Fernando Curtis

I'm Fernando Curtis — Creative Director and founder of Rage Collective, a branding studio based in Managua. For the last decade I've built visual systems for specialty coffee, hospitality, SaaS, editorial, and packaging — work rooted in the belief that a brand is an argument, not a decoration. At Rage, we take on projects where the problem is interesting enough to stay with. Recent work includes Luna Café in Polanco, Verde Pecado, Tracking Savvy, and the visual identity for WordCamp Nicaragua 2023 and 2024. I trained in Design & Visual Communication at UAM in Managua and hold a Master's in Challenging Branding from LABASAD in Barcelona. Early on I learned from Diego Vainesman (40N47 Design) and Iván García (Futura) — people whose standards I still measure work against. I care about craft, systems, and the part of branding most people skip: the thinking underneath. I write about it occasionally. I teach when asked. I'm always open to conversations with people building something worth building. Managua, Nicaragua. Working globally.