Artusi

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With its 790 recipes, Artusi is the most famous book on Italian cuisine, the one from which all the great chefs draw inspiration. This special edition, conceived for the 200th anniversary of the author's birth, highlights its modernity through the exceptional introductory words by Massimo Bottura.

Book published by Giunti Editore

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Washoku

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A precious book about Japanese cuisine, written by Chef Hiro.
Publisher: Giunti Editore


Filastorta d’amore

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Sweet and catchy rhymes together with fluid and poetic prose, these are the ‘filastorte’, the key for Enrica Tesio to face life and love, to confort the warrior in every woman.

Cover design and coloring work by puntuale
Illustrations by Giulia Richetta, alias G!
Published by Giunti Editore

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Quadri della natura

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Alexander Von Humboldt was an explorer and a thinker who defined nature as a global network in which everything is intertwined. His Quadri della natura, after 210 years since its first publication in 1808, is a great classic of scientific literature; even today it represents a model of narrative ability, precision in details, wonderful figurative descriptions of places and animals.

Publisher: Codice Edizioni

 

Michele Pellegrino - Una parabola fotografica

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The photographic exhibition is about Michele Pellegrino's work and has the particularity of being introduced by Cesare Pavese quotes. These texts are focused on a symbolic vision of human existence, common theme in Pellegrino's work. 
The graphic project focuses on this literary juxtapposition and takes visual inspiration from Italian editorial masterpieces: Bruno Munari squares (designed for Einaudi, Pavese’s publisher) and Simoncini Garamond are rearranged in a grid that seems both an editorial layout and a photographic frame.
The project highlights the thematic sections, giving visual relevance to the literary quotes that introduce the pictures. 

July 19 - September 30, 2018
Complesso monumentale di San Francesco, Cuneo 
Curated by Vincenzo Biffi Gentili and promoted by Fondazione CRC


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Come si dice pattern in italiano?

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A selection of some emerging visual artists finds its home in Milan during Milano Design Week 2018, in a project by Italianism (Renato Fontana) and Lago.
The exhibition Come si dice pattern in italiano? dresses Appartamento Lago and Casa Lago with a selection of 41 patterns.

I've been asked together with Francesca Infantino to design one of the four special artworks dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci, in response to LAGO’s invitation to look beyond, drawing inspiration from the insatiable curiosity of the genius himself. And here's our Flying Man, inspired by the flight and the studies Leonardo did on the parachute.

 

In the same exhibition, also one of my Patternimals was on display.


Ricette per Philips Pasta maker

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A small book with recipes and useful tips to make the most of the Philips Pasta maker, preparing in a few minutes fresh and flavorful pasta of any kind, with iconic illustrations that make the shaping disks easy to use.

Published by Slow Food Editore; sold together with Philips Pasta maker.

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Pasta. Le forme del grano.

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A book about pasta shapes, recipes and stories that have made this food symbol of Italian gastronomic culture.
Published by Slow Food Editore and curated by Antonio Puzzi.


Lagom

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Lagom Swedish lifestyle is centered on balance, simplicity and serenity. The book collects tips related to home-life, health and sustainability, represented by the four icons on cover and on title page.
Published by Giunti Editore

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TIPIdeVOTI

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TIPIdeVOTI is a typographical artwork in which fictional politics combines with typography.
Designed for PolisGraphics exhibition as a poster and folded to be freely distributed to visitors, the artwork is an imaginary list of candidates, whose names relate to typographical features, used as graphic elements to illustrate their face.

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Exhibition: PolisGraphics. Arti applicate “impegnate”
11-31 Ottobre 2017 - MIAAO, Galleria Sottana - Via Maria Vittoria 5, Torino
Curators: Enzo Biffi Gentili, Michele Bortolami, Tommaso Delmastro