Resource Speaker/Expert: Tony Bucu
Room A – September 08, 2020 | Tuesday, 02:00 – 05:00pm (Half day)
What is Graphic Design without Type? Typography is an essential part of design, and is an artform on its own, whether it be for print, mobile, animated or web graphics. Knowing what typeface or font to use on a project can either make or break a design concept.
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Target Audience: Graphic artists and designers, typesetters, typeface designers and typographers, product designers and brand developers, branding, sales and marketing personnel
Antonio ‘Tony’ Bucu
Independent Graphic Designer
Adobe Certified Expert (ACE)
Studied electrical engineering at Mapua Institute of Technology, and never thought he would end up as a graphic designer. After college, Tony decided to explore his artistic skills and worked as an artist for a garments factory, designing shirt graphics. He has never looked back since then as he became a designer for the last 15 years. Tony has worked as a freelance consultant/designer for Fiera de Manila, Inc., Bozell, Basic FCB, Campaigns and Grey, and Leo Burnett, and as a full-time designer for Pixel Magic and Gimenez Group. He has art directed photo shoots for BPI and Equitable, and is an experimental photographer in his own right. Tony is an instructor at the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging.