LAY—OUT no. 12:
Bráulio Amado Shirt Ben has filtered

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and painted collages that examine ways of transforming

His work is equally at home in the pages of The New York Times

In lush green and black tones the compositions seem to exude meaning -- quasi letterforms mingle with hazy images of storms or sound waves or maybe planetary collapse

who works in Blenheim

LAY—OUT no. 12: <br>Bráulio Amado Shirt Ben has filteredBrulio Amado is a Portuguese designer and illustrator currently based in New York City. His visual work is a buzzing cacophony of searing color, scrawled letters, mushed up figures and insightful humor. His work is equally at home in the pages of The New York Times, flyposted on a wall under the BQE, or on seemingly endless numbers of record covers. His work pretty much destroys any lines between design, illustration and so called "art." His use of