Cocolia
   RAÚL RAMOS: Graphic designer, studied at BAU school in Barcelona. After finishing his studies in 2005, he began his career as a freelancer, and in 2008 started Cocolia study.
MIREIA RUIZ: Graphic designer, studied at BAU school in Barcelona. After forming part of DGestudio, she joined Cocolia, where she took charge of art direction.
  Inspirations.  
    
       
           Painted by Time        
 
        
          
    
        
           Inricate patterns created by lichens, made over time around the tiny cracks of ceramic tiles. (C) Ma...        
 
       
    
       
           The Joys of Ice Skating        
 
        
          
    
        
           That skating 400 years ago was one of the most popular winter activities in the Netherlands can be s...        
 
       
    
       
           penccil: This was 2017        
 
        
          
    
        
           The penccil year in review is a project selection for 2017, this year curated by Mario Gagliardi. Se...        
 
       
    
       
           Cutting the edges        
 
        
          
    
        
           Arctic Paper launches new swatch books for the brands Arctic, Amber and G-Print, as well as the two ...        
 
       
    
       
           The pattern of You        
 
        
          
    
        
           Each name results in a unique pattern. The pattern and colors created are unique to each name, and t...        
 
       
    
       
           Wayne Sorce:  Urban Color        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Wayne Sorce: Urban Color" is on view from October 21st through November 30th at Joseph Bellows Gall...        
 
       
    
       
           Maurice Binder        
 
        
          
    
        
           Maurice Binder was a film title designer best known for his work on 14 James Bond films including th...        
 
       
    
       
           Neverending Graphics        
 
        
          
    
        
           Graphics and animations are generated on the fly, resulting in perpetual variations. Move your mouse...        
 
       
    
       
           Le Drugstore Brand Identity        
 
        
          
    
        
           Design&Practice designed the brand identity for the newly opened restaurant "Le Drugstore," with int...        
 
       
    
       
           Coffee maker        
 
        
          
    
        
           Visualization of the process of coffee making. 
The aim was not to use words.        
 
       
    
       
           FASHION ADVERTISING        
 
        
          
    
        
           RESEARCH        
 
       
    
       
           ILLUSTRATION        
 
        
          
    
        
           RESEARCH        
 
       
    
       
           The wall        
 
        
          
    
        
           photography and theoretical  project about the The seperation wall between Israel and the west bank        
 
       
    
       
           Geigy, Swiss and European Graphic Design        
 
        
          
    
        
           Selection of outstanding graphic design from Europe        
 
       
    
       
           Swiernalis        
 
        
          
    
        
           Polish alternative musician Swiernalis        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Monk        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Jonathan Monk.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Tajima        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Mika Tajima.
Negative Entropy is a series of five abstract Jacquard woven portraits of in...        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Lewitt        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Sam Levitt.
TEMPLATE is a book whose information emerges under programmatic erasure. Or p...        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Baldessari        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by John Baldessari.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Armleder        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by John Armleder.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Mullican        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Matt Mullican.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Weiner        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Lawrence Weiner.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Cattelan        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Maurizio Cattelan.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Brannon        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Matthew Brannon.        
 
       
    
       
           Gaetano Pesce: Abstraction is boring        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Abstraction is boring and limited as a mode of expression. Reducing and reducing designs means that...        
 
       
    
       
           The Menu        
 
        
          
    
        
           The food menu as we know it today is an invention of the 19th century. Traditionally, during a meal ...        
 
       
    
       
           American Food        
 
        
          
    
        
           Davide Luciano is a New York based conceptual food and beverage photographer and motion artist. His ...        
 
       
    
       
           What Is A Simulation?        
 
        
          
    
        
           What is a simulation?
It is a private game we devise when the aliveness of a situation is too comple...        
 
       
    
       
           The algorithm of fashion        
 
        
          
    
        
           Each of these scarf patterns is unique. The production workflow involves an algorithm which creates ...        
 
       
    
       
           Books of Memory: Gianpaolo Pagni        
 
        
          
    
        
           Gianpaolo Pagni creates unique, printed, painted or stamped books. His work focuses around memory an...        
 
