military landscapes

Last summer, just in front of the extraordinary seascape of La Maddalena and Caprera islands, in the Northern Sardinia, “Military Landscape”, a scientific meeting about the decommissioned fortresses, air bases, ports, etc., took place. Its aim is was design a future for many nice building and infrastructures, often placed in some of the most wonderful places in the world. It was organized by Donatella Fiorino, a professor at Cagliari University. I designed the visual identity of the meeting. Here the cover of the Skira book is shown.

[ La scorsa estate, di fronte al mare straordinario delle isole di La Maddalena e Caprera, nel nord Sardegna, è stato organizzato il convegno “Military Landscapes” (Paesaggi Militari), incentrato sulle architetture militari dismesse, come fortezze, porti e aeroporti, bunker, etc. Il suo scopo era quello di disegnare un futuro possibile per queste strutture, molte delle quali esteticamente pregevolissime e spesso ubicate in siti eccezionali. Il convegno è stato organizzato da Donatella Fiorino, professore all’Università di Cagliari. Tra le declinazioni dell’identità visiva che ho progettato, qui viene presentata la copertina del volume edito da Skira. ]

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pavel florenskij: beyond hamlet

This is a poster for a meeting about the complex figure of Pavel Florenskij, a Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, matehematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor, polymath and neomartyr. The title, “Pavel Florenskij beyond Hamlet”, is a way to discuss the central role of Florenskij on Antinomy, and its links with Shakespeare’s poem and its meaning. A philosophy which takes uncertainty, the vibration between “to be” and “not to be” as the only way to try to understand the world. A philsophical attitude very close to the position of modern physics. So, the big question mark, that Shakespeare even doesn’t use to ask the most deep question of the Occidental philosophy, takes the role and the face of Yorick’s skull.

[ Questo è il poster per un congresso sulla complessa figura di Pavel Florenskij, teologo, sacerdote, filosofo, matematico, fisico, ingegnere elettrico, inventore, studioso eclettico e neomartire russo. Il titolo, “Pavel Florenskij oltre Amleto”, è un modo per discutere il ruolo centrale di Florenskij sull’antinomia, e le sue connessioni con Shakespeare e il suo poema. Una filosofia che prende l’incertezza, la vibrazione fra l’essere e il non essere, come l’unica possibilità  di ricerca della comprensione del mondo. Un atteggiamento filosofico molto vicino alle posizioni della fisica moderna. Il grande punto interrogativo, quello che Shakespeare non utilizza per porre la domanda più importante della filosofia occidentale, si trasforma così nel teschio di Yorick. ]

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my works at “the new italian design” exhibit in santiago de chile

After Milano and Madrid (2007), Istanbul (2010), Beijing and Nantou (2010), Bilbao and San Francisco (2013), the exhibit “The New Italian Design”, organized by La Triennale di Milano Design Museum under the supervision of Silvana Annicchiarico, is at present at Centro Cultural La Moneda in Santiago de Chile. From december 6th 2013 to march 30th 2014, the exhibit shows the works of 133 italian designers (among them, about 20 graphic designers), who represent the status of italian design today. I was honoured to be selected in 2007 (thanks again to Mario Piazza), and to be still among them (even if I’m now 50, and so it’s a little bit strange to talk about the “new” italian design…). And I was very happy and a slightly proud to find the name of Cagliari among the emerging spots in mediterranean design: a small gift that now I can give back to my beloved town.

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mogoro lab

Mogoro is a small center in the countryside of Sardinia, well known for its handmade wool carpets, which show coloured and rich decoration. This workshop has been organized by the Architecture Department, University of Cagliari, focusing on landscape and typical architecture. The two capital letters M and L were combined to form a star/flower pattern, wich is one of the strongest symbol of the local textile tradition.

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l’ingegnere italiano

L’Ingegnere Italiano is the house organ of CNI (Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri, see related post). The twin I of the headline has given the possibility to enhance the CNI corporate. We have used only two colors, red and black, and two typefaces, Bodoni and Franklin. Here is the first issue (september 2012) with the new look designed together with Armando Milani.

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