Information — Cacá Barabás

ABOUT
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I’M CACÁ BARABÁS, A BRAZILIAN DESIGN DIRECTOR BASED IN LOS ANGELES.

I LOVE DESIGN, BUT I LOVE EVEN MORE WHAT CAN HAPPEN AROUND IT: WORKING WITH PEOPLE, SHARING IDEAS, LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER, AND MAKING SOMETHING BETTER TOGETHER. MOST OF THE WORK IN THIS PORTFOLIO EXISTS BECAUSE OF THE TALENTS THAT SURROUND ME. AND I’M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN PART OF THAT PROCESS.

CRAFT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF HOW I WORK. TESTING, EXPERIMENTING, GETTING THINGS WRONG, TRYING AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND STAYING CLOSE TO THE MAKING.

I’M CURRENTLY WORKING AT MEDIA ARTS LAB, CREATING AND DESIGNING GLOBAL PROJECTS FOR APPLE, A BRAND I’VE ALWAYS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT.

CONTACT
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CACABARABAS@GMAIL.COM
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GREENCARD HOLDER

AWARDS
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D&AD
DESIGN DIRECTOR OF 2026
YELLOW PENCIL - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - ENTERTAINMENT 2026
GRAPHITE PENCIL - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - ART DIRECTION INTEGRATED 2026
GRAPHITE PENCIL - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - FILM TV/COMMERCIALS 2026
GRAPHITE PENCIL - BRANCH MUSEUM - GRAPHIC DESIGN INTEGRATED 2026
GRAPHITE PENCIL - BRANCH MUSEUM - BRAND ID. REFRESH / NONPROFIT 2026
GRAPHITE PENCIL - APPLE TV - ART DIRECTION / DIGITAL PLATFORMS 2026
GRAPHITE PENCIL - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES - MOTION DESIGN 2025
GRAPHITE PENCIL - BUD YOURS TO TAKE - SOUND DESIGN 2022
WOOD PENCIL - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - ART DIRECTION / FILM 2026
WOOD PENCIL - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - VISUAL EFFECTS 2026
WOOD PENCIL - OMO VARZENAL - ART DIRECTION / INTEGRATED 2026
WOOD PENCIL - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES - ART DIRECTION 2025
WOOD PENCIL - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES - GRAPHIC DESIGN 2025
WOOD PENCIL - NIKE NEW FAIRIES - ART DIRECTION 2021
WOOD PENCIL - NIKE NEW FAIRIES - INTEGRATED 2021

CANNES LIONS
GRAND PRIX - APPLE TV - DESIGN 2026
SILVER - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - DIGITAL CRAFT 2026
SILVER - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - FILM CRAFT 2026
SILVER - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - FILM TV/CINEMA 2026
BRONZE - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - FILM / ONLINE FILM 2026
BRONZE - VARZENAL DIRT IS GLORY - ENTERTAINMENT FOR SPORT 2026
BRONZE - NIKE NEW FAIRIES - FILM 2022
YOUNG LIONS 2019: BRAZILIAN DELEGATE
YOUNG LIONS DESIGN COMPETITION - BRONZE 2019

CLIO AWARDS
GRAND PRIX - DESIGN CRAFT - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES 2025
GOLD - BRANCH MUSEUM - BRAND ID. REFRESH 2025
GOLD - DESIGN CRAFT - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES 2025
GOLD - DESIGN CRAFT ANIMATION - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES 2025
SILVER - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - FILM 2026
SILVER - DESIGN POSTER - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES 2025
SILVER - GRAPHIC DESIGN - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES 2025
SILVER - SOCIAL MEDIA CRAFT - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES 2025
BRONZE - BRANCH MUSEUM - DESIGN / LOGO 2026
BRONZE - BRANCH MUSEUM - DESIGN CRAFT / GRAPHIC 2026
BRONZE - SOCIAL MEDIA CRAFT - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES 2025
BRONZE - NIKE NEW FAIRIES - CLIO SPORTS FILM 2021 2021

LATIN AMERICA DESIGN AWARDS
SILVER - TLRP ALBUM - ANIMATED GRAPHICS 2025
SILVER - TLRP ALBUM - RECORDS 2025
SILVER - TLRP ALBUM - SELF PROMOTION 2025
SILVER - LUMAIA - GRAPHIC DESIGN 2025

LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
GOLD - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES - DESIGN: CRAFT/VISUAL DESIGN 2025
SILVER - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES - DESIGN: CRAFT/ART DIRECTION 2025
SILVER - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES - DIGITAL: CRAFT/ART DIRECTION 2025
BRONZE - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES - DESIGN: POSTER 2025
BRONZE - BE SEEN BY THE BEST EYES - DIGITAL: CRAFT/ANIMATION 2025
BRONZE - NIKE NEW FAIRIES - FILM 2021

