How can the failure be included in the creation process? The thesis investigates the value of errors and unpredictability in the printing process. Through printing tools, the process becomes part of the artifact that is characterized by the qualities of the means of production. The User manual — Deskjet 2510 inkjet printer, is the result of this investigation. Through five actions of tampering with the printer and customizing the outputs, the standards that define printing, such as reproduction, resolution, and the CMYK colors, were questioned.

→ Thesis Project at ISIA Urbino, MA Communication and Design for Publishing, 2019. Coordinator: Silvia Sfligiotti, advisor: Claude Marzotto Caotorta

The visual identity for PAC “the public space for contemporary art in Milan”, was renewed in 2018 by studio òbelo, by providing the museum with a modular system based on movable layers of text, images, and color. Each event is characterized by a distinctive color, running through posters, catalogs, exhibition guides, printed ephemera, museum signage, and merchandising.

→ Project ongoing since 2018, art direction studio òbelo.

Each print designed with this method is a unique monotype. In order to obtain different patterns, a very precise set of rules must be followed. The second edition of the marbled paper was made with expired ink: the ink margins broke when it came into contact with water.

→ Prints realized during the Workshop Print Preview VII: EBRU, organized by Clàudia Queirós at FBAUP - Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto, PT in 2016.

Restyling of Italiasquisita provides the Italian haute cuisine magazine and books with a fresh yet classic design, addressing a wide audience from 3-star chefs to gourmets and food lovers. To create a contrast between the institutional and the contemporary soul of the publishing house, two typefaces are used, while the color palette changes from time to time according to the photograph of the chef's dishes.

→ Published by Vertical, art direction by studio òbelo.

SIGNS means mark, action, and movement that conveys information and means something. Hence the idea of making signs of the design process, which interact with the different layouts and reveal the exhibition logo. SIGNS is also the story of the current panorama of Italian graphics, masters, and new generations of designers in dialogue, represented by the different layers and colors of identity.

→ Curated by Francesco Dondina, produced by h+. The exhibition was part of the Milano Graphic Festival MGF, and was held at BASE Milano.

Il Marchese di Carabas is a small company of handmade soaps prepared with plant-derived ingredients. Each soap is an invitation to explore new places and colors, each box is a postcard from a faraway place. The packaging is made entirely of paper, to avoid plastic waste.

→ Art direction: Lorenzo Boero and Alice Guarnieri, still life: Luca Vegetti.

Starting with Paul Klee's 'Notebooks Volume 2 The Nature of Nature', this photo book visually explores nature. Leaves, branches, and flowers have been photographed, scanned, photocopied, enlarged, and manipulated to study their shapes and geometries. The book ends with a return to nature with a fresh look, to freely interpret the geometry of natural elements. The photographs on film are manipulated directly in the camera.

→ Project realized in 2018, with the supervisor of Mario Cresci at ISIA MA Communication and Design for Publishing, Urbino.

The fifth, new issue marks a new beginning for Archivio, with a new look, new editorial board, and new format to reflect the change in structure, objective, and perspective. The magazine was created with the objective of expanding the frontiers of content creation from archival resources, building on the idea that the life cycle of archives does not end with their inventory, digitalization, and reorganization, but rather it is at that point that they can take on a new lease of life, becoming something vital, of endless potential.

→ From 2020, ongoing. Published by PromemoriaGroup. Editor: Valerio Millefoglie, Editorial Consultant: Daniela Hamaui, Art direction: studio obelo + Alice Guarnieri, Archives specialist: Marta Sironi, Assistant editor & archives research: Enea Bigatti, Editorial Design: Marco Crivellaro.

This book messes up the museum's structures by subtracting the elements from their context. Through the indexing of the photographs taken by Luca Capuano, the provincial museums and their collections, are precise mapping. At the same time, the fluid photographic sequence and the absence of categorization, make the book an instrument for the free association of concepts. 

→ Project realized in 2018 w/ Vito Battista, Nicolò Oriani, Matteo Palù, and Valeria Pugliese, with the supervisor of Mauro Bubbico at ISIA MA Communication and Design for Publishing, Urbino.

● Workshop

2022.12

Printer User Manual, part of The Last 3 Miles 

Center For Future Publishing, HEAD – Genève, CH

2022.4

Ci vivo!
Biblioteca civica, Cologno Monzese, Milan, IT

2021.2

La collezione di immagini. Riuso / azione / programma
IED Torino, Illustrazione, Turin, IT
Workshop w/ Alice Guarnieri, Claude Marzotto, Maia Sambonet

2018.10

The Big Draw—ABC Stamperia, Atelier d’Artista
Castello Sforzesco, Milan, IT
Curated by Claude Marzotto e Maia Sambonet

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