Welcome to Non-Native Studio, a collection of multilingual projects born from a mix of languages and struggles. Over the years, living and learning in different language environments has shaped how this studio thinks and transforms its own projects.

At Non-Native, every project is treated as its own world, shaped by its story, spoken language, culture, and the people it connects to. Here projects are sometimes handled in more than one language. Through these multilingual dialogues we create and develop visual identities that cross borders and strengthen local connections.

João Rodrigues

João Rodrigues is the creative mind behind Non-Native Studio. Specialized in graphic design, João studied book design and typography in Kiel (DE), Lisbon (PT), and Bilbao (ES). Living across Europe has made him, in a way, non-native in English, French, and Dutch, while his mother tongue is Portuguese.

Today, living in Belgium continues to inspire him to explore language learning through design, creating visual narratives. This is how João celebrates the beauty of multilingualism and diversity in his projects. He brings graphic solutions that tell your own story in multiple languages.

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