Note for my friends:
I know I should update this website and show my works. I don't have time.
The priority right now is to keep working. Moving forward. enjoy my vacations.
Currently the best way to see my works, depending if they are printed work or video, is to either buy the books were it's published or see it in some magazines, or in
exhibitions or on TV or through streaming, other works are available in banks (credit card designed for MTV and Caja Madrid).

Contact:

email "at" diegohurtadodemendoza.com

Please substitute "at" for the symbol @ when writing an email.
I'm trying to avoid Spam.

Website loaded with database-driven artwork coming soon!

My work is a direct materialization of my interests and includes many mediums dealing with images and concepts, graphic design in its wider sense. Exhibitions, motion graphics, direction, tv spots, identity, books... Both for clients and myself.

Currently enjoying a renewed fellowship at FABRICA, the Communication Center of the Benetton Group. Treviso, Italy.
Currently enjoying vacation.

Upcoming events:

July 31, 2008
Conference at Campus Party 2008.
Valencia, Spain

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I'm very happy to begin the summer in Valencia trying to engage with an audience of more than 6000 people. I'm ready to blow everyone's mind!
Campus Party is recognized as the biggest electronic entertainment event on-line in the world. An annual event which has taken place since 1997, that gathers thousands of participants together with their computers from all over Spain and other nations.
Visit the website of Campus Party

Watch pictures from the event in Flickr:
Campus Crea's photostream

February 22, 2008
World Forum Santander Cards
Banco Santander. Madrid, Spain

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I will be speaking about fried eggs at the Financial City of Banco Santander in Madrid to a truly global auditorium of selected marketing executives of the Bank on the subject of innovative Card Design. This is part of an ongoing collaboration with Banco Santander that will put innovation very high in their agenda.

February 13, 2008
Youssou N'Dour starts Birima.
Dakar, Senegal

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It has been a pleasure to see from first row the starting of Birima, the microcredit program created by celebrated senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour for Africa.
Benetton is a major contributor to this program and through them I was involved in the shooting of a videoclip in Goree Island (directed by Babak Payami) and afterwards in the press conference were the project was presented to the media. I was also responsable for the visuals and the VJing for the concert offered by Youssou N'Dour after the press conference.
Learn about Birima and apply for a microcredit

January 01- March 02, 2008
Les Yeux Ouverts.
Shiodomeitalia Creative Center,
Tokyo. Japan

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FABRICA's travelling exhibition hits Japan.
A new opportunity for more people to see the work.

more information here

October 19 - November 11, 2007
Les Yeux Ouverts.
Shanghai Art Museum, China

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Les Yeux Ouverts, the exhibition showcasing the work of FABRICA curated by Marie-Laure Jousset, Head of the Centre Pompidou’s Design Department travels to China and with it goes some of my video work which is in display in the show.
Print, video, interactive, industrial design all done by the "fabricanti" researchers since the creation of FABRICA in 1994.
more information here

June 5- July 15 2007
Les Yeux Ouverts.
Triennale di Milano, Italy

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I have some video artwork on display on the new exhibition of Fabrica curated by the Centre George Pompidou for the Triennale di Milano 2007.
more information here

October 6 - November 6, 2006
Centre Pompidou, Paris
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"Falling apart" a video artwork created together with musician Carlos Campos will be part of the exhibition FABRICA: Les yeux ouverts at the Centre Pompidou. See you there!
www.centrepompidou.fr

October 25, 2006
Open Studio at Galeria Barbarin
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Galeria Barbarin is a new Art Gallery opening in Madrid. For the opening night they have commissioned a site-specific project to artist Roberto Coromina. The week-long creation of his artwork was recorded using computer-controlled Stop motion and will be also presented as a video projection that night and later on sold as a limited edition DVD along with the destruction of the artwork.
I have directed all video work so go check the results!

www.galeriabarbarin.com

September 23, 2006
mcmlxxx
Casa Prestada, Madrid
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mcmlxxx is a publication coedited by Violeta Lópiz, Jesús Feijo and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. It strives to rethink and question everything that surrounds us, to invent our own language and to share it with all our friends. Please join us and print your publication at our first presentation in Madrid at Casa Prestada on the evening of September 23. Following our presentation there will be a performance by Isidro Ferrer so you can't miss this event!
www.mcmlxxx.es
www.casaprestada.es

News:

May 8, 2009
DOCUMENTA MADRID 09
Madrid International Documentary Festival.

