Computerlove™

Full Name:

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Born:

August 04, 1982

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Job:

Designer / Artist

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Website

KONTRA

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Status:

Freelance

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Biography:

KONTRA is the alias of Francisco Garzón, a graphic designer from Cali, who studied at Universidad del Valle, which is located in Santiago de Cali, Colombia. Since the year 2003 KONTRA has been working in his laboratory /studio located in the same city. His work can be included in the fields of experimental design, illustration, street art, motion graphics, VJ, editorial design, brand identity and web and multimedia design.

During his work experience, he has developed different assignments, starting from educative projects for some local Universities to commercial production for different companies. His work has been also related to non-profit projects, that have been made to collaborate to different groups and organizations during the development of alternative editorial projects and to participate in different design expositions like “SUBversion”, “Grafica Masiva” and “Desfase“. KONTRA is an active member of the collective SUB.

His work can be characterized like a constant exploration in typography, textures, design, graphics and communication, taking advantage of the current information bombardment present on the streets, the media and the internet. Those factors are the inspiration to develop new design proposals in print, digital formats, and manual techniques.

The work of KONTRA has been published by important media, as the digital magazine “New Web Pick issue 09: Graphic Monster” from Hong Kong. Also he´s been invited, along with SUB Collective, to the biggest graphic design event in Latinamerica "Trimarchi" 2007, and he´s been selected to participate in Taschen´s new book "Latin American & Caribbean Graphic Design", which will be published in early 2008.