Helena de
Aguiar Schnaider

Creative crafting
work people remember.

A smiling woman with sunglasses and long hair standing next to a sign with the letter 'A' on it.
A smiling woman with sunglasses and long hair standing next to a sign with the letter 'A' on it.

CASE STUDIES

    SELECTED (2025/26)
Noturno Speakeasy 26'

Noturno Speakeasy 26'
PRN — Already in Your System 26'

PRN — Already in Your System 26'
SCI-FI Film Festival Poster 25'

SCI-FI Film Festival Poster 25'

THE ARCHIVE

Good work, fewer words

Archive
We’ve All Been Branded Magazine
We’ve All Been Branded Magazine

Coffee is the subject. Hierarchy is the argument. A two-page spread that gives a trivial ritual the typographic rigor most designers save for something that feels more serious.

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Peer to Peer Skill Swap Poster
Peer to Peer Skill Swap Poster

The concept isn't the puzzle pieces, it's what they stand for: an industry that only looks assembled from the outside, and a room finally admitting that. Every panelist agreed to talk process, not polish.

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THE DESIGNER

Give me a stack of colour swatches and I'll disappear for an hour, happily. I notice design everywhere I go, a typeface on a menu, the spacing on a storefront sign, and I can't help clocking why it works or where it falls apart. That habit of looking closely is the whole reason I do this.

A young woman with long, wavy hair smiling at the camera, wearing a cozy, knitted sweater.
Quotation mark, text that reads "I DESIGN THE OBVIOUS INTO THE UNEXPECTED." in handwritten style

My process starts with curiosity and a lot of questions, leading to exciting hours of research and exploration. I'm drawn to projects that have something to say, where design isn't decoration but the thing that makes an idea actually land.

A young girl in pajamas sitting on a couch, using a laptop.
A young girl with shoulder-length hair sitting at a desk, using a desktop computer with an old keyboard and a mouse, looking at the camera in a sepia photo.
A young girl with long hair, wide eyes, and a surprised expression, looking through the top of a Cars movie popcorn bucket.
'Helena de Aguiar Schnaider' in gray handwritten font.

BRANDING

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ART DIRECTION

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CREATIVE STRATEGY

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EDITORIAL DESIGN

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PRINT DESIGN

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