What if an AI-led totalitarian regime took over the world, banning analogue technology? is a speculative project for the Research & Trend Forecasting Exam during my Master's Diploma at IED.
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It all began while Donald Trump was campaigning to become the 47th President of the United States. During this time, Elon Musk began giving out money in a lottery-like manner to Trump voters. They reminded me of the protagonists (or antagonists) of the 1930s.
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I decided to explore this “What if” question after Trump and Musk froze federal funds and let go federal employees without cause.
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I consider this project to be not only editorial, as indicated, but also as belonging to the field of Graphic Design for films.

Polimera is a fictional city-state that changes language every ten years. For the Art Direction exam during my Master’s Diploma at IED each of us students were given a different fictional special city and were asked to design an A5 sheet of postal stamps, a flag, and the banknotes for that city.
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In Polimera, language changes every ten years, so I devised a universal alphabet designed to transcend time. Numbers' symbols are based on my hand gestures, while words and concepts are expressed through symbols inspired by Japanese Kanji.

The city’s history diverges from ours: people are depicted with triangular faces, and the preferred media for design remains handcrafted, reflecting the ever-shifting nature of its culture. Blue dominates the visual landscape, as new languages are believed to descend from the sky.
Every decade, the Day of the First Word marks the birth of a new language, placing young citizens at the heart of cultural rebirth.
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I loved creating a whole new alphabet for this project, thus finding a visual language that could stay constant in an ever-evolving society.

As for the first assignment for the class of Graphic Design during my Master’s Diploma, we were asked to create a poster about one of Olivetti’s typewriters, among which I chose Studio 46 (1974) and were asked to work on Photoshop. There were no limitations in terms of graphics, typography, layouts, etc. So, in my case, I played around with textures and text distortions.

Mastrociccia is a traditional Roman restaurant located near Piazza del Popolo in Rome. I was invited by Kleos Communication to develop a new brand identity for this local restaurant. My aim was to honour the authentic, high-quality cuisine served while reflecting the prestige of its central Roman location.
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Because of the strong Roman feature of the restaurant, I chose URW Danmark, a typeface in which the letters can be encompassed in a square, and which serif is slightly pronounced.
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After exploring a friendlier, casual direction initially, the final identity took a more refined and elevated approach, giving visual and verbal justice to the the restaurant’s culinary standards and strategic position in the Italian capital.

The result is a brand that celebrates Mastrociccia’s warmth and tradition, with a sophisticated, timeless character, perhaps incorporating the restaurant's owner wonderful personality.

I was contacted by the Comprehensive Institute Karol Wojtyla of Palestrina (RM) to realise a memorial book to celebrate the 50 years anniversary of the full time in their primary schools.
I had the pleasure to work by meeting every week the same delightful teachers from all over the primary schools the institute contains.
What first were meetings to review an editorial work became appointments of joyful chats in the company of people who embody the history of these schools.

As my university thesis, Eroi dell’Ignoto (that is Heroes of the Unknown) is a board game that makes players immerse with ADHD characteristics, simulating the chaos, distraction and anxiety, with resulting impulsivity and hyperactivity, which a neurodivergent person of this type lives with every day.
Overall, the game underwent several changes, passing through 3 other versions to obtain its final shape. The testing and improving of each version was possible thanks to 6 testers.

How to drive in Rome is an ironic zine that denounces, sarcastically, the way Roman citizens normally drive. The zine is composed of 8 pages obtained by folding a A3, that displays a poster when the zine is completely open and not closed in a booklet.

As my university thesis, Eroi dell’Ignoto (that is Heroes of the Unknown) is a board game that makes players immerse with ADHD characteristics, simulating the chaos, distraction and anxiety, with resulting impulsivity and hyperactivity, which a neurodivergent person of this type lives with every day.
Overall, the game underwent several changes, passing through 3 other versions to obtain its final shape. The testing and improving of each version was possible thanks to 6 testers.