ONE SHOW
GOLD - BRANCH MUSEUM - DESIGN / BRAND IDENTITY 2026
GOLD - SPRITEVERSE - MOVING IMAGE CRAFT 2023
SILVER - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - SOCIAL MEDIA / CRAFT 2026
SILVER - SPRITEVERSE - DESIGN 2023
BRONZE - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT / SHORT FORM VIDEO 2026
BRONZE - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - FILM & VIDEO TV,VOD,ONLINE 2026
BRONZE - NUBANK THE REASON - MOVING IMAGE CRAFT 2021
BRONZE - SPRITEVERSE - DESIGN 2023

TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB
BRONZE - APPLE CRITTER CAROL/SF WOOD

ART DIRECTORS CLUB
GOLD - APPLE TV - CRAFT IN MOTION/FILM/ANIMATED LOGO 2026
GOLD - APPLE TV - CRAFT IN MOTION/FILM/CINEMATOGRAPHY 2026
SILVER - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - MOTION/FILM/SHORT VIDEO 2026
BRONZE - APPLE CRITTER CAROL - CRAFT IN MOTION/FILM/DIRECTION 2026
BRONZE - BRANCH MUSEUM - BRANDING/IDENTITIES INTEGRATED 2026
BRONZE - BRANCH MUSEUM - CRAFT IN MOTION/FILM/ANIMATED LOGO 2026

EL OJO
SILVER - NIKE NEW FAIRIES - FILM 2021
SILVER - NIKE NEW FAIRIES - SPORTS 2021

CICLOPE LATINO
WINNER - BEST ANIMATION

BRAZILIAN CREATIVE CLUB 2022/2023
GOLD - BUD YOURS TO TAKE - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
GOLD - NUBANK THE REASON - CINEMATOGRAPHY
GOLD - NUBANK THE REASON - WRITING
GOLD - NIKE NEW FAIRIES - BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
GOLD - NIKE NEW FAIRIES - BEST SOUNDTRACK
GOLD - NIKE NEW FAIRIES - CLOTHING TV AND MOVIES
GOLD - SPRITEVERSE - DESIGN
GOLD - SPRITEVERSE - TV AND CINEMA
SILVER - NUBANK THE REASON - DIRECTION
SILVER - SPRITEVERSE TRAIN - FILM/ANIMATION
SILVER - SPRITEVERSE MOBSTER - FILM/ANIMATION
SILVER - SPRITEVERSE TRAIN - SOUND DESIGN
SILVER - SPRITEVERSE MOBSTER - SOUND DESIGN
SILVER - SPRITEVERSE CUBES - SOUND DESIGNPUBLISHING
BRONZE - NIKE VACCINE CLEATS - ILLUSTRATION
8 IN BOOKS FOR BUDWEISER, NIKE AND NUBANK.

PUBLISHING
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FAST COMPANY 01/02
IT'S NICE THAT

ADWEEK 01/02
ADAGE 01/02/03
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LADFEST 2025

THE BRAND IDENTITY

PRINT MAG

MUZLI

DIGITAL ARCHIVE

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T.GA

SEARCH SYSTEM 01/02
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RECOGNITIONS
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D&AD #1 TYPOGRAPHER 2025

LATIN AMERICAN DESIGN FESTIVAL SPEAKER 2025

LATIN AMERICAN DESIGN AWARDS - BEST GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO 2025

THE ONE CLUB CREATIVE RANKING #4 ART DIRECTOR 2023

THE ONE CLUB CREATIVE RANKING #5 DESIGN DIRECTOR 2026

ADAGE BEST REBRANDS OF 2025

JURY PARTICIPATION
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YOUNG LIONS BRAZIL 2020
BRAZILIAN DESIGN AWARDS - ABEDESIGN 2023

EXPERIENCE
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ACD/DESIGN DIRECTOR FOR APPLE
AT TBWA/MAL L.A.
CURRENTLY

MULLENLOWE DESIGN STUDIO L.A.
DESIGN DIRECTOR
ASSOCIATE DESIGN DIRECTOR
2022 - 2025

WIEDEN+KENNEDY SP
SR. ART DIRECTOR
2021 - 2022

CREATIVE LAB/NUBANK
ART DIRECTOR
2019-2021

F/NAZCA SAATCHI&SAATCHI
ART DIRECTOR ASSISTANT
2018-2019

AFRICA DDB
ART DIRECTOR ASSISTANT
2016-2018

WIEDEN+KENNEDY SP
ART DIRECTOR ASSISTANT
INTERN
2015-2016

LOS ANGELES, CA