Brazilian author · illustrator · book designer
Daniel Kondo Picturebooks, visual narratives & book-objects
Books as structure, image and time.
Daniel Kondo creates books in which image, sequence, typography, material and the physical act of reading participate in the narrative.
The Big Bad Wolf with a Toothache · Carambaia · 2024
Selected work
Three recent books. Three ways of thinking through the page.
Recent projects moving between picturebook, poetry, editorial design, ecology and the book as a physical reading experience.
The Big Bad Wolf with a Toothache Lobo Mau com Dor de Dente
The physical book gradually becomes the wolf’s mouth. Reading itself activates the narrative.
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Eletricista Augusto Massi & Daniel Kondo
A child observes his father’s work through lines, points of light, tools and the invisible systems that keep a city alive.
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Refloresta Gilberto Gil & Daniel Kondo
A song becomes a visual narrative about forest, memory and our relationship with the natural world.
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The page is part of the story.
Daniel Kondo works across writing, illustration and book design. Format, scale, typography, rhythm, binding and page turn are treated as narrative decisions.
Some projects begin with an original story. Others emerge from poetry, music, environmental questions or collaboration. The book is developed as a sequence to be seen, handled and experienced.
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Literature, illustration and editorial design.
International
Books made in Brazil, moving across languages and borders.
Selected projects are presented for international publishers, translation rights, co-editions, cultural partnerships, exhibitions and professional collaboration.
About
Daniel Kondo is a Brazilian author, illustrator and book designer.
His work moves between picturebooks, visual literature, editorial design and cultural projects, with a particular interest in the relationship between narrative and the physical form of books.
His books have been recognized by literary, illustration and design institutions in Brazil and internationally.
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