       
    
       
           Groupe Garcia Ingénierie        
 
        
          
    
        
           Corporate identity. Marseille, France, 2015.        
 
       
    
       
           Franz De Lacroix        
 
        
          
    
        
           Model: Franz De Lacroix / Average is Boring
Photographer: Paulina Wyszynska        
 
       
    
       
           Akiko Masunaga        
 
        
          
    
        
           マスナガデザイン部/Art director/Designer/O型/乙女座        
 
       
    
       
           Management 7        
 
        
          
    
        
           7 thoughts on management: Paradox, Management, Hierarchy, Bureaucracy, Trust, Vision, Motivation. (C...        
 
       
    
       
           Brazil Modernism        
 
        
          
    
        
           20th century architecture in Brazil, including work by Lina Bo Bardi, Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, O...        
 
       
    
       
           Struth: Nature & Politics        
 
        
          
    
        
           Thomas Struth´s work shows us highly complex equipment, structures and constructions. His pictures ...        
 
       
    
       
           Tom Ngo        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Common sense and conventional practice prohibits the evolution of architecture. Through reproducing...        
 
       
    
       
           Visual Music        
 
        
          
    
        
           Viktor Hertz was born in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1983. In 2009, he started to do graphic design as a hob...        
 
       
    
       
           Heartbeat, Heartseat        
 
        
          
    
        
           Heartbeat consists of a massive heart glowing to the rhythm of a strong, deep and low frequency hear...        
 
       
    
       
           Swarm fabrication: Kokkugia / Roland Snooks        
 
        
          
    
        
           We have a fascination with the impact of new technologies on architecture and construction. We are f...        
 
       
    
       
           Ignite        
 
        
          
    
        
           "What I try to do is use technology to create representations of imagery found in nature. Technology...        
 
       
    
       
           Obsolete Distinction        
 
        
          
    
        
           In contemporary society, the digital world pervades the physical to such an extent that any distinct...        
 
       
    
       
           Liqen        
 
        
          
    
        
           Liqen was born in 1980, in Vigo, a port and industrial city of Galicia, in Spain. Since very little,...        
 
       
    
       
           L’ITALIA CI GUARDIA        
 
        
          
    
        
           On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, 40 masters of photogra...        
 
       
    
       
           Design & Politics        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photo series "design and politics" by Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, born in 1982 i...        
 
       
    
       
           Xavier Antin: Printing at Home        
 
        
          
    
        
           A printer manual to disturb and disrupt the printing process.
Xavier Antin, born in 1981, lives and ...        
 
       
    
       
           Julius Shulman: Visual Drama        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Julius had an eye for visual drama. With modernist buildings, he loved capturing the strong lines s...        
 
       
    
       
           72 dpi        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images on the Internet are changing our lives. While images were once only reserved for a certain fe...        
 
       
    
       
           Memories of Ruins: Rebecca Bathory        
 
        
          
    
        
           Finding beauty in darkness, poetry and meaning in the forgotten and surreal, imaginary worlds amongs...        
 
       
    
       
           Toshio Onda        
 
        
          
    
        
           Japanese Fashion photographer Toshio Onda studied at the University of West England. He lives in Par...        
 
       
    
       
           Rayan Ayash        
 
        
          
    
        
           Rayan Ayash is a Fashion Photographer based in New York & Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Áron Jancsó        
 
        
          
    
        
           “I’m a type addict. Building from scratch is how I like to work, sometimes even designing every ...        
 
       
    
       
           Palmyra, End of March, 2016        
 
        
          
    
        
           Palmyra. City of Mesopotamia, city of the Phoenicians, of the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Persians, a...        
 
       
    
       
           Small Buildings        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Eric Tabuchi, born 1959, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           The end of history - La fin de l´histoire        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Belief in progress is irresistible. In flattering the eye it blinds us. Standing in the middle of t...        
 
       
    
       
           Raymundo Colares        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raymundo Colares (1944 in Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais - 1986 in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais) was a Bra...        
 