As my university thesis, Eroi dell’Ignoto (that is Heroes of the Unknown) is a board game that makes players immerse with ADHD characteristics, simulating the chaos, distraction and anxiety, with resulting impulsivity and hyperactivity, which a neurodivergent person of this type lives with every day.
Overall, the game underwent several changes, passing through 3 other versions to obtain its final shape. The testing and improving of each version was possible thanks to 6 testers.

For Michela & Francesco's Harry-Potter-Themed Wedding I designed wedding invitations, ceremony books and labels for the wedding favours.
As Harry Potter books and movies suggest, the graphics are those of the 1800s and so the style for the Wedding Stationery was established accordingly.

Ricordi di Ventotene e S.Stefano (English: Memories of Ventotene and S.Stefano) is the rebranding of the existing Marine Protected Area (MPA) of Ventotene and S.Stefano islands.

The MPA promotes environmental education around the delicate balance of marine ecosystems, the significance of our impact on them, and the ways in which we can safeguard their natural treasures, all this in order to protect this environmental heritage for future generations, and ensuring they too know how to pass it on.

The rebranding was driven by the need to increase both economic and human resources for the two islands.
The first step was uniting them under a single, emotional brand name: Ricordi di Ventotene e S.Stefano. From there, the verbal and visual identity unfolded naturally around a central question: what are memories, if not mental pictures? What are memories, if not welcoming voices and evocative scenes?

The new identity captures the warmth, history, and fragile beauty of these islands, transforming the MPA into a story to be remembered, preserved, and advocated for.

FLIPP is a fictional book publishing house, complete with affiliated bookshops, dedicated to distributing titles rooted in both Western and Eastern global cultures. Its mission is to reintroduce these works in fresh, engaging ways, making them accessible and appealing to new generations while still resonating with their parents. This is also made possible thanks to the verbal identity of the brand, which is not only accessible, but also wise and witty, designed to make literature feel interesting and thought-provoking for younger readers at a time when interest in traditional reading is in steady decline.

TRAK is one of FLIPP's publishing series featuring classic adventure novels which have, over the years, been adapted into films. The series name, much like FLIPP, follows an onomatopoeic principle, capturing the spirit of dynamic storytelling and discovery.

For this project, I hand-bound one chosen printed book of the TRAK publishing series, after applying proper orthotypographical rules to the original script, ensuring accuracy and readability and avoiding orphans, widows and thieves, as a real publishing house would do.

Dead Plants is a tabloid-size (279x432 mm) zine of 14 pages, a typographical experiment that depicts the beauty of death, with dead flowers illustrations. The zine contains quotes of poems about death in English and Italian. There's also a typographic experiment using the text from Eveline, a short story inside Dubliners, by James Joyce. Indeed, Dubliners's characters are paralised by money problems, family responsibilities and other social pressures, so they remain imprisoned in a miserable life. At the end, in the attempt to cheer up the reader, if need to, there are some dark-humoured jokes. The back cover contains a quote in German from Die Zürauer Aphorismen by Kafka, a book of metaphysical aphorisms and reflections. The quote talks about how death frees humans from their life, which is a prison.

Scratch&Lose is a personal project that denounces, in a sarcastic way, the sky-rocketing of gas prices in Italy, one of the many countries which depend on Russian petrol supplies instead of investing in sustainable, self-generated green energy sources like nuclear power.

The multi-dimensional pyramid is a 3d experiment for which 3 scenes were produced, each of which representing a different setting and mood.

I decided to recreate a pair of non-existent headphones, experimenting with the tools provided by Blender, and placing my then logo on them.

For Q Club I produced a flyer for a comedy event.

For Make Tape I designed an informative brochure about its programme. Make Tape is a intensive camp that helps active duty Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, and Sailors make the strict weight standards of the US Military.

As my university thesis, Eroi dell’Ignoto (that is Heroes of the Unknown) is a board game that makes players immerse with ADHD characteristics, simulating the chaos, distraction and anxiety, with resulting impulsivity and hyperactivity, which a neurodivergent person of this type lives with every day.
Overall, the game underwent several changes, passing through 3 other versions to obtain its final shape. The testing and improving of each version was possible thanks to 6 testers.