Francesco María Furno

Francesco Maria Furno is a creative graphic designer, professor and writer. During the last year as co-founder of Relajaelcoco studio has led different projects from brands such as BBVA or Fairtrade international working in the branding field and in visual campaigns. As professor he is active at different course at IE university teaching the following subjects:

1. Data visualizations and infographics at the MVDM course.

2. Graphic design and infographics at the Bachelor in Communication and Digital Media.

3. Visualizations and representation techniques at the Bachelors in Design and BBA/BID

4. Branding at the Summer Course

He is also a writer in two Spanish magazines. He is currently writing about branding, visual identities, new trends in technology and design:

1. Brandemia.org

2. Retina tendencias by El País

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Co-founder and art director, Relajaelcoco studio, Spain, 2008 – Present

• Writer, brandemia.org, Spain, 2021 – Present

• Writer, Retina tendencias, El País, 2022 – Present

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct professor of data viz & infographics, IE university, Spain, 2013 – Present

• Adjunct professor of graphic design and infographics, IE university, Spain, 2016 – Present

• Adjunct professor of visualization and representation techniques, IE university, Spain, 2017 – Present

• Professor of graphic design, IED Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, 2012 – 2019

• Master Director in Editorial Design, IED Madrid, Spain, 2018 – 2020

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Bachelor in Environmental Economics, Università degli studi del Sannio, Italy, 2007

• Three-years diploma in Graphic Design, IED Barcelona, Spain, 2009