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NM Design is the multidisciplinary studio of Nuno Moreira, specialized in creating books and other cultural objects.
Services
Book and Editorial Design
Music Artwork and Packaging
Photography and Photo Editing
Brand and Visual Identity
Exhibition Design and Production
Education
Background
NM Design is the multidisciplinary studio of Nuno Moreira, a visual artist and author working predominantly with graphic design, photography, collage and sometimes video.
The studio started in 2007 as a solo adventure and as the years went by it grew into a collaborative practice between different creatives within the areas of publishing, illustration, design communication and print making.
Born in Lisbon, Nuno studied Cinema but always worked as photographer, educator and designer, being most importantly a self-taught image maker.
For over a decade he's been working independently through his own studio which specializes in art direction for books, music design, photography and brand identity / consultancy for clients all over the world.
Nuno's personal projects include artworks and numerous series of installations, books and photography projects such as FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (2011), STATE OF MIND (2013), ZONA (2015), SHE LOOKS INTO ME (2018) and ERRATA (2020).
Since 2006 Nuno has exhibited solo and in group shows, in galleries and museums, and his limited-edition artist books are part of private and public collections.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019/20 - “She Looks into Me”, Centro Cultural de Cascais/Fundação D. Luis I - Cascais, Portugal
2019 - “The Nature of this Room”, Lapso Galeria - Setúbal, Portugal
2019 - “She Looks into Me”, Museu Municipal de Faro - Faro, Portugal
2018 - "Geometries of Silence", Museu da Luz - Mourão, Portugal
2018 - "ZONA", Encontros de Fotografia de Lagoa - Lagoa, Portugal
2016 - "ZONA", Casa da Escrita - Coimbra, Portugal
2016 - "ZONA", Travessa da Ermida - Lisbon, Portugal
2016 - "ZONA", Caravel Art Center - Madeira, Portugal
2014 - "State of Mind", Tokyo Institute of Photography / 72 Gallery - Tokyo, Japan
2014 - "State of Mind", B-gallery - Tokyo, Japan
2013 - "State of Mind", StudioTeambox - Lisbon, Portugal
2013 - "State of Mind", Totodo Bookstore - Tokyo, Japan
2013 - "Abrakadabra", The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2012 - "From Russia with Love", Fábrica Braço de Prata - Lisbon, Portugal
2011 - "From Russia with Love", Re(start) Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
2010 - "Caindo Depressa de um Sonho", Casa da Imprensa - Lisbon, Portugal
2010 - "Light Against Time", Teatro José Lúcio da Silva - Leiria, Portugal
2010 - "Light Against Time", FIL, Parque das Nações - Lisbon, Portugal
2009 - "Light Against Time", The.edge - Lisbon, Portugal
2009 - "Light Against Time", Faculdade Medicina Dentária - Lisbon, Portugal
2009 - "Light Against Time", Palácio D. Manuel - Évora, Portugal
2008 - "Light Against Time", Casa da Cultura - Beja, Portugal
2008 - "Light Against Time", Teatro Aveirense - Aveiro, Portugal
2007 - "Light Against Time", Fundação Dr. Luís Araújo - Oporto, Portugal
2007 - "Light Against Time", Goma386 - Lisbon, Portugal
2007 - "Light Against Time", Fórum Luísa Todi - Setúbal, Portugal
2007 - "Light Against Time", Centro de Artes do Espectáculo - Portalegre, Portugal
2007 - "Light Against Time", Cine-Teatro Avenida - Castelo Branco, Portugal
2007 - "Light Against Time", Teatro Sá da Bandeira - Santarém, Portugal
2007 - "Venha a Nós o Vosso Reino", Espaço Karnart - Lisbon, Portugal
2006 - "Light Against Time", Café-Teatro Santiago Alquimista - Lisbon, Portugal
2006 - "Light Against Time", Galeria Espaço@Juventude - Lisbon, Portugal
2003 - "Spiral of Sensuality", Praça do Museu Centro Cultural de Belém- Lisbon, Portugal
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - “XYZ Group Exhibition, Too Much of A Good Thing” - Lisbon, Portugal
2019 - “ERRATA”, Video-installation, Algarve Design Meeting (ADM) - Faro, Portugal
2016 - "Untitled", 5D CreativeHub, Lisbon, Portugal
