DAY TW0 TALKS

Giorgio Camuffo is a graphic designer and associated professor in visual communication at the Free University of Bolzano. He directed Studio Camuffo (based in Venezia, his home town) for more than twenty years. Coordinating a team of young designers he developed editorial and curatorial projects, exhibition setups, merchandising and corporate branding projects, cooperating with agencies and institutions such as Fabrica, Benetton Group, Palazzo Pitti, Palazzo Grassi and Biennale di Venezia. He taught and he has been a tutor in some different universities, from 2006 to 2009, he’s been director of the course Comunicazioni Visive e Multimediali at IUAV university of Venezia. In 2012, he curated the 5th edition of the Triennale Design Museum, Grafica Italiana, with Mauro Piazza and Carlo Vinti. During his activity at the Free University of Bolzano he started and coordinated lots of research and events projects related to design, graphic design, history of graphic design and the relationship between design and kids education.

Edgar Bak, graduated with distinction at the Fine Arts Academy of Varsaw, graphic designer at his communication studio and now visual communication professor at the School of Form of Poznan, he’s been one of the first polish designer to be featured on Trend List. His style and his approach to graphic design are characterized by simplicity. His style is recognizable in each one of his projects, from poster design to editorial design or visual branding. He’s been working as director and designer in lots of lifestyle and arts magazines, he’s also been working as an illustrator from 2013. His characteristic minimalist style has been awarded more than one time during the polish prize KTR and from lots of international jurors.

Filip Zagórski holds a MA Degree from Graphic Art Faculty at the Fine Art Academy of Warsaw, he works mainly in editorial projects, visual identifications and public spaces installations. He also works with infographics, he developed a simple and universal language to spread information. In first he considered to study architecture, then he decided to study graphic design, his idea is that graphic design gives the possibility to work on the same visuals as architecture but in a faster way. He founded Type2 studio with Rafał Benedek. The studio is specialized in visual identity, advertising, books, posters, wayfinding, exhibition and web. He’s currently a teacher at the School of Form and at the SWPS university in Warsaw.

Davide Fornari is associate professor at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne where he leads the applied Research and Development sector. After studying architecture at IUAV in Venice and ETSAB in Barcelona, he obtained a PhD in Design Sciences from IUAV of Venice. He was researcher and lecturer at the Laboratory of visual culture of SUPSI in Lugano until 2017. Together with Silvia Sfligiotti he co-edited the magazine “Progetto grafico” (AIAP, 2015–2017). Together with Robert Lzicar he co-edited the book Mapping Graphic Design History in Switzerland (Triest verlag, Zurich 2016) and coordinates the research project Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited (2016–2019). He is member of the Federal Design Commission of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, and a jury member of Pax Art Award in Basle. He was a member of the Swiss Institute in Rome for the academic year 2014–2015.

Riccardo Catagnano is a copywriter, a Deputy Creative Director and a new dad. Riccardo started his career as a commercial director at BGSD’Arcy, later he moved in Young&Rubicam. After these experiences he took a break from adv and he started working as a coauthor for Italia1. Now he’s proud to work for Saatchi & Saatchi. Among all the clients that he worked for there are: MTV, Comedy Central, LA7, Ikea, TIM, Danone, Barilla, Leroy Merlin, Illy, Grom, Swatch, Ferrero, Intesa Sanpaolo, Philip Morris, Renault, Toyota, P&G, Bauli, Motta, Peroni, Visa. With Nico Marchesi, he’s the author of Asteroide for Buondì Motta, one of the most controversial and discussed adv campaign of the last years.

Studio Dumbar (part of Dept) is an international agency with a Dutch heritage, specialising in visual branding, founded by Gert Dumbar in 1977. Studio Dumbar attracts talented individuals from around the world. The portfolio is equally diverse, encompassing work for a variety of clients both large and small – from business and government to cultural and non-profit. Projects span from the Dutch Police visual identity, Amsterdam Sinfonietta poster series, the non profit organization Alzheimer Nederlands and the Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis visual identity to the complete rebranding of the airline Transavia. Since 2016 Studio Dumbar is part of Dept, an international digital network. Dept brings together the best agencies in creativity, technology and data. Liza Enebeis is Creative Director and Christopher Noort Visual/Motion Designer at Studio Dumbar.

Michał Jarociński graduated at the graphic design department of the Fine Art Academy of Warsaw, he’s one of few type designers who currently work in Poland. He’s been working with the name Dada Studio since 2007, where he currently designs and sell fonts. He also teaches as type designer in the university that he graduated from. With other type designers he lately created the project Capitalics Warsaw Type Foundry – the first polish type foundry.

Ginette Caron, born in Canada and Italian by adoption, is a unique and emblematic figure in the design world, an example of how one can bring two worlds together while directing complex communication processes. She has a multidisciplinary vision that ranges from visual identity, publishing, packaging, exhibit design and archigraphics to products while keeping her extremely refined design approach. Her graphic work searches the essence of the question and combines poetry and playfulness to create unexpected communication systems.She graduated in Graphic Design at Concordia University – Montréal, city where she worked for a few years. She then lived in Bologna and Venice before founding in Milan her own studio. Former in-house design director at Benetton and Prada, she has worked for clients such as Bulgari, Knoll, Moleskine, San Carlo, Swatch and Vatican. Her works have been published, exhibited and awarded internationally. She has been elected to membership at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Member of international jury boards, she has been professor at IUAV Venice and now at Raffles University in Milan. She often give lectures and workshops in universities in Canada, China, France, India, Italy, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey.She is advisor for PosterForTomorrow, a NGO based in Paris using graphic design to create awareness on major humanitarian issues.