Madrid, Spain
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Branding Kosovo a documentary film by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza is premiering on May 8th at the Princesa Cinemas in downtown Madrid.
Details of the screening can be found here:
Branding Kosovo / Documenta Madrid 09

More information on the film will be updated regularly on the film's website:
www.brandingkosovo.com


Branding Kosovo

February 17, 2009
BRANDING KOSOVO
Prishtina, Kosovo
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Branding Kosovo

Exactly one year after Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia FABRICA presents "Branding Kosovo" a 48 minutes documentary by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza.

Branding Kosovo is the story of the birth of a country, The Republic of Kosovo told through the creation of its state symbols.
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza travelled to Prishtina to follow the international constest for the flag and the anthem of Kosovo and proposes a personal new way of looking at the complexities behind this new European identity.
What is the best combination of colors, shapes, melodies and rhythms to define Kosovo?
Find the answers from the people directly responsible for the resulting symbols; rappers, composers, designers, politicians, UN special envoys, ex-snippers and many more.

Watch the trailer of Branding Kosovo here

Official website with pictures and more news available soon!

December 2007
Tile Designs from Portugal (Hard cover + DVD)
The Pepin Press (Author: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza)
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In 2004 I decided to take a break from my normal life in Madrid and left for Portugal to find answers to many vital questions that haunted me. The time that I spent there, mainly in Lisbon, became a crucial one in my existence, helping me define some of the ideals that have guided me ever since.
This book was born as a way to create a permanent bond with the country that had given me so much. It's my own way of saying "thank you" and trying to give something back to the portuguese.
Obviously this is all disguised as a book on graphic design that should, in reality, be helpful to designers, architects and anyone interested in learning about these aspects of Portuguese culture.
The book includes a prologue writen by Dr. Paulo Henriques, then Director of the National Museum of Tile of Portugal.

Tile Designs from Portugal
Buy this book online at Amazon

October 2007
SELECT F - Graphic Design from Spain
*6th edition of the Annuary of Graphic Design
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Select F, the 6th edition of the Annuary of Graphic Design from Spain.
For the second year in a row my work has been selected and published in this huge book.
Find out more about in the publisher's website:

http://www.indexbook.es/libro.php?480

September 2007
ABIERTO - nominated at the XXI edition of "Premios de Urbanismo, Arquitectura y Obra Pública 2006"
Madrid, Spain

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The series of exhibitions on Architecture ABIERTO, curated by estudio.entresitio for the COAM Fundation, have been awarded with a mention in the Research and Communications of Urbanism and Architecture category in the Awards of Urbanism, Architecture and Public Construction 2006 arranged by the City Council of Madrid.
I share their joy as I was involved in the project as responsible for all the image of the shows as well as the DVD publication.
www.entresitio.com
DVD ABIERTO exhibitions

November 2006
FABRICA, the Benetton research centre on communications.
Treviso, Italy

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Diego Hurtado de Mendoza has been awarded with a scholarship to the video and film department at FABRICA in Treviso, Italy.
My role in the department will be to create experimental artwork.
Stay tuned throught this exciting year as I unveil my future projects.
www.fabrica.it

September 2006
SELECT E - Graphic Design from Spain
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Select E has already been published and it's available at any bookstore or through the internet. Flip through it's pages to get a feeling for what's graphic design like in sunny Spain.
Four pieces of my latest work are shown including work for the Compañía Nacional de Danza, the photographer Raúl Belinchón, the painter José Talavera and the meetings on Architecture named brevencuentro.
www.indexbook.com

June 26, 2006
Video screening at the Instituto Cervantes in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, representing the duo inDaga was invited for a video screening held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in New Mexico (USA) within the exhibition "Territorios / Sense of Place".
A very special microdocumentary on the city, "the ABQ RIDE", was shot in just 24 hours and premiered the day after portraying the punk music scene of the so-called Duke City.
www.nhccnm.org
http://albuquerque.cervantes.es

June 9, 2006
Live show at Clandestino Festival. Museum of World Culture, Göteborg, Sweden
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inDaga, the ongoing experimental audiovisual project of Carlos Campos and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza hit Gothemburg for a 40 minutes live show at the Världskulturmusset in Göteborg, Sweden.
Live video and audio show about the corrosion of character and the consecuences of work in the neocapitalistic market.
http://www.bwanaclub.org/-Clandestino-Festival-2006-.html

Extra:

May 2009
Compañía Nacional de Danza. CND
Madrid, Spain

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Being back in Madrid gives me the great chance to get back to work with the National Dance Company headed by choreographer and artistic director Nacho Duato.
The challenge is to explore new ways to communicate dance.
Many lines of investigation are open in this moment and a big book is in it's way. Under these lines an image of a non-figurative way to represent moments of a choreography.

