Adonis Durado

Durado has published four books of Cebuano poems. His recent collection To Whom It May Not Concern (Pahinungod sa Di Hintungdan) was a finalist of the 2019 International Book Awards.[1]

According to National Artist for Literature Resil Mojares:

"Durado’s poetry glories in the richness of folk and popular speech – earthy and playful, reckless and disciplined, vulgar and sly, comic and (as in all good comics) subversive. But it is also poetry that is vitally current and global. Imagine Yoyoy Villame reborn as a poet and graphic artist who fancies De Chirico and Magritte and reads Derrida and Szymborska. Durado is one of the most exciting poets now writing in the country, in any language."

As designer, illustrator, and art director, Durado's work has won international honors from the Society for News Design,[11] the Society of Publication Designers,[12] the Society of Illustrators, the Type Director's Club,[13] the Malofiej Infographics Awards,[14] Communication Arts Magazine, Creative Quarterly Journal,[15] and HOW Design Magazine.[16]

Durado helped launch and redesign more than a dozen magazine and newspaper titles in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and had served as a speaker to design conferences in the United States, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and the Philippines.

His works are featured and cited in the books and periodicals, including The Newspaper Designer's Handbook (7th Edition / McGraw-Hill),[17] All About Mags (Sendpoints Publishing),[18] Creative Anarchy: How to Break the Rules of Graphic Design for Creative Success (How Books). [19]