2013 - "State of Mind", winner of contest "Transversalidades 2013", Biblioteca Municipal Eduardo Lourenço - Guarda, Portugal
2013 - "State of Mind", Prix de 1814 Magazine 2013 finalist, Pop Up Gallery - Texas, United States
2011 - "Holes in Holyness", 1st Bienal of Sacred Art, Edifício AERLIS - Oeiras, Portugal
2010 - "Este Espaço é Seu", Casa da Imprensa - Lisbon, Portugal
2010 - "A Cidade", "Citycuts" series, Casa da Imprensa - Lisbon, Portugal
2010 - "Migrações e Paisagem", "O que fica/What Remains" series - Galeria Municipal de Almada, Portugal
Artist Books / Monographs
2020 - “ERRATA”
2018 - "She Looks into Me"
2015 - "ZONA"
2013 - "State of Mind"
2011 - "Caindo depressa de um sonho"
Catalogues
2019 - “The Nature of this Room”
2018 - “Geometries of Silence”
Collections, Libraries and Archives
Victoria & Albert Museum, National Art Library, London
Columbia University in the City of New York, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Princeton University Library, Princeton
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Museo Nacional Reina Sofia Library, Madrid
Getty Research Institute, LA
PhotoIreland Collection/The Library Project, Dublin
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Biblioteca de Arte, Lisbon
Asia-Pacific Photobook Archive, Melbourne
Yale University Library Library, New Haven
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Serralves Foundation, Library, Oporto
Biblioteca de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Bibliothek, München
Saxon State and University Library, Dresden
Arquivo Municipal Fotográfico, Lisbon
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco
and various Private Collectors
Teaching Experience
2021-2022 - Photography - IPF, Instituto Português de Fotografia (Lisbon)
2007-2015 - Graphic Design/Photography Instructor - FLAG - Centro de Formação (Lisbon)
2008-2012 - Graphic Design & Audiovisuals Professor - Magestil - Escola Profissional (Lisbon)
2010-2011 - Professor & Lecturer on Post-Production and Photography - Escola Digital (Lisbon)
2009-2010 - Graphic and Web Design Instructor - the.edge (Lisbon)
2009 - Graphic Design Instructor - Creative Station (Lisbon)
Talks & Conferences
2023 - Masterclass FLAG - Design de Livros: do Conceito à Capa Perfeita
2021 - Pl’a Arte (Art fair) - Talk on Art Book and Artist’s Book - Lisbon, Portugal
2020 - Magestil - Lecture on international career as photographer - Lisbon, Portugal
2019 - Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa - Open-class on Photography - Lisbon, Portugal
2018 - Magestil - Lecture on Networking & Freelancing - Lisbon, Portugal
2018 - Feira do Livro de Lisboa - Presenting "She Looks into Me" with reading by Adolfo Luxúria Canibal - Lisbon, Portugal
2018 - Algarve Design Meeting (ADM) - Conference on "Fragment and Image" - Faro, Portugal
2016 - Photobook Club Lisbon - Presenting "ZONA" - Lisbon, Portugal
2016 - Photobook Club Madeira - Presenting "ZONA" - Madeira, Portugal
2015 - Lisbon's Photobook Fair - Presenting "ZONA" - Lisbon, Portugal
2014 - BlankPaper School - Presenting "State of Mind" - Madrid, Spain
2014 - Photobook Club Tokyo - Presenting "State of Mind"/Lecture - Tokyo, Japan
2014 - Photobook Club Madeira - Presenting "State of Mind"/Presentation - Madeira, Portugal
2014 - Photobook Club Lisbon - Presenting "State of Mind"/Lecture - Lisbon, Portugal
2013 - "State of Mind" book launch and presentation, Ler Devagar Bookstore - Lisbon, Portugal
2012 - "Book Design" talk on Pecha Kucha Night#3 - Instituto de Design, Guimarães, Portugal
2012 - Seminar on Photography for Editorial Design, Encontro Nacional de Fotografia ISCTE - Lisbon, Portugal
2009 - Seminar on Book Design for Le Coq Tuguese - Mercado da Ribeira, Lisbon, Portugal
Art Residencies
2017 - Museu da Luz, Mourão, Portugal
2016 - Casa da Escrita, Coimbra, Portugal
Online Press
Reedsy interview
Black Flowers interview
The Fiddleback interview
Urbanautica interview
Resource Magazine interview
Contrastly interview
Banana interview
Photo Art Mag interview
Photophique interview
A Kick up the Arts interview
O Editorial interview (in portuguese)
Contemporânea interview (in portuguese)
Falar Criativo Podcast (in portuguese)