       
    
       
           Txema Yeste        
 
        
          
    
        
           Txema Yeste (1972) began his career as a reporter after completing his photographic studies in Barce...        
 
       
    
       
           Blast        
 
        
          
    
        
           Naoya Hatakeyama was born in 1958 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Hatakeyama, a student of Kiyoji Otsuji...        
 
       
    
       
           Man. Kiki. Lee.        
 
        
          
    
        
           The muses of Emmanuel Radnitzky (Man Ray)
"All I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of ...        
 
       
    
       
           Conformity        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Modern man has become a cog in a very complex society. We live in a society that praises individu...        
 
       
    
       
           Uncanny Bodies        
 
        
          
    
        
           There is a space of imagination stretching between brain, lens and body: Photography by Ariana Molly...        
 
       
    
       
           Trees in Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           A series utilizing random patterns in nature to reveal mathematical beauty, by Ansen Seale.        
 
       
    
       
           Observatoires        
 
        
          
    
        
           Noémie Goudal is a French artist who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010 with an MA in ...        
 
       
    
       
           AG Frozoni: We need to aim at essential things        
 
        
          
    
        
           “We need to aim at essential things, to remove every redundant effects, every useless flowering, t...        
 
       
    
       
           Andrea Guccini: 4A+1        
 
        
          
    
        
           Andrea Guccini, born in Bologna in 1993, studied at the IED in Milan. He is living and working  betw...        
 
       
    
       
           Julien Notter and Sébastien Vigne        
 
        
          
    
        
           Basé à Lausanne, Notter + Vigne est un atelier graphique fondé en 2002 par les designers Julien N...        
 
       
    
       
           Erwin Poell: Naturwissenschaft + Technik        
 
        
          
    
        
           Erwin Poell (1930) is a German graphic designer. From 1951 he studied with Walter Brudi at the State...        
 
       
    
       
           E. Hu        
 
        
          
    
        
           Eric Hu is an art director based in New York. He previously worked as the design lead at OKFocus. Er...        
 
       
    
       
           Nauru        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nauru was first inhabited at least 3,000 years ago. Inhabitants caught ibija fish, acclimatised them...        
 
       
    
       
           SCHNAPPVIECHER        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Krampus in Salzburg, Austria was the first beast Charles Fréger  encountered during his two-yea...        
 
       
also:
 Night Stories        
 
        
  
 (C) Mario Gagliardi 2014        
      
        
       
 
 Eden        
 
        
  
 Paper sculpture        
      
        
       
 
 Choreography of pictorial fetishes        
 
        
  
 Afterword by WM Hunt
These are photographs.
These exist uniquely as photographs. The artist, Manuel ...        
      
        
       
 
 Bus station        
 
        
  
 Photos captured as a part of incomplete project looking to be completed.        
      
        
       
 
 Twenty Twentyone        
 
        
  
 Impressions from Vienna in the latter half of 2021. Images by Mario Gagliardi.        
      
        
       
 
 Parallel Universe        
 
        
  
 Sometimes, you can catch one of these scenes when things seem less real, as if another version of re...        
      
        
       
 
 Surface N° 2        
 
        
  
 Arctic Paper presents Surface N° 2 – a second edition featuring a specially curated selection of ...        
      
        
       
 
 The painted house        
 
        
  
 These experimental structures have been created by combining design processes of architecture and gr...        
      
        
       
 
 SCARABOOK        
 
        
  
 SCARABOOK is the combination of Scarabottolo and the English word book (but perhaps we ought to say ...        
      
        
       
 
 My calendar        
 
        
  
 I start to make it in 2000, the year in which the future has passed, at the request of Adriano Mei G...        
      
        
       
 
 71 views of the magic mountain        
 
        
  
 In the days of the first lockdown I started making these drawings, remotely inspired by Hokusai´s "...        
      
        
       
 
 on paper books and e-books        
 
        
  
 these drawings were made thinking about what is happening to the books through various titles of cla...        
      
