[ danfervin.com | Personal portfolio of Dan Fervin ]

Welcome to the personal archive of works and art by Dan Fervin, a young graphic and sound designer residing in beautiful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dan is 26 and over the past six years has been working with design, illustration, web and music. He's been interested in art and experimentalism since an early age, which led him to study Graphic Design later on. He's worked for several design agencies and clients and has been featured in national and international magazines and books. Dan is now freelancing full time in his home studio and his jobs also include music projects. It's been a while since Dan has started composing soundtracks to animations, ads, and even a Brazilian short movie. He's the brain behind the Infravend music project. He's open for freelance jobs, so if you like his work feel free to contact him.

[ 2010.10.18 | 10:17 am ] So, I'm finally updating my online portofolio with a few new works and a new layout. Also, add me or follow me at the different social networks (links on the right) so we can keep in touch.

[ 2008.09.19 | 11:04 am ] Today's news: 1) two new illustrations I've done will be published in the No Name Magazine RELOAD series and they were presented in an exhibit in Milano, Italy with other 32 featured artists from around the world in July; 2) Ideafixa will release a two years celebration book containing some of the finest work publsihed so far in the magazine and an illustration of mine will be featured; 3) I have been involved in many projects lately and since March I've been working in my home studio freelancing full-time and dedicating myself to a personal music project, please meet INFRAVEND. Enjoy the updates!

[ 2007.04.16 | 2:25 pm ] Huge thanks go to Nando Costa for linking up my site at K10K, Fabio at Web From Brazil, Stefan at Etcetera and Flavio at Uailab. I really appreciate that!

[ 2007.04.10 | 12:33 pm ] I'm in the middle of designing a totally new face for my portfolio so I just put up this temporary home I'll be using for a while with my most recent works, including jobs executed at SIACOM, freelance works and Typefaces I have recently created. Also, I'd like to thank The International Illustrated duo for inviting me in this latest edition of the project! :D Hope you enjoy the new updates!

"Multiverse"

Client: Personal project (2010)
An illustration based on the concept of hypothetical set of multiple possible universes (including the historical universe we consistently experience) that together comprise everything that exists.

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O Brasil no tempo da Segunda Guerra

Client: CCJE / Jair de Souza (this project was executed at Jair de Souza Design)
The exhibit, curated by Jair de Souza and Maurício Lissovsky, put side by side how the American and the German photographers envisioned Brazil during the World War II period and also shows other interesting facts about the country on the same time period.

Video Mapzine visual ID

Client: Video Mapzine
Logo and visual identity for Video Mapzine, a really cool online project that will soon be launched.

"Chaotic Innocence"

Client: Idea Fixa (2009)
This illustration was published on IdeaFixa's Greatest Hits, a book containing the best works from the e-mag first two years. In 2008 it was also one of the few pieces selected to be part of the E-nox/IdeaFixa's project that took the work of different artists to be hanged on the wall and displayed in dozens of bars, restaurants and nightclubs in Brazil.

Infravend website [ ONLINE >> ]

Client: Infravend
Official website for electronic music project Infravend.

Infravend visual ID

Client: Infravend
Logo and visual identity for electronic music project Infravend.

"Wanderlust series"

Client: NoNameMagazine (2008)
I was invited by NoNameMagazine to design a couple of illustrations under the theme "recharge". So I thought travelling and observing natural landscapes contribute to my personal recharge, so that's where the title "Wanderlust" came from.

"Day"

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"Night"

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"The Tetragrammaton is the Human Heart"

Client: Personal project (2008)
I will let this open for personal interpretations.

Club flyer

Client: Dama de Ferro (2007)
A flyer I've designed for DJ Chris Carrier party that took place on Rio-based night club Dama de Ferro.

Zupi.org self-promo

Client: Zupi.org (2007)
I made this self-promotional illustration for the Zupi site cover.

Camiseteria t-shirt contest

Client:Camiseteria (2007)
Although it recieved very positive criticism the tshirt didn't make it to the collection.

"Reverberation"

Client: The International Illustrated (2007)
I was invited to contribute with an illustration for the 2nd edition of The International Illustrated project. This is an intimate look at Nature.

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"Trigrammaton"

Client: personal project (2007)
This is an illustration I did together with the typeface of the same name.

Trigrammaton typeface

Client: Personal project (2007)
This is the second typeface I have created. It was really challenging because of the angles and thin lines.

GE Park 2007 Calendar

Client: GE Park | comissioned by 2P Studio (2007)
2P Studio invited me to design 13 illustrations for GE Park's 2007 calendar. It was challenging for the deadline was pretty short.

Siacom e-mail marketing

Client: SIACOM Design + Propaganda (2007)
Brazilian ad agency SIACOM asked me to design a piece illustrating the variety of styles, faces and solutions they can bring to their clients. It was their first online strategy of this year.

'We moved and would love of your visit'

Client: SIACOM Design + Propaganda (2006)
SIACOM moved to a new place so this was an illustration for an email marketing announcing the new adress and phone.

Tilt flyer

Client: Tilt (2006)
Flyer for weekly rock party Tilt, based off Rio de Janeiro.

"80's Girrrrrrl"

Client: personal project (2006)
This illustration came out influenced by the recent 80's revival and its musical imagery.

Hang The DJ flyer

Client: Hang the DJ (2006) | executed at Siacom
This flyer was designed for a Rio de Janeiro based monthly rock party.