My Short Story in Design
With over 25 years in design, architecture, and marketing, my path began early — first experimenting with digital design as a teenager, then learning the fundamentals of architecture, interiors, and aesthetics under the mentorship of a Brazilian architect.
I built a foundation in real estate visualisation at Domus, working during Brazil’s property boom, before co-founding Studio Nuts, a creative production studio that collaborated with major international agencies such as Ogilvy, DM9DDB, and Publicis, producing pieces for award-winning campaigns recognised at Cannes Lions and El Ojo de Iberoamérica.
In 2020, I established my independent practice in Australia, specialising in architecture, interiors, objects, and communication — a studio built on strategy, design, and technology.
My work blends creative direction, marketing intelligence, and advanced AI to deliver high-end, meaningful visual communication for brands that value depth and scale.
Recent collaborations
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with some of the most respected names in design, architecture, and property — brands that lead their fields and shape contemporary aesthetics. Each collaboration was an opportunity to merge strategic thinking, design intelligence, and visual storytelling.
Testimonials
Rakumba has worked together with Rodrigo on several creative projects. His professionalism, enthusiasm, creative and technical talent as well as his genuine desire to exceed expectations set him apart. Rodrigo is a pleasure to work with; patient and relentless in his pursuit of excellence. Highly recommended.
I had chance to make works of architecture and advertising with the Rodrigo and he always exceeded expectations. Despite his deep knowledge, he's not just technical, he’s an artist. He doesn’t limit his work to the features of the software. He adds the aesthetic sense of an artist's to the knowledge of physics and analogical photography, drawing and painting.
Rodrigo has that rare ability to combine highly specialized technical skills, a refined sense of aesthetics and great taste. We’ve done a number of collaborations in Rio and it’s always been an enriching experience. He’s resourceful, erudite, very pleasant to work with and has some interesting views on nutrition science. I learned a lot with him!
Besides his high technical capacity, Rodrigo is the kind of professional who always goes beyond expectations. Every job he does becomes special. I also recommend this great experience of learning and working with him. For sure, one of the finest artists in the visual arts field.
Rodrigo and I worked together at Studio Nuts, while he was Art Director in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and I was a Project Manager in Lisbon, Portugal. Rodrigo is highly recommended, as he’s an outstanding professional who strives for perfection and analyses every detail to achieve it. Every time we had a problem, he had tremendous ideas about how to solve it and was always supportive of our colleagues, customers and of myself. In several situations he brought peace to a stress environment due to his ability capacity of seeing problems through a solution perspective even when his own workload was overwhelming. Last but certainly not least, he's one of the best persons I’ve ever known. Thanks for all the good times.