Juan Cruz Caamaño is a graphic and digital designer born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina and based in Bielefeld, Germany. His works focus on graphic, editorial, digital and interactive design - obtaining the best of both digital and analog experiences. He is interested in the intersection of technology with different design areas and the use of digital and generative tools in order to explore the boundaries of design.

Education


April 2024 – Present

Digital Media and Experiment (M.A.) at University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld


October 2019 – July 2023

Communication Design (B.A.) at Technical University Würzburg-Schweinfurt

Experience


March 2023 – December 2023

Digital Designer at Steinbeis Forschungszentrum Design & Systeme
(Concept development, UI/UX Design)


September 2021 – February 2022

Digital Design Internship at Moby Digg
(Graphic Design, Branding, Web Design, UI/UX Design)

Awards & Features

CommAwards (2021)

Design Talent Gold

Eyes&Ears of Europe (2022)

Young Talent Finalist
Talent Award Bronze

Annual Multimedia Awards (2023)

Digital Talent Award

Grafikmagazin 01.22 (2022)

“Design & Research” Article

EmailInstagramImprint

[A] Nulllabor – Biological Systems and Behavioural Patterns

In collaboration with Jan Scheffel and Johannes Neff

Editorial piece centered on the intersection of design and science, highlighting the distinctive insights designers can offer in the realm of Biodesign. Through a curated collection of visually compelling experiments, this project clarifies and explains diverse natural processes and behaviors through digitally generated visuals, some of them also available in Augmented Reality through a device.


[B] Luv&Lee Magazine Issue #17 – BITTER 


Art Direction and Editorial Design for the 17th Issue of the Luv&Lee Magazine, a platform created by students of the Faculty of Design Würzburg for both internal students and external designers.


[C] Poetry Unbound – Broadening the horizons of literature through digital tools


Exploration on the role of new and digital media in overcoming diverse limitations that literature presents nowadays. For this, virtual and interactive spaces were created to allow users to immerse themselves in subjective interpretations of various poems.


[D] Artificial Nature

 
Visual investigation that aims to understand the current relationship between Artificial Intelligence and designers in terms of work and output possibilities. Based on the frequently asked question on designers being replaced by machines, this project tries to answer that question from a subjective point of view.



[E] Ore Ore Ore – ORES 100 DROP

In collaboration with Moby Digg

Visual Identity, Website and Social Media design for Berlin-based digital NFT Artist Ore Ore Ore and their first official NFT DROP named “ORES 100 DROP”.


[F] Digital Playground


Miscellanous collection of generative visual practices, experiments, researchs, sketches and personal projects.