Far from home, at the crossroads, near the mountain that enters the sea (there)
Ioana Petcu
is a graphic
designer
with 3 years
of freelance
experience,
working primarily with
cultural clients.
Her practice
focuses on
typography,
editorial design,
and visual identity,
with a strong interest
in the relationship
between form,
language
and visual systems.
Syntax vs Semantics
Syntax vs Semantics II
The Court of Cyberjustice – Case: The Unauthorized Deletion of Avatar VoidStriker_17
The Women Authors Hotline 2026
Rezidual
The Persistance of looking
Findings from the street
Companions to the afterlife
The Women Authors Hotline 2025
To live and to die in a performance
PARKOUR 08: Laurențiu Ruță
Chantal by us
The Womens Authors Hotline 2024
The Romanian Poster in the 90’s
Far from home, at the crossroads, near the mountain that enters the sea (there)
Syntax vs Semantics
Syntax vs Semantics II
The Court of Cyberjustice – Case: The Unauthorized Deletion of Avatar VoidStriker_17
The Women Authors Hotline 2026
Rezidual
The Persistance of looking
Findings from the street
Companions to the afterlife
The Women Authors Hotline 2025
To live and to die in a performance
PARKOUR 08: Laurențiu Ruță
Chantal by us
The Womens Authors Hotline 2024
The Romanian Poster in the 90’s
Ioana Petcu is a graphic designer with over three years of freelance experience, working primarily with cultural clients. Her practice focuses on typography, editorial design, and visual identity. She considers herself a visual translator and strives to develop identities that are sensitive to the context of each project. She is particularly interested in the interplay between research and practice, at the intersection of linguistics, AI, and graphic design.
Education
Master's Degree in Graphic Design
HEAR — Haute école des arts du Rhin
Oct 2023 – Jul 2025
Graduated with Honors
Program: "Graphic [...] Languages"
Erasmus Exchange — Type Design
HGB Leipzig
Sep 2021 – Feb 2022
Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
UNarte — Universitatea Națională de Arte
Oct 2019 – Jul 2022
Awards
Local Design Awards
2 awarded projects
Young Design 2025
Book Award — "Companions to the afterlife"
Poster Award — "To live and die in a performance"
Talks
MONOSPAȚIAT @ Black Rhino Radio
2024, Podcast Local Design Circle
Parkour Sonor
2023, Institute of the Present
TYPE THURSDAY BUCHAREST
Organized by Local Design Circle
Type Crit
August 25, 2021
Experience
Freelance work
February 2023 — present
Clients: Institutul Prezentului, Vellant, Galeria Posibilă, SAC, Galeria Electroputere, Linotip, HelpAutism
15.07.2024 — 06.09.2024
Graphic Design Internship
Basel, Switzerland
25.07.2022 — 8.01.2023
Intern, Junior Graphic Designer
Bucharest, Romania
2021
Summer Internship in a printing house specialised on artist publications