Rui Lira
Amsterdam Netherlands
http://www.ruilira.com
About me
Im a communication designer, passionate about the visual world. Playing with concepts, metaphors, analogies, I do believe in the power of visual communication to reach goals, make the difference and solve problems. Strong concepts = strong results.
Always fascinated by other cultures, countries and lifestyles, believing that all the experiences (yes, all!), views and knowledge can be sources of inspiration. Besides, small sensations of the day by day, that old man smoking on the corner, the facial expressions of the unknowns, the street workers, or that wind that makes you shut the eyes also make me alive.
Born in the summer of 89 in Felgueiras (Portugal), early I became interested in visual arts, from classic to contemporary, with strong emphasis on street art and new ways of expression.
In 2004 I joined the course in Visual Arts on high school in Felgueiras and in 2007 the course of Communication Design and Audiovisual Production in the School of Applied Arts of Castelo Branco (Portugal), which ended in 2010, with a passage by TUKE in Kosice (Slovakia) in the under Erasmus program.
In 2011, I got a scholarship for an international internship under Da Vinci program, and I moved to Amsterdam to train in Retort Art Space. After six months of internship, I settled down in Amsterdam where I started to work as a freelancer.