Noelia Lozano is a very enthusiastic graphic designer from Spain. She first studied journalism and the basics of communication until having a degree in telecommunications and computer systems. Finally Noelia Lozano decided to turn her life where she always have been attracted and study graphic design. Where she obviously develops her skills doing great works particularly with paper crafts.

Since a few years we have seen DIY making a big come back. The reason why is a need for natural and affordable products, the opportunity to sell your own stuff on the internet, the wish for creative leisures, the idea of custom crafted things for everyone and the satisfaction to do something by yourself instead of buying it. Beside this deep trend, we’ve seen young artists, designers, architects, or stylists experimenting stunning things with a medium that was supposed to be dead: paper.
Paper do not fit very well with internet. It’ not tactile, and we lose many of paper’s particular qualities. But contemporary paper art and compositions are very spectacular and finally the internet loves it.
These past few months I get closer to this community of artists who have chosen paper as a trendy medium. They have said it’s simple, imperfect, humble, expressive, soft, cutting, flexible, sensual, tactile, fragile, thin, dense, familiar, alive, complex, universal… and they have given me interviews, images and videos…
So I decided to spend a small part of my time to promote these artworks and this community. You’ll find a great sample of all this on Facebook: there is now a page called Paper Art trends and also on a free application for iPhone and iPad. This app gives you the opportunity to watch some of the best Paper Art portfolios on the go, and discover new stuff every month. It’s a simple and light application, so why not try it? However, part of the content of the app will be published regularly on Partfaliaz. Then please, just stay tuned or subscribe to the RSS feed.

Paper Art trends is a brand new page we’ve released on Facebook and where you may follow the best of handcrafted paper creation. You can also post your best links, images and videos about paper art. Here at partfaliaz we believe it’s a very cool and creative community, so please join in and share the good news!
There will be a free iPhone and iPad application about paper art that will be released in a few days. Just stay tuned!

Karim Charlebois Zariffa is a French Canadian freelance graphic designer working mostly in motion design. Member of collective Sijauraissu with Gabriel Poirier-Galarneau, Julien Vallée and Philippe Roy. He also got the chance to collaborate with Stefan Sagmeister in an experimental out camp in Indonesia.

Live action and stop motion for the tv serie La Liste. Opening and bumpers. Everything is real except the 3d type. All concepts and visual by : Karim Charlebois-Zariffa. Director : Karim Charlebois-Zariffa Assistant : Pascal Brousseau 3D type : Charles Delisle DOP : Étienne Boilard Intern : Francis Dakin Coté Music : misteur valaire

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Hardcuore is the web portfolio of graphic designer Breno Pineschi, Brazil. Breno and his team works in diverse fields, such as music, fashion, publishing, installations, motion graphics and visual identity among others. He has a major in graphic design and spent some time at New York’s School of Visual Arts. Hardcuore creates work that goes from underground graphic projects to installations for major companies and creating visuals for any possible media. Lire cet article en Français.

Do bem – Suco de Açaí 100% fruta, Creation: Hardcuore, art direction, design and animation: Breno Pineschi and Rafael Cazes, design assistant: Luiza Rosa, photography: Breno Pineschi, soundtrack: “Tic Tic Tac – Carrapicho” (João Brasil Tecnobrega’s Remix), sound Effects: João Brasil

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