Website of the CND

CND - COMPAÑÍA NACIONAL DE DANZA

May 2009
WEBSITE FOR PHOTOGRAPHER RAÚL BELINCHÓN
Valencia, Spain

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The latest collaboration between Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and award-winning photographer Raúl Belinchón is now online.
Raúl Belinchon's site is fully dynamic and is directly managed by the photographer himself. The design is part of the whole identity of Raúl Belinchón curated by DHM.

www.raulbelinchon.com

Raúl Belinchón - website

August 2008
LOS LOGOS 4 (Die Gestalten Verlag)
Berlin, Germany

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The German publisher is about to release the fourth edition of their reknown "Los Logos" series this September, this is what they say about the book: "This authoratitive compendium is the largest volume to date showcasing a collection of over 5,000 examples of stylistic approaches by designers from around the globe by bourgeoning design talent and once again offering an essential resource for all designers".
I'm very happy to know that some of the logos that I have designed in the last year are included in this publication.

Los Logos 4

January 2008
Editorial/ Made in Spain
IndexBook. Barcelona, Spain

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From the website of the publisher:
"This book is a compilation of the best examples of editorial design in Spain. Catalogues, newspapers, magazines, books and covers done by 73 of the best studios in our country".

You can check my work in this publication.

Editorial/Made in Spain

September 2007
DOCUMENTARY PROJECT
Treviso, Italy

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Brasilian director Fernando Acquarone and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza are currently working full-time on a new project.

The team has set to produce, direct, film and edit a full length film documentary to be released in 2008.
More information and website coming soon!
THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN STAND-BY

August 2007
Vs Magazine.
Copenhagen, Denmark

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Fabrica accepted the invitation from Versus to work on a visual essay inspired by the theme “Contradictions United” for the Autumn/Winter 2007 issue. Contributors: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Pia Knight, Natalie Ashman, Julia Pleschke, Marian Grabmayer, Karol De Rueda Leal, Nobuhisa Ishizuka, Matt Prins, Andy Rementer, Elizabeth Cretney.

  

June 2007
COLORS 71. Welcome to Vörland
Milano, Italy

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The new issue of COLORS magazine will be presented on the Triennale di Milano on June 14th in an event with U.S. ex Vice President Al Gore.
This new issue has been conceived and art directed by three "maestros":
Cosimo Bizzarri, Scott Heinrich and Patrick Waterhouse.
I have been lucky enough to work with them providing design and ideas on this unique issue.


Find out more about Vörland here:
www.colorsmagazine.com/approachingVorland

March 2007
COLORS 70. Beijing
Beijing, China

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Swedish fashion designer Amelie Marciasini and myself will be representing Fabrica in Beijing during the launch of the 70th issue of Colors Magazine.
This issue has been photographed and directed by two lovely chinese artists; Chen Jiaojiao and Peng Yangjun.
Amelie and I will be meeting many interesting characters as part of the research for an upcoming project.

Find out more about this issue of Colors and the two young chinese photographers that did it all:
www.benetton.com/colorspress70

February 2007
Premios Daniel Gil 2006- Diseño editorial
Spain

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The jury of the Daniel Gil Awards for editorial design have selected my work for the collection of books on architecture "brevencuentro" in the category of Cover Design.
This is an enormous honor as this award is the most respected in the field of editorial design in Spain.

www.visual.gi/danielgil/premiados2006.html

December 2006
esMadrid TV
Madrid, Spain

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I've been commissioned to direct a set of idents to help create a strong visual identity for esMadrid TV, a new TV station owned by the City Council of Madrid with the sole objective of promoting the image of this city.
I have had the honor of directing the dancer Ana Gonzaga in the first two spots shot in HD.
Please tune in to esMadrid TV to find out about everything that's going on in Mad Madrid. As we say here: "Madrid kills me!"

Check out the TV live on the internet:
www.esmadrid.com