Arquivo Ota - Um Mergulho na Mente Mais Maluca da HQ Brasileira | MMarte, 2024
by Bruno Porto & Marcelo Martinez. ISBN 978-85-53021-13-0
A richly illustrated visual biography, Arquivo Ota celebrates the multifaceted legacy of editor and cartoonist Otacílio D’Assunção Barros (1954–2021) — the legendary Ota, whose career spanned more than five decades in the comics industry, including 34 years as editor of the Brazilian edition of MAD magazine. Beyond his editorial work, Ota was a prolific writer, artist, researcher, and letterer. The book gathers rare originals, sketches, and memorabilia from his vast archive, revealing his creative process and his connections with major figures in both Brazilian and international comics. Blending artbook and biography, Arquivo Ota stands as a vibrant homage to one of Brazil’s most influential and irreverent voices in graphic storytelling.
• Nominated for the HQMIX 2025 Award
Atribulações de um Designer Brasileiro | Porto+Martinez Booksonthetable, 2021
by Bruno Porto. Foreword by Gabriel Patrocínio. ISBN 978-65-00-16863-1
This e-book brings together a selection of 50 texts produced over fifteen years and originally published in magazines, websites, books, and exhibition catalogues in Brazil and abroad. One of the most recognized names in contemporary Brazilian design, Bruno Porto analyzes projects, publications, and market practices; reveals behind-the-scenes details of Brazil’s most important design events, competitions, and awards; and discusses strategies for the internationalization of Brazilian design, with special attention to China, where he lived between 2006 and 2012. In the words of designer and researcher Gabriel Patrocínio, PhD, who wrote the book’s foreword, “what this diverse collection of accounts ultimately does is to draw a factual portrait of the Brazilian design market in the early decades of the 21st century through the eyes of one of our finest chroniclers in the field.”
• Selected for the 14th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial (2024) in the category Books about Design
Typographic Memories of Rio de Janeiro | Serifa Fina, 2019
by Bruno Porto. Foreword by Leonardo Buggy. ISBN 978-85-66599-08-4
This publication combines the revised imagery and textual contents, translated to English, of the seminal book Typographic Memories of Laranjeiras, Flamengo, Largo do Machado, Catete and environs, 2003, and the visual article Typographic Memories of Weekends in Copacabana, published in 2005 in Tupigrafia magazine, plus original texts by its author with references and comments on other publications and researches on urban typography. An autobiographical chronicle motivated by the commercial signs that helped shape the unique personalities of some of Rio de Janeiro's most traditional neighbourhoods - Laranjeiras, Flamengo, Largo do Machado, Catete and the world-famous Copacabana - over the last decades of the twentieth century.
• Selected for the 14th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial (2024) in the category Books about Design
12ª Bienal Brasileira de Design Gráfico | Editora Blucher, 2017
by Bruno Porto, Marco Aurélio Lobo Junior and Vitor Cruzeiro (organization and texts). ISBN 978-85-21-21223-2
The commemorative edition marking the 25th anniversary of the Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial — held in Brasília between August and September 2017 by ADG Brasil and Adegraf — featured a substantial catalogue of over 550 pages, showcasing 504 projects developed between 2015 and 2016. Coordinated by curator Bruno Porto, 98 jurors from 23 countries across five continents reviewed 1,391 submissions, providing a broad and representative overview of the diverse segments and visual languages present in Brazilian graphic design.
• Selected for the 13th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial (2019)
Seventh Latin-American Typography Biennial Tipos Latinos | IESB, 2017
Edited by Bruno Porto, Ricardo Esteves & Henrique Nardi. Spanish and English translations by Noel Fernández & Henrique Nardi. ISBN 978-85-93693-01-4
Trilingual digital catalog of the seventh edition of the Tipos Latinos Biennial, featuring 76 typefaces selected from 541 entries designed between 2014-2015 by Latin American designers.
• Selected for the 13th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial (2019)
Correndo maratonas em meio a um enxame: Vinte projetos de design gráfico | IESB, 2017
by Bruno Porto & Maria Helena Pereira da Silva. ISBN 978-85-93693-00-7
Graphic designers and educators Bruno Porto and Maria Helena Pereira da Silva present a curated collection of twenty final projects from the Editorial Design graduate program, developed by the 2015/2016 joint class of Centro Universitário IESB and Istituto Europeo di Design – IED Rio. The book not only showcases the students’ creative and technical achievements but also offers critical reflections on their design process, highlighting innovation, experimentation, and the diverse approaches to contemporary editorial design.
Perguntas ao objeto: Inquietudes de pesquisadores em comunicação | FAC Livros, 2016
Edited by Anna Cristina de Araújo Rodrigues, Barbara Cabral, Bruno Porto, Ébida Santos, Elen Cristina Geraldes, Patrícia Cunegundes, Paula dos Santos Oda & Samária Andrade. Foreword by João José Curvello. Preface by Maria das Graças Targino. Afterword by Elen Cristina Geraldes. ISBN 978-85-93078-03-3
Questions to the Object: Considerations from Communication Researchers brings together 28 scholarly papers produced in the Communication Research Methodologies course during the first semester of 2016 at the Communication Graduate Program at the University of Brasília. The collection showcases a range of methodological reflections and critical insights, highlighting the inquisitive and exploratory nature of contemporary research in communication studies.