        
       
 
 Ebb and Flow        
 
        
  
 This student design project smartly uses paper to give shape to the intertidal coastline of Taiwan, ...        
      
        
       
 
 Culinary Tradition        
 
        
  
 Four examples of contemporary food packaging designs inspired by traditional Chinese patterns and gr...        
      
        
       
 
 TRIAL        
 
        
  
 Old-school postal packaging usually gets little attention from graphic designers. Not so in this fun...        
      
        
       
 
 Archip-elles        
 
        
  
 Swiss graphic designers We Play created this pop-art inspired, fun poster series for the Archipelles...        
      
        
       
 
 Kids House        
 
        
  
 For Inwayi Kids House in Ningbo City, China,  designer Nono Xia of graphic design studio Ninemix cam...        
      
        
       
 
 Origami envelopes        
 
        
  
 Origami Envelopes have a special place in Japanese gift-giving  culture. The four envelopes here rep...        
      
        
       
 
 Les Concerts du mercredi        
 
        
  
 The idea of Swiss based graphic design practice We Play Design for these posters for Les Concerts du...        
      
        
       
 
 Tatsuo Miyajima: Being Coming        
 
        
  
 Although this is for an exhibition of Japanese contemporary artist Tatsuo Miyajima at Shanghai Minsh...        
      
        
       
 
 Yokohama Museum of Art Calendar        
 
        
  
 Graphic designers Aizawa office from Yokohama designed this wall calendar. With its unassuming but a...        
      
        
       
 
 Pulp Fiction        
 
        
  
 A selection of American and Mexican Pulp Fiction covers from the nineteen-forties.        
      
        
       
 
 Synthetic Paradise        
 
        
  
 Generative music combined with abstract graphics. Click the screen to generate new graphics:
https:/...        
      
        
       
 
 Back in the USSR        
 
        
  
 Great retro logos from the old USSR, and a Beatles song.
https://soundcloud.com/thebeatlesrevisited...        
      
        
       
 
 Faces by 田中 一光 Ikko Tanaka        
 
        
  
 Inspired by the Bauhaus, by Jazz and by American graphic design, Ikko Tanaka (1930-2002) was one of ...        
      
        
       
 
 Paris        
 
        
  
 Paris 2019. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 penccil        
 
        
  
 Concept,  branding, design and coding of penccil, the site for creative people, studios and gallerie...        
      
        
       
 
 Pattern generator        
 
        
  
 A generator for tile and fabric patterns. Drag and drop images and see kaleidoscopic patterns emerge...        
      
        
       
 
 Street Life        
 
        
  
 Photographic impressions in the streets of Tokyo and Kyoto. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Energy        
 
        
  
 Every photo has an energy, a direction, and a story. I do not own this story.        
      
        
       
 
 Cognition        
 
        
  
 This experiment looks at the process of human cognition. Letters get progressively filled with color...        
      
        
       
 
 Bones, Stones, Sticks, & Stones        
 
        
  
 Digital photography and manipulation on paper.        
      
        
       
 
 Dawson        
 
        
  
 Yukon Territory, Canada        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Romantic Modern: The California Architecture of Harwell Hamilton Harris. Writer and Designer, Ted We...        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Bohemian Crossroads: Art & Culture Collide Then Subside. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Bohemian Highways: Abide Then Divide Along the California Coast. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Horizon Homes: Living a Concrete Dream. Writer and Designer, Ted Wells.        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Artists Abroad: A Woman´s Journey to Discover the Artists. Writer and Illustrator.        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Casting Shadows, Auguste Rodin. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Bohemian Bridges: California as a Superstructure for Social and Cultural Change. Writer and Designer...        
      
        
       
 
 Hoi An        
 
        
  
 Ancient Town in Vietnam and South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century
2...        
      
        
       
 
 worlds of planet earth        
 
        
  
 A set of photos from different places on Earth.
2018        
      
        
       
 
      
      
    
      
      
        Design is as much a matter of finding problems as it is solving them.
— Bryan Lawson
        
       
     
       
        — Bryan Lawson
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