Hi there, I am —
Piero
Salardi
Graphic/Web Designer + illustrator
I'm a graphic/web designer with a solid background in brand identities, logos and packaging design. Driven by my clients' passions and dreams, I bring their visions to life by collaborating and co-creating. In addition, I focus on flexible strategies to captivate audiences and provide them with unique, true and powerful brand experiences.
→ My clients proudly share my values as contributors to society and the human condition. These are individuals, businesses, organizations, communities… and even nations. ↗
SOFTWARE —
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, XD, Premier Pro, Animate & Muse.
Music & audio
Abelton Live.
MS Office
Word, Power Point, Excel.
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LANGUAGES —
Spanish | English | Portuguese
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SKILLS —
Brand Identity Design.
Logotypes.
Packaging and Labels.
Print Design.
Web experiences UX/UI.
Illustrations.
Video edit and animations.
— I also make music.
I am creative-oriented, collaborative, and constantly exploring new ways to communicate effectively through design.
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My mission —
Translate ideas into visually rich brand experiences
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Awards —
Best CSS
Site of the day - pierosalardi [dot] com
Feb 2018
Behance
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Logos, marks & symbols collection
Mar 2014
Adobe Muse Site of the Day
1. pierosalardi [dot] com
Nov 2015
2. marcelbeltran [dot] com
Mar 2013
3. contactrenovations [dot] ca
Apr 2013
4. pierosalardi [dot] com
Set 2012
Education & certifications —
Commercial Art / Graphic Design
Miami International University of Arts and Design
Miami, Fl, USA - FA 1993 - SP 1995
Camera Craft
Australian Centre of Photography
Sydney, Australia - 2009
Brand Strategy Development
Logotype Design
Designing Identity Systems
How Design University
Online - 2012
A Brand Called You
Creative Live
Online - 2017
Brand Strategy Fundamentals
The Futur
Online - 2022/2023
Work
experience —
PRESENT
Piero Salardi®
CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION, SOUND, AND COLOR™
2013 - PRESENT
PAST
Eclipse 360 - Victoria BC
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
NOV 2021 - APR 2022
Ploovia Designs®
CREATING EMOTIONS WORLDWIDE™
Owner, Art-Creative Director, Designer
2003-2013
Voluntary
work —
Alacran Foundation
2017-2019
Worked on various brochures, stationery, logo, tag-line, newspaper ads, billboards, fair stands, t-shirts & merchandising. Announced the collaboration in-between the Bob Marley Foundation and Alacran Foundation with various newspaper ads and billboards.
Rasta Taxi - Jamaica 2019
Logo and decals - part of Alacran Foundation
Doreen's Restaurant - Jamaica 2019
Logo, illustration and t-shirts - part of Alacran Foundation 2019
Culebra Negra 2019
Logo and labels
Countries I've lived/work in —
US
1989-1996
Peru
Born
Peru
1996-2007
Australia
2007-2010
Brazil
2010-2014
Canada
2014-2017
Canada
2019-Present
Panama
2017-2019
Published —
Excellent International Design Yearbook
Guangzhou - China
Jul 2014
Black Book - International Graphic Design Book
Guangzhou - China
May 2013
Choi's Packaging vol.04
Shanghai - China
Sep 2012
Creative W.E.B. Magazine
South Korea
Sep 2011
Computer Arts Projects Magazine
Brazil
Oct 2011
Featured —
How Design Live
The pricing game - Graphic Artist Guild
Uncle Funky's Daughter
May 2016, Aug 2017
Packaging of the world
Uncle Funky's Daughter
Apr 2016
The Dieline
Uncle Funky's Daughter
Dec 2015
Piero Salardi's online portfolio
FWA Short List - RAZZ Abduzeedo - Adobe Edge Animate - Adobe Muse - CSS Design Award - Page Crush - Best CSS - CSS Winner - CSS Legend - Edge Hero
July 2013
The Creators Project Gallery
Project 8 - personal illustration project.
May 2012
The Dieline
Pisco Pozo Santo branding.
Aug 2012
Packlatino
Ron Cartavio
Sep 2011
Pisco Pozo Santo
Nov 2011
Capricho branding
Jun 2012
Furia Mag
Project 8 - personal illustration project.
Jun 2012
Collaboration —
I constantly work closely with professionals and top specialist in their areas like printers, photographers, filmmakers, animators, storytellers, creative web developers, or motion graphers, to add top level value to our projects.
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Piero Salardi®
Graphic/Web Designer + illustrator
Living in
Victoria
BC/Ca
Working
Worldwide ↗
All works © PIERO SALARDI® 2023 → CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION, SOUND + COLOR™
Please do not reproduce without the expressed written consent of the author.