DINGBATS BRASIL | RioBooks, 2015
by Bruno Porto (concept, curatorship, text & design). Translated by Aline Belmok, Braulio Flores, Bruno Porto, Daniel Siciliano Bretas, Isabell Böck | fame creative lab, Karen Xu, Lưu Thị Ly, Noel Fernández, Rafael Freire, Sarah Stutz & Vanessa Zhao. ISBN 978-85-61556-87-7
An overview of the first decade (1996-2006) of the Brazilian production of pictorial alphabets - the dingbats. Comprising an exhibition seen by over 50,000 visitors from dozens of nationalities in cities across South America, Asia, and Europe, the 35 projects by 22 designers from distinct regions of the country rescue and record aspects of the lush cultural diversity of Brazil - music, religion, arts & crafts, sports, gastronomy and design - in digital fonts of various styles. This book presents all the works from the show as well as its text in six languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, Simplified Chinese, German, and Vietnamese.
André Stolarski: Fale mais sobre isso | Ímã Editorial, 2014
by Bruno Porto & Luis Marcelo Mendes (organização e textos). Foreword by Washington Fajardo. ISBN 978-85-64528-61-1
The professional career of Brazilian designer and architect André Stolarski (1970-2013) turned into an exhibition, a book-catalog, and a documentary. While the 96-page publication and the show presented at the Carioca Design Center from November 2014 to January 2015 are divided into four themes that explore Stolarski's areas of expertise, a 45-minute documentary produced by Tecnopop and Studio Zut gathers testimonials from over two dozen colleagues and friends.
• Selected for the 11th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial (2015)
10ª Bienal Brasileira de Design Gráfico | Editora Blucher, 2014
by Bruno Porto & Henrique Nardi (edition and texts). ISBN 978-85-21208-20-4
This landmark tenth edition of the Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial, organized by the Brazilian Association of Graphic Designers (ADG Brasil) and held in June 2013 at São Paulo’s Latin America Memorial, is documented in an impressive 500-page volume. The publication presents 444 selected works—chosen from 1,904 submissions by a jury of 89 professionals from 13 countries under the curatorship of Bruno Porto—alongside critical reflections on the 71 award-winning projects.
Como o Botafogo conquistou a China | Imã Editorial, 2014
by Bruno Porto. Foreword by Roby Porto. ISBN 978-85-64528-57-4
From the 1930s Nanjing to the 21st century Shanghai, the dramatic and plausible epic of how the Brazilian football team Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas amassed 620 million fans.
Logotipo versus Logomarca: A luta do século | 2AB Editora, 2012
Edited by Bruno Porto. Articles by André Stolarski, Bruno Porto, Guilherme Sebastiany, Luis Marcelo Mendes and Newton Cesar. ISBN 978-85-86695-59-9
No topic in Brazilian graphic design is as original—or as divisive—as the debate over Logotype vs. Logomark. Which term is correct? Which should prevail? Few students, professionals, or educators have escaped this recurring discussion, whether in classrooms, design studios, or the letters and comments sections of print and online publications. This book brings together essays by five authors—specialists in design, branding, advertising, and communication—revealing that there is far more to this controversy than meets the eye.
Vende-se Design: Autopromoção e portfólio para profissionais criativos | 2AB Editora, 2012
by Bruno Porto. Foreword by Luli Radfahrer. Introduction by André Beltrão. ISBN 978-85-86695-55-1
Design For Sale: self-promotion and portfolio for creative professionals is a guidebook to help designers, illustrators, admen, photographers and other creative industry professionals to sell themselves like hotcakes. The book comprises suggestions from the author and other top professionals on organizing and presenting a portfolio and CV, networking, how to approach prospects, what to do (and what not to do) to be in the media, establishing and maintaining a good reputation, and the advantages of being in design competitions, publications and professional associations.
Asian Graphics NOW! | TASCHEN, 2010
by Julius Wiedemann (editor), Daniel Siciliano-Bretas (graphic designer and art editor), Bruno Porto and Sadao Maekawa (research). Foreword by Julius Wiedemann and articles by Min Wang, Bruno Porto, Huang Li and Sadao Maekawa. ISBN 978-38-36518-99-4
Over 400 pages of a wide selection of contemporary projects from China (mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao), Japan, Korea, India, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, etc., divided into five chapters: Advertising + Posters, Branding, Editorial, Non-Commercial & Packaging.
Porto+Martinez 1996 > 2004 | J.J.Carol, 2005
by Bruno Porto & Marcelo Martinez. Foreword by João de Souza Leite. ISBN 978-85-89376-18-1
As a visual profile of eight years of Porto+Martinez designStudio, it chronicles the groundbreaking and award-winning identity systems, editorial projects, illustration, packaging, games, animation, dingbats, etc., which have defined the studio. Coleção Portfólio Brasil features a selection of the most distinguished names in the Brazilian design industry – such as Evelyn Grumach, Interface Design and Victor Burton – that shows off a range of both their talents and breadth of ability, as well as noted accomplishments and an overview of their signature style.
Memórias Tipográficas das Laranjeiras, Flamengo, Largo do Machado, Catete e adjacências | 2AB Editora, 2003
by Bruno Porto. ISBN 978-85-86695-30-8
Typographic Memories of Laranjeiras, Flamengo, Largo do Machado, Catete and environs presents a collection of the commercial signs that helped shape the look of traditional neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro during the last decades of the 20th century. Personal history is combined with urban typography in an autobiographical and spontaneous panel of sign design, type, popular culture and graphic arts that are currently disappearing due to the circumstances of modern life.
• Selected for the 7th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial (2004)