illustration Archivi

12 Apr 2022

by Alice S.

Swissted – Punk is renewed

The real sense of punk is to think for yourself, without limits, without rules. Mike Joyce Tweet Swissted is the project of an artist and designer: Mike Joyce. Growing up in Albany, New York, in the early 1980s, Joyce was drawn to the magnetic energy of the hardcore shows playing in local seedy bars, eventually…

04 Apr 2022

Design, History of design

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by Alice S.

Bruno Munari. Light, lightness, invention

Was Bruno Munari a artist ? Certainly. A painter or sculptor ? Both things. Was he a writer ? Yes, and also very good at telling what creativity is and how to carry out a project. Bruno Munari, simply, was many things: protagonist of artistic research from futurism to the founding of MAC, designer, creator…

03 Mar 2022

Techniques

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by Alice S.

Risograph printing: a mix of screen printing and offset

The Risograph printing is one of the main trend of 2022 and is halfway between screen printing and offset printing. But what exactly is it and what are its peculiarities? Let's find out now! How is it created? As soon as a file is sent to print, the printing machine creates a new matrix which…

17 Feb 2022

Illustration, News

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by Alice S.

NFT: the new art

NFT (acronym for non fungible tokens ) is the new art of the year 2022 and will certainly be, for some, a huge business opportunity to be put in phase with the technological developments of the crypto and metaverse world. But what exactly are NFTs? NFT are digital certificates of authenticity that represent a new…

09 Feb 2022

Techniques

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by Alice S.

Cover of a book. Tips, styles, design mistakes

You don't judge a book by its cover. How many times have you heard this phrase? But think about it: a book cover must be attractive in order for readers to be enticed and buy the book. How many times have you entered a bookstore and found a book in your hands that had caught…

01 Mar 2021

Design, Illustration

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by Alice S.

Illustration in packaging design

Is there a more effective representative technique than illustration capable of depicting any visual concept? The answer is no.As explained in a previous article: illustration is the visual representation normally used to clarify some aspect of the text or for decoration. In this article, however, we will focus on the use of illustration in the…

19 Feb 2021

Illustration

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by Alice S.

Illustration: what is it?

Che cos’è un’illustrazione? Cosa vuol dire illustrare un testo? Dove si trovano le illustrazioni? A cosa serve l’immagine nel libro illustrato? In questo articolo voglio fare chiarezza su l’argomento che, beh, è alla base di quasi tutto questo sito web e della mia vita lavorativa. Che cos’è un’illustrazione? Rispondere a questa domanda non è affatto…

13 Feb 2021

Design

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by Alice S.

The Redesign of a book

The redesign of a bookWhat is it the redesign of a book?They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but let's be honest: it's impossible.How many times have you picked up a book simply because of bones or bloodstains?The cover design process is fascinating, but what's even more interesting about covers is that,…