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An underground star in Amsterdam where kids search the streets to tear down his club posters, Parra's work is treasured by a generation of design fanatics. Living with his painter/sculptor father, Parra grew up surrounded by colours, oil paint, wood, weird looking pictures & Rubenesque paintings. Almost entirely self taught, his minimal colour palette, beautiful hand-drawn typography & esoteric character creation are reminiscent of screen printed poster designs of the 1960s & 70s.
Taking a select few commercial design jobs per year he devotes the bulk of his output to flyers, posters & identities for friends & admirers, making his work available for everyone to use, keep or discard as they wish. Beneficiaries have included skate shops Patta and Kids Love Wax, his own label The Records van Rockwell, the band Rednose Distrikt, avant garde rap artists, events, films & club nights.
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