel / Lift Every Voice (NO); Marres — House for Contemporary Culture (NL); Orfeus Publishing (NO); Oslo Architecture Triennale (NO); Oslo City Museum (NO); Rhea Dall (DK); Torpedo Press (NO); Transcultural Arts Production (NO)

Exhibitions, Talks, Awards, Residencies (selected)


Multiple Formats Symposium, Boston University (US); Odds and Ends Art Book Fair, Yale University Art Gallery (US); The LA Art Book Fair, Printed Matter (US); Tokyo Type Directors Club (JP); Bookmaker Symposium, Aperture Foundation (US); Signals from the Periphery, Tallinn Art Hall (EE); Estonian Academy of Art (EE); California Institute of the Arts (US); Otis College of Art and Design; Magical Riso, Jan Van Eyck Academie (NL); The Alternative Art School Fair, Pioneer Works (US); It's a Book, HGB-Leipzig (DE); Concours International d'Affiches, Chaumont (FR); National Award for Architecture and Design, DOGA (NO); Den Danske Bogdesignpris (DK), Årets Vakreste Bøker, Grafill (NO); Visuelt, Grafill (NO); Canadian Centre for Architecture (CA); Best Books from All Over the World (Shortlist), Stiftung Buchkunst (DE); Best Verzorgde Boken, Stedelijk Museum (NL)

Teaching


Konstfack (SE); Beckmans Designhögskola (SE); Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo (NO); Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (NO); Aalto University (FI); California Institute of the Arts (US); Otis College of Art and Design (US); Virginia Commonwealth University (US); University of Wisconsin-Stout (US); Carioca Center for Design (BR); Rogaland Kunstsenter (NO); Yale University (US)

Image credits


Leon Vilhena (animation), Jan Khür, Julie Hrnčířová, Rune Thorstein, João Marcos Latgé, Sem Shayne, Justina Nekrašaitė, Gisle Bjørneby