Residents of Rio de Janeiro's favelas see luxury condos being built ever closer to home.
This is the reality of income inequality in Rio - where the top 1% live right next to the country's poorest.
Daniel Castro Maia, a Brazilian illustrator and designer based in Denver, CO.
By day, I'm lead designer for Nectar Consulting. By night, I'm a freelance illustrator. On weekends, I fight crime with the help of my cat sidekick. Don't believe me? Here's proof. I studied Illustration at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
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The New York Times / POLITICO Europe / The Washington Post / 5280 Magazine / Quanta Magazine / Fireside Fiction / Institutional Investor / The Real Deal Magazine / Hero Complex Gallery / The Fillmore / VinePair / + more.
Society of Illustrators 63 / American Illustration 38, 39 Chosen / 3x3 No. 16, No. 17, No. 18 / Creative Quarterly 55, 56, 57 / Communication Arts Interactive Annual 2019, Shortlist 2019-21 / Latin American Ilustración 7, 8 Selected / Adobe Design Achievement Award 2019 / My mom says she's very proud