Adonis Durado

Adonis Durado is a Cebuano poet, illustrator, and graphic designer. He was born on August 25, 1975 in Cebu City, Philippines. He is a fine arts graduate from the University of San Carlos, Philippines.

He has published two books of poetry, Dili Tanang Matagak Mahagbong[1] (2008) and Minugbo Alang sa Mugbo og Kalipay[2] (2009). In 1999, Durado was the recipient of the Emmanuel Lacaba Prize for Cebuano poetry by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.[3] He was also awarded the Outstanding Young Cebuano Writer by the Faigao Foundation and Cebuano Studies Center in 2002 and Writer of the Year Award by BATHALAD literary group in 2012.[4]

As designer and art director, Durado's work has won international honors from the Society for News Design,[5] the Society of Publication Designers,[6] the Society of Illustrators, the Type Director's Club,[7] the Malofiej Infographics Awards,[8] Communication Arts Magazine, Creative Quarterly Journal,[9] and HOW Design Magazine.[10] Durado helped launch and redesigned more than a dozen magazine and newspaper titles in the Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and had served as speaker to design conferences[11] in the United States, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines. His works are featured and cited in the books and periodicals, including The Newspaper Designer's Handbook[12] (7th Edition / McGraw-Hill) by Tim Harrower and Julie Elman, All About Mags[13] (Sendpoints Publishing), Creative Anarchy: How to Break the Rules of Graphic Design for Creative Success[14] (How Books) by Denise Bosler.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Dili Tanang Matagak Mahagbong". Cebuano Studies Center. University of San Carlos.
  2. ↑ "Minugbo Alang sa Mugbo og Kalipay". Cebuano Studies Center. University of San Carlos.
  3. ↑ Nadela Jr., V. E. Carmelo (June 14, 2007). "Speaking in Tongues". Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
  4. ↑ "Timeline".
  5. ↑ Dorsey, Steve. "Third Gold medal: Times of Oman news design page". Society for News Design. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ "SPD49 Gold & Silver Medal winners" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "TDC Communication Design Winners 2014".
  8. ↑ "M22 Awards List".
  9. ↑ "CQ34 Winners".
  10. ↑ Kuhn, Jessica. "Graphic Design Inspiration: 46 International Design Projects With Gusto". Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Social conferences directory". lanyard.com.
  12. ↑ "The Newspaper Designer's Handbook". McGraw-Hill.
  13. ↑ "All About Mags". Sendpoints Publishing.
  14. ↑ "Creative Anarchy: How to Break the Rules of Graphic Design for Creative Success". How Books.
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