Audiovisual – Motion Graphics
Editorial
Photography
Projects in graphic design, social design, video, sound and photography
Portfolio of personal and professional projects alongside taught workshops
Poster Design
Thinking made visual
My graphic work mainly consists of posters, publications and page layout projects. Often drawing inspiration from street textures to develop my ideas, I create posters that aim to spark some reflection as I experiment with visual ways of communicating messages.
Editorial Design
Art and Design books
Together with Pataicola Art and Design Lab, we have designed a range of independent publications, including zines, art books, research books, and photobooks, printed and published in Beijing and promoted at both local and national art book fairs.
Social Design
Artefacts and interventions
Social design or a design for social impact is a practice that uses design thinking to solve social problems while engaging individuals and communities. The artefacts designed here have the potential to create positive changes, bring awareness on specific issues, promote inclusivity, and foster a more sustainable future.
Video and Sound
Visual sociology and visual arts
As a visual sociologist, my video and sound work mainly supports social research projects as a means to record observations and represent them in an inventive way. On the other hand, as a visual artist, my projects are also experimental in combining medias as they intend to express concepts and sensations. Here is a selection of my most recent work but you can see more on my Instagram @thverbal or my Vimeo account.
If you are in China, you may have to activate your VPN to watch some of these videos.
Details of a Street (2020): A half an hour short film supporting a research project conducted on the streets of Beijing.
Stories from Beijing (2017): Ten short stories telling the intimate relationship between a foreigner and the city of Beijing.
Sounds for Education (2016): An example of sound work supporting a research project conducted on the streets of London.
Lost in Calmness (2022): A short experimental video on colours, sounds and feelings.
Morning sounds (2022): A series of short videos on representative sounds of my mornings at home.
Photography
Street scenes
Since 2021, my photography has focused on capturing street scenes, characterised by strong contrasts, silhouettes, clean compositions, and a dark aesthetic that I would associate to a jazz music tone. See more on my Instagram @thverbal and have a look at my photobook Fugar (2023) among other photo zines.
Print works
Engravings
As visual artist, I also do print works including linocut, woodcut, collages, among other mixed media pieces, sometimes commissioned, or made as inspiration hits.
Graphic Design
Workshops
As design teacher, I have refined a series of workshops over time, that can be taught from a few hours to several days. These workshops, made for small groups of students aged 15 to 21, explore printmaking techniques, typographic compositions, banner design, software learning, and mixed media works incorporating photography, sound and video.
