Shameless graphic and digital designer, fitness enthusiast, LGBTI activist, amateur writer, occasional nudist and opportunist selfienerd, in love
Started being part of product design team on Vitallia, and now I work on frontend design with Appszoom team mostly
Oct 2015—Now
https://medium.com/@franrosa/the-secret-of-brand-design-for-businesses-97b47a4b1b44
A guide for newbies to start dealing with branding and design
Mar 14, 2016
T-shirt celebrating 2016 year of bisexual visibility by FELGTB
Personal project
2016
https://medium.com/@franrosa/an-honest-visual-approach-to-r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9-design-76970827abaa
Time is the main information on a résumé. Not only you have to place the events along a timeline, but also durations, overlapping and general rhythm gives a sense of how your journey have been so far.
Nov 23, 2015
Logo design for a blog about hacktivism and GNU/linux
Personal project
2003
Poster design for ancient music concerts cycle organized by Sociedad de Amigos de la Música Antigua de Madrid
Personal project
2008
Where I worked on digital and video design projects, including advertising, interactive TV or cinema opening titles
Oct 2006—Jun 2010
https://medium.com/@franrosa/how-dating-apps-ux-design-are-selling-you-short-ad1e0a38165f
You start using the app and you find hundreds of new faces around you, a dozen at a time, and you must follow an elimination process in order to find something that may suit your needs. And that creates two problems.
Oct 3, 2015
T-shirt inspired on model construction systems
Personal project
2015
Originally a set of business cards based on five statements on design, designed a set of posters with illustrations
Personal project
2010 & 2015
Sex diary as a christmas gift for agency's clients under the concept “happy fucked up 2009”
Made at RSB Media
2008
Book design for Ibertur and Universitat de Barcelona
Made at RSB Media
2009
https://medium.com/@franrosa/looking-for-an-existing-solution-to-your-web-design-problem-8c204cc1c6f1
For the past couple of years I have worried about some disconnection between my passion for design and how I have been practicing it.
Sep 7, 2015
Taking this online course at Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea thanks to a grant.
Dec 2015—Now
Concept, UI and identity design for a collaborative art online community with an interface based on projects as living organisms
Student project
2007
https://medium.com/@franrosa/propuesta-de-reposicionamiento-de-la-marca-de-una-agencia-de-marketing-e9a07fd1c686
La agencia quiere reposicionar su marca más allá del nicho específico (soluciones de marketing para el mercado inmobiliario) a una agencia integral.
Jul 19, 2015
Sci-fi inspired logo proposal for an IT professional association
Personal project
2004
Poster design proposal for Heineken jazz festival Jazzaldia
Personal project
2010
https://medium.com/@franrosa/common-people-5a6ec1ce89b1
The struggle of living against the norm
Dec 23, 2015
Identity design for a center dedicated to studies on process reengineering
Made for Mediterranean Consulting
2010
https://medium.com/@franrosa/look-with-your-eyes-8c2251bf38b7
You know that kid is always drawing in school’s books margins? It wasn’t me.
Dec 16, 2015
https://medium.com/@franrosa/identidad-visual-de-las-principales-agencias-en-espa%C3%B1a-b0169ea0c13
Una visión sobre el aspecto formal de la identidad, y un par de conclusiones sobre las tendencias que observo en las agencias españolas.
Jul 15, 2015
Course for volunteers of InfoDroga Gratis program by Gais Positius on sex health (specially HIV), drug use and LGTBI rights.
Sep—Nov 2015
Project for Polinyà Citiy Council
Made at Dilema
2006
Custom symbols for textile care instructions for tailor made garment Tailor4less
Made at Totbits
2011
UI and identity for an app to publish geolocated pictures of catalan pro-independency flags hanging at windows and balconies
Made at BUM — Blasi, Urgell, Morales
2014
As the only specialist on web projects, worked on design, frontend and managing external development of web projects, also as supporting graphic designer
Sep 2004—Oct 2006
Poster design based on Neville Brody quote on design “we must move beyond the 'how' to reconsider the 'what' and the 'why'” using his typeface Blur
Student project
2006
Package design for a chocolate based professional post-depilation product
Made at Dilema
2005
https://medium.com/@franrosa/el-vih-y-su-relaci%C3%B3n-con-el-colectivo-lgtbi-2ae301aaa13f
El público general conoció el sida antes que el VIH y quizás por eso separar uno de otro es complicado. Y antes que el sida tuviera siquiera nombre conoció la muerte como una de sus consecuencias.
Apr 30, 2016
https://medium.com/@franrosa/why-is-activism-so-annoying-95a00072e97e
Don’t these people ever have a break? Do they have to be so irritating in their activism?
Feb 23, 2016
Worked mainly on frontend design and video editing and motion graphics
Feb 2012—Mar 2014
fran@visualkultura.com — +34 687 228 047
You can also take a look at my writing on Medium, my portfolio on Behance, or my résumé on LinkedIn