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.


Donate to Doctors Without Borders:


Norsk • PortuguêsEnglish


Free Gaza. Now.

Publication view "Din pust, din stemme"
Publication view "Din pust, din stemme"
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
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

Members of the Akerselva Women's choir hold the poster during the Mørketid concert
Cover of "Dreaming Awake" publication

Akerselva Kvinnekor • Mørketidskonsert Poster

Poster design and Risoprinting

Cover of "Dreaming Awake" publication
Cover of "Dreaming Awake" publication
Object view of "TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO" publication
Object view of "TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO" publication
Type Specimen for Iness-Regular

Iness-Regular

Typeface Design, Revival

Iness-Regular

Typeface Design, Revival

Cover of an issue of the newspaper "10 Undersøkelser"
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

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

Events! • Ingrid Roede & Alena Rieger | OCCAS

Visual Identity, Poster design and Risoprinting

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

Detail view of "The Fog" publication
Detail view of "The Fog" publication
Reader exploring the particular binding of "Photophobia" publication
Reader exploring the particular binding of "Photophobia" publication
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 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

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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.


Across Plantas Press, Plantas Studio
and Good in Theory, João has lectured, presented, taught and participated in
selection committees internationally from
BA to Ph.D. level in diverse educational institutions, and independently too.


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


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