Le Ricette dei Designers

Contribution to the Editorial Project “Le Ricette dei Designer” (Designer’s Recipes)

NE CARNE NE PESCE. 

Feature on designers’ recipes book “Una spina nel design”, Editrice Compositori. Graphic design, illustration and recipe. The title is a wordplay referring to the Italian saying “ne carne ne pesce”, meaning someone or something with no character. 2013.

CAVOLI AMARI. 

Feature on designers’ recipes book “Cavolo che design,” Editrice Compositori with Ottagono. Graphic design, illustration and recipe. The recipe title refers to the Italian saying “cavoli amari” (bitter cabbage) that expresses a dire situation, particularly the one of the Italian country at the time of the book’s publishing: the 150th anniversary of the unification Italy. 2011

LIMONATA DURA. 

Feature on designers’ recipes book by Editrice Compositori. Graphic design, illustration and recipe. The title is a wordplay as limonata (lemonade) is a slang word for French kissing. 2014

EFFATTELA ‘NA RISATA (AL FORNO). Visual, 2013.

Feature on designers’ recipies book “Pane e Design”, Editrice Compositori. Graphic design, illustration and recipe. The title is a wordplay referring to the Italian saying “farsi una risata” (to have a laugh) and the parallel between spaghettata (bowl of pasta) and the neologism for its rice counterpart risata (bowl of rice). 2013

GRAN GNOCCHE DI PATATE. 

Feature on designers’ recipes book “Le Ricette dei Designers VOL. 2”, Editrice Compositori. Graphic design, illustration and recipe. The title is a wordplay between gnocchi, the pasta, and “gnocche”, colloquial for “beautiful girls”. 2010

Mao Mao

Caricature of the 100 Yuan Chinese banknote featuring the Italian master of communications and events organizer Paride Vitale. A contemporary personality who has revolutionized modern PR and parties. 2017

Dimensions

Height: 60cm

Length: 120cm

Unique Piece

Ri Contorsioni

Photographic prints of a contorted and solidified universe. Dense relationships and intersections create a tangle of memories that pushes the individual away from one’s origins. “Ri-contorsioni” is an invitation to melt down and go back to a simpler form, an effort to find lightness and simplicity. 2018

Digital C-Print on Archival Photographic Paper

Dimensions: 76.2 x 114.3 cm (30 x 45 in.)

Edition 10