Graphic Designer Art Director
Resume:
Recent work
From **** until January ****: Visual
identity, print, digital, and social media
campaigns for the Artistic and Cultural
Extension Center at The University of Chile
(ceac), the coordinating office for
The National Symphony Orchestra, the
Symphonic Choir, the Chamber Choir, and
the National Chilean Ballet. Responsibilities
included developing marketing campaigns,
creative direction, photo and audiovisual
production supervision, design and
production of music and dance programs,
and annual publications.
December of 2023: Visual identity and
catalog for a major temporary exhibition
(Fractures and Repairs) at the Chilean
Museum of Pre-Columbian Art in Santiago,
a client since 1998.
Professional experience in New York
Designer at Robert P. Gersin Associates
(1984–85). Worked on the visual standard
system for Sears Roebuck & Co.
Designer at 212 Associates (1987–91).
Projects for the private and public sectors
included: A signage system for Ohio U.,
a directory system for the Rockefeller Center,
map and tourist guides for the South Street
Seaport, and editorial design for the Asia
Society and the Dia Art Foundation, among
other organizations.
Relevant projects in the past (Chile)
Founded Tesisdg in 1992 (today José Neira
Délano at Creative Graphics, Wilton, ct),
a graphic design studio with a staff of five
designers that serviced the private, public,
and non-profit sectors in Santiago between
1992 and 2022.
Visual identity and branding projects
for cultural organizations
Estación Mapocho Cultural Center,
The Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art,
La Moneda Cultural Center (at the outset),
and the Artistic and Cultural Extension
Center of The University of Chile, ceac.
Exhibition design projects for museums
in Santiago, Chile
The Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art:
Collaborated as a consultant for the new
permanent exhibition in the basement of the
museum (2005). Designer for the permanent
map installation on the staircase of the
museum (2005-06).
The National Historic Museum, Chile:
Designed the temporary exhibitions,
Marcos Chamudes, Photographer (2013),
and Memoria y Registro, 11.9.1973 (2013).
Visual identity assignments at The University
of Chile, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics
National Lab for High-Performance
Computing nlhpc, and the Center for
Mathematical Modeling cmm.
José Neira Délano
mfa Yale University
Creative Director
Editorial design assignments
for corporate organizations, museums
and The University of Chile
Between 2003 and 2008, directed several
important book design projects for entel
(National Telecommunications Company);
dibam (Library, Archives and Museums
Direction, today the National Service of
Cutural Patrimony); the Chilean Museum
of Pre-Columbian Art (from 1998 until
present), and the National Historic Museum
in Santiago.
Between 1999 and 2012, along with
photographer Guy Wenborne and architect
Elizabeth Huyghe, directed editorial projects
for Huinay Foundation, a scientific research
center owned by endesa (today enel Chile)
National Electric Company.
Other important editorial projects were
completed for the Faculty of Physics
and Mathematics at The University of Chile:
The Communications Office, the Center
for Mathematical Modeling (cmm)
and the Center for Advanced Research
in Materials (cimat).
Visual identity and branding projects
for the private sector
Ripley (retail stores), Monex Bank (acquired
by CorpBanca, Chile), Concha y Toro Winery,
Trivento Winery (Argentina), Botalcura
Winery, La Junta Winery, Terrapura Winery,
Las 200 Olive Oil, Las Piedras Olive Oil
and other consumer products.
Branding
Visual identity
Editorial design
Information design
Museography
Exhibitions
Advertising
Content development
Packaging
Way finding
ux design
Consulting
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Editorial design assignments
for artists and architects
Designed catalogs and books for artists
Samy Benmayor, Bororo, Jorge Brantmayer,
Josefina Guilisasti, and Pilar Ovalle.
Designed the exhibition for architect Teodoro
Fernández, on the occasion of receiving
the National Award in Architecture (2015).
Visual identity, wine labels and packaging
design for wineries and other products
Concha y Toro Winery, Botalcura Winery,
La Junta Winery, Terrapura Winery,
Las 200 Olive Oil, Las Piedras Olive Oil.
Visual identity and wine labels for Fernando
Almeda, an oenologist from Barcelona
working in Chile (2021 until present).
Signage and way-finding projects
Designed signage and way-finding systems
for the library at the Faculty of Architecture,
Design and Urban Studies at The Catholic
University of Chile (1998); orientation signage
on the main floor of the La Moneda
Cultural Center (2005); signage system
for Botalcura Winery (2008).
Consulting
Consultant on public transportation
research for the Center for Sustainable
Development (cedeus) at the Catholic
University of Chile (2016).
Academic activity
Adjunct Professor of Design (2014–2022)
School of Design, The Catholic University
of Chile, Santiago: Taught the 3rd-year studio
course in exhibition design and museology
(2020–2022). In association with professors
Paz Cox and Francisco Gálvez, taught the
1st-year studio course Visual Communication,
and tutored 5th-year students for their senior
projects. In previous years (same school),
taught the 2nd-year, Interaction Design
studio course along with professors Pablo
Hermansen and Martín Tironi.
Full-time Assistant Professor of Design
(2012–2014)
Design Department, Faculty of Architecture
and Urban Studies at The University
of Chile: Taught the 4th-year studio course
Information Design, tutored 5th-year
students for their senior projects,
and was a member of the committee
for curricular reformation.
School of Design Director (2007–2009)
Director of the School of Design at The
Faculty of Architecture, Art, Design and
Communications, Andrés Bello University,
Santiago, Chile.
Adjunct Professor of Design (1992–2004)
School of Design, Finis Terrae University,
Santiago, Chile. Taught 3rd and 4th-year
graphic design studio courses.
Published work and award nominations
The work of Tesisdg (books and other print
material) was featured in Latin American
Graphic Design, a book edited in 2008
by designers F. Taborda and J. Wiedemann
and published by Taschen.
Received four design nominations to the
Altazor Awards in the National Arts, Chile.
Education
mfa degree in Graphic Design from
Yale University, 1987.
At Yale University, studied with some
of the key figures that have influenced
the field of graphic design worldwide:
Paul Rand, Armin and Dorothea Hofmann,
Wolfgang Weingart, Mathew Carter,
Shigeo Fukuda, Edward Tufte, Richard
Wurman, Germano Faccetti, Bradbury
Thompson, Alvin Eisenman (program
director), Philip Burton, Chris Pullman,
and Douglass Scott.
Attended the Summer Program in Graphic
Design in Brissago, Switzerland (1986)
organized by the Basel Kunstgewerbeschule
and Yale University.
bfa degree in Graphic Design from Purchase
College, New York (1984). Distinguished
with The Dean’s Commendation for Excellence
in Design.
José Neira Délano
mfa Yale University
Creative Director
Branding
Visual identity
Editorial design
Information design
Museography
Exhibitions
Advertising
Content development
Packaging
Way finding
ux design
Consulting
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