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General Inquiries

If you want to discuss commissioned work or any issue, please reach us at:
contact@sometimes-always.com

Selected Clients

adidas Originals, Marina Abramovic Institute, Thames & Hudson, Heineken, Plana, Cotton Project, AWAYTOMARS

Publishing Inquiries

If you want to propose a collaboration or want to discuss a publishing endeavor, please reach us at:
collab@sometimes-always.com

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Address

Rua Paulistânia, 488 – Apt 1101
São Paulo, Brazil
05440 001

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Services

Research
Creative Strategy
Brand Identity
Publication Design
Photography
Curation
Web Design
E-commerce Web Design
Exhibition Design
Environmental Design
Signage & Wayfinding

Feature/Press

It’s Nice That
Étapes Magazine #242
Los Logos #8
Brutalists Websites
The Gallery
Visual Journal
Trend List

Melissa – ÖPĚN VĬB£§
Multiple,
2017
Collaborators: Lorem Ipsum, Dolor Sit.
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Visual identity, art direction and graphic design for the Brazilian footwear brand's A/W 18 collection. The concept plays with the tension between cultural and natural, exploring graphically the fine line that divides the two universes.
Ellus A/W 2018
Art Direction,
2017
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Putting Beuys, Flavin and Webber together in a campaign for Ellus, a traditional Brazilian jeanswear label.
FFWMAG 43
Editorial,
2017
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The 43rd issue of FFWMAG explores the subject of resistance in the creative world. We invite the reader to discover his own way of resisting in this messy world of today. The graphics are a kind of breakthrough from the previous issues.
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Editorial
2017
FFWMAG 43
The 43rd issue of FFWMAG explores the subject of resistance in the creative world. We invite the reader to discover his own way of resisting in this messy world of today. The graphics are a kind of breakthrough from the previous issues.
2017
Dolce Stil Criollo 3
An identity illustrating sustainability, technology, avant-garde design, social responsibility and conscious consumption commissioned by Sao Paulo Fashion Week.
2016
Laughter and tears have no accent
An exhibition catalogue showcasing the work of three artists that contemplates the body and the language, or the language of the body.
2016
FFWMAG 41 – 42
In 2016 only two issues of FFWMAG were made. They are a transition between the graphic identity created by us back in 2014 and a new era of the magazine where there is not a lot of visual similarities between its issues.
2016
Adidas x Feira Plana
A publication commissioned by Adidas and Feira Plana – an art book fair based in São Paulo – showcasing new artists.
2016
Criança
A profane publication made out of a list of dos and don'ts that evangelic kids usually have to follow in Brazil.
2015
Dolce Stil Criollo 2
The second issue of the sweet creole style where we decided to play with wrong design.
2015
FFWMAG 39 – 40
Three issues of FFWMAG were made in 2015. Design wise, they show a transition between junior and middle experienced experimentations. Contributor wise, they are pretty senior: Iggy Pop and Gisele Bündchen, just to name a few.
2015
Started from the bottom now we’re here
What if sheiks were rappers? We wondered if this is how they would look like.
2014
FFWMAG 36 – 38
FFWMAG is a Brazilian fashion magazine published by São Paulo Fashion Week. The first three issues of the magazine with Sometimes Always as art director shows a naive perspective of design that is interesting to look back at.
2014
Alter Heroes
A catalogue done with the power of kryptonite for a film festival that featured blockbuster superhero movies together with heroic art films.
2013
Highly Dangerous Rides
A publication featuring the work of an undeclared artist that is the personification of the contemporary cowboy.
2013
Fera Vischer
Publication, EP and tote bag made around a fictional character who is the evil's daughter and is addicted to coke. The timeline is a hell of a spread.
2013
Dolce Stil Criollo 1
The beginning of a project idealised by Christopher Rey Pérez that wishes to portrait the sweet creole style.
2013
Brutal
A radical publication on films done with some friends at MA Publishing, London College of Communication.
2012
Fui pra Israel e curti demais
First risograph print experience with pictures taken on a trip to Israel and Palestine where we briefly explored some components of the Israeli and the Arab culture.
2012
José Motherfucking Mayer
A zine created to celebrate the work of a guy we thought was cool but found out he is a total bummer.
2011
Praia
A graduation project that investigates how urban spaces can be constructed in a way that people relate to them as the way they relate to beaches.
Art Direction
2017
Ellus A/W 2018
Putting Beuys, Flavin and Webber together in a campaign for Ellus, a traditional Brazilian jeanswear label.
2017
Bolovo Colors
A funny art direction for a campaign inspired by the United Colors of you know who.
2017
Ellus 2nd Floor S/S 2018
Art direction for Ellus 2nd Floor S/S 2018 lookbook featuring an iridescent-color background and bitmap effects on the post-production.
2016
Ellus 2nd Floor A/W 2018
Cardboard boxes and fragile tapes in a reference to the logistics of the launch of a movie and a launch of a collection.
Graphic Design
2016
Viemos do Egyto
The client hated these posters so they were never published. However we really like them so we are publishing here.
2015
The Last Sunset
We don't do illustration a lot and when we do, we make them look simple and childish.
2015
Queremos! Belle & Sebastian
A series of posters designed with friends' parents hanging out in Rio de Janeiro during the 60s, 70s and 80s.
2015
Selvagem
A year of monthly set of posters for one of the coolest parties in Brazil. The posters were created with graphic fragments of animals and plants.
2014
Feira Plana 2
A folder designed for Brazil's biggest independent art book fair. It is a good example of how much we love the pink and blue combination.
2013
Solange
How to illustrate different sides of an artist without showing the artist herself.
2013
Coquetel Molotov
What can you do with an empty bottle of bear, some gasoline and the national football team's jersey?
Multiple
2017
Melissa – ÖPĚN VĬB£§
Visual identity, art direction and graphic design for the Brazilian footwear brand's A/W 18 collection. The concept plays with the tension between cultural and natural, exploring graphically the fine line that divides the two universes.
2016
FFWMAG x Cotton Project
The first time we worked with textile instead of paper. A collaboration between the magazine we love with the brand we love.
2016
MADE 2016
An identity based on the (i)materiality of design by the deconstructing materials and building gaps on the formal perception of scenographic elements.
2015
Heineken Glass Room
A multisensorial and multidisciplinary project commissioned by Heineken that gathers sound and light inside a museum by Oscar Niemeyer.
2015
Popload Festival 2015
Identity created with (literally) our own hands for a music festival. It was amazing to find out that our members can communicate almost everything.
2015
MAI – Terra Comunal
A digital editorial project for the first solo exhibition of Marina Abramovic in São Paulo, Brazil.
2014
Silva – Vista pro mar
A multimedia project created for the launch of the artists' second album that was inspired by rooms with a view to the sea.
2012
Cotton Project Collages
An uncompromising series of collages designed for one of the nicest clothing brand in São Paulo, Brazil.
2012
Matta-Clarking
A project created by Sometimes Always that is inspired by the work of (our very favorite) Gordon Matta-Clark that catalogues demolished buildings in São Paulo.
2011
Radio Radio
Mixtapes recorded and designed to promote the party Radio Radio at Bar Secreto, Sao Paulo.
2012
Sometimes Always Launch
The beginning of everything through a very primitive but passionate design skills.