Diego Giaccone
Recipient of the Konex Award 2002. He was pointed out as one of the best designers among five in the Argentine Graphic Design area. He graduated as Graphical Designer in the Architecture Design and Urbanism University of Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA). He was teacher at this institution as well. He has shown his work in collective and individual expositions on various occasions, and many of his works were published in different publications. He gave conferences in different chairs from Design, Typography and Packaging. During 1993–98 he became a member of the department of Design of Packaging of Arcor Group. Arcor is a world leader in confectionery and exports to 45 countries across the globe. There he designed consumer packaging for different markets. During 1998–2003, he worked at Interbrand Avalos & Bourse, being Design Director from 2000 to 2003. During October/November of 1999 he worked in Interbrand Newell and Sorrell of London, in the departments of Packaging and Communications. Now he is a Consumer Branding Director of FutureBrand Argentina. For the last 10 years he has developed projects for Molinos Group, Arcor, Quilmes, Bodegas Chandon, Concha y Toro, Viña San Pedro (Chile), Adams, Nabisco/Terrabusi, SAVA Gancia, Bodegas Nieto Senetiner, Unilever, CCU, Córpora Tresmontes Chile, Peñaflor Group, Fargo, Freddo, Cadbury/Stani, and Pepsi. He is one of the founders of the Sudtipos project, the first Argentinean type foundry collective.

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