Ovidiu Hrin was born in 1977 in Timisoara, Romania. He studied architecture at the Polytechnics University in Timisoara and graphic design at the Art University in Timisoara. In 2001 he founded Synopsis, a versatile graphic design studio, focusing on design projects ranging from complex communication systems to exhibition design and graphic design for a wide range of clients in both cultural and corporate realm. Throughout his career, Hrin has held lectures and workshops on graphic design at schools and events in Romania and throughout Europe (DMY in Berlin, Vienna Design Week, European Design Conference in Zurich). In 2011 Hrin launched Typopassage Timisoara (the first international extension of the original Typopassage, Vienna), an open-air typography micro-museum intended as an exhibition platform for showcasing Romanian and international designers/typographers side by side, a place of dialogue between the artists themselves, but also a place where new dialogues can be generated between the public and the exposed artists. Hrin has been published in numerous international design books and periodicals, and his works have been awarded and featured by: European Design Awards, Zgraf International Graphic Design Triennale, Golden Bee – Moscow Global Biennial of Graphic Design, Graphis Annual, New York – The International Competition of Visual Communication. A selection of his posters is part of the permanent collection of the Museum fur Gestaltung in Zurich. Ovidiu Hrin is also a member of AIGA (The American Institute of Graphic Artists), TDC (Type Directors Club, New York) and Graphis International.

AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS – selection

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2015 - 400 Years of Shakespears posters - Exhibition & Book - Steven Heller & Mirko Ilic (Princeton) NY // Chaumont Poster Biennial - catalogue FR // 23rd Wilanow Poster Design Biennial – 2x posters selected for the award catalogue PL // World’s Best Poster Designers - Shenzen Biennial CHN // Toyama Poster Triennial - official catalogue -JP 2014 - Graphis Poster Annual 2014 – USA 2013 - A Bunch of fives – The Designers Republic – UK // GoldenBee 10 – Global Moskow Design Bienniale – award & catalogue RU 2012 - Graphis Design Annual – USA (Worlds’s 1oo best designers in 2012) Zgraf 11, Triennial – exhibited, published 2x posters / catalogue & The festival honorary mention, Zagreb HR // 100 Beste Plakate – finalist // Typopassage Wien Micromuseum – Museumsquartier Q21 – Vienna - AT 2011 - Graphis Poster Annual – 3x Gold // Graphis Design Annual – 1x Gold // European design Awards – 2x Bronze 2010 - Golden Bee – Moskow Poster Biennial – exhiibited, published 6x posters // RKI Wien – poster exhibition 2009 - Trnava Poster Biennial – exhibited, published 4x posters 2008 - European Design Awards – finalist // Zgraf 10, Triennial – exhibited, published 3x posters 2007 - European Logo Design Awards 2x awarded // Museum fuer Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland - exhibition 2006 - European Logo Design Awards 3x awarded

PUBLISHED - selection:

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Logo Now, Iulius Wiedemann, Taschen, UK // Fashion Identity, Pedro Guitton, Indexbook, ES // Invitation & Promotion, Linea Editorial, ES // Design and Design vol2, IndexBook, FR & ES Stereographics, Victionary, Hong Kong // 100 to watch catalogue, ICR, RO // Die Presse Newspaper, Vienna, AT // Logo Masterclass 2 – Rockport Publishing, UK // Design and Design Book of the year vol4., IndexBook, ES // Typography Sketchbooks, Steven Heller & Rita Talarico, Thames & Hudson, USA // The Designers Republic, Bunch of Fives Book, UK // Logo Design 3 – Julius Wiedemann (Taschen) DE // The Best Of Cover Design (Rockport Pub) UK Selected B, Europe’s Best Graphic Designers ( Index Book ) SP

COVERS, FEATURES, INTERVIEWS:

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Computer Arts (UK) // Digit magazine (UK) // HOW Magazine (USA) // Creative Review (UK) // Metropolis magazine (USA) // SHIFT Magazine (JP) // Etapes Magazine, FR // Etapes International, FR