Joana Devoto is a Brazilian-born textile pattern designer based in Barcelona with over ten years of experience in the international fashion market. Her background spans both manual and digital print development, with documented work for major accounts including Zara and Bershka.








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Joana Devoto is a Brazilian-born textile pattern designer based in Barcelona with over ten years of experience in the international fashion market. Her background spans both manual and digital print development, with documented work for major accounts including Zara and Bershka. Career positions include Vita Couture, raw/companies processed/Desigual, Colab Studio, La Estampa, Cantão, Salinas, and Maria Filó.
Devoto's practice spans allover prints and positional designs across menswear, womenswear, youth, and childrenswear categories. Selected Instagram pattern images suggest a commercially versatile output, consistent with the broad client base required in fast-fashion print development. Illustration approaches include watercolour, pencil, and digital techniques.
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Procreate, Acrobat, CLO 3D. Both manual illustration (watercolour, pencil) and digital development. Full-service workflow: concept, trend research, colour palette, rapport construction, colour separation, print-ready file, and production follow-up. Experience coordinating teams of up to ten people.
Fast fashion (Zara, Bershka), Brazilian lifestyle brands (Cantão, Salinas, Maria Filó), and independent design studios. Work spans menswear, womenswear, youth, and kidswear print collections. Client collaboration and commercial delivery under tight timelines is a stated professional competency.
Industrial Design, PUC Rio de Janeiro (2004-2009). Hand and Print Textile, Central Saint Martins, London (2008). Postgraduate: Escola Massana - Artists' Books (2010); ELISAVA Barcelona - Master in Graphic Design (2010) and Master in Fashion (2011). Career progressed through Brazilian fashion and lifestyle brands before moving to Barcelona-based studios. Most recent position: Vita Couture (2022).
Allover and positional prints across multiple consumer and commercial categories. Trend research and moodboarding integral to process. Over one thousand prints created across a ten-year career. Print development from concept through to final production follow-up.













Joana Devoto is a Brazilian-born textile pattern designer based in Barcelona with over ten years of experience in the international fashion market. Her background spans both manual and digital print development, with documented work for major accounts including Zara and Bershka.
Style and Aesthetic Devoto's practice spans allover prints and positional designs across menswear, womenswear, youth, and childrenswear categories. Selected Instagram pattern images suggest a commercially versatile output, consistent with the broad client base required in fast-fashion print development.
Pattern Focus Allover and positional prints across multiple consumer and commercial categories. Trend research and moodboarding integral to process. Over one thousand prints created across a ten-year career. Print development from concept through to final production follow-up.
Markets and Clients Fast fashion (Zara, Bershka), Brazilian lifestyle brands (Cantão, Salinas, Maria Filó), and independent design studios. Work spans menswear, womenswear, youth, and kidswear print collections. Client collaboration and commercial delivery under tight timelines is a stated professional competency.
Techniques and Tools Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Procreate, Acrobat, CLO 3D. Both manual illustration (watercolour, pencil) and digital development. Full-service workflow: concept, trend research, colour palette, rapport construction, colour separation, print-ready file, and production follow-up.
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Career Path Industrial Design, PUC Rio de Janeiro (2004-2009). Hand and Print Textile, Central Saint Martins, London (2008). Postgraduate: Escola Massana - Artists' Books (2010); ELISAVA Barcelona - Master in Graphic Design (2010) and Master in Fashion (2011).
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