About.me
Ciao! I’m Anna, a graphic designer, illustrator and cat enthusiast from Italy.
I mainly work with editorial projects and illustrations, but I also enjoy everything that involves traditional techniques or getting your hands dirty, like printmaking, painting and ceramics.
I completed my bachelor degree in Product Design, but during the Eramsus experience I discovered my love for Graphic Design and Visual Communication, which is now the main focus of my work and topic of my masters degree.
EDUCATION
COMMUNICATION DESIGN | MASTER’S DEGREE
ISIA Faenza | Faenza, Italy | 14/10/2023 – ongoing
– Master’s Design in Graphic and Communication Design at ISIA Faenza
– Graphic design, history of graphic design and curatorial practices, multimedia, editorial and type design
ERASMUS+ | BACHELOR’S DEGREE
Savonia UAS | Kuopio, Finland | December 2021 – June 2022
– Erasmus+ exchange program during the final year of my Bachelor’s degree in Product Design
– Fashion design, 3D modeling, interior design, brand design
PRODUCT DESIGN AND DESIGN WITH ADVANCED MATERIALS | BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ISIA Faenza | Faenza, Italy | 16/10/2019 – 14/06/2023
– Bachelor’s degree in Product Design at ISIA Faenza
– Product design, industrial design, graphic design, illustration, ceramics design
– Thesis on a card game design project: Salem 1692
– final grade: 110L/110
LICEO CLASSICO | HIGH SCHOOL
Liceo Classico G.B.Morgagni | Forlì, Italy | 2012 – 2017
– humanities and classic literature studies
– final grade 82/100
WORK EXPERIENCE
FREELANCER | VARIOUS WORKS
Forlì, Italy | 2024 – ongoing
ISIA FAENZA DESIGN | COLLABORATION GRANT AND TUTORING
Faenza, Italy | 01/03/2024 – ongoing
– Graphic design
– Erasmus students tutoring and referent
– Exhibition and conferences preparation and monitoring
FIU (FONDAZIONE INNOVAZIONE URBANA) | INTERNSHIP
Bologna, Italy | 01/10/2022 – 20/11/2022
– Graphic design intern
– FIU is a multidisciplinary urban regeneration research, development, co-production and communication centre working to build the city of the future. FIU aims to promote relationships between local government, universities, firms, the tertiary sector and citizens.
PRIVATE TUTOR | HUMANITIES, ENGLISH
Forlì, Italy | 2017 – 2019
– Private tutoring for high school students in preparation for university admission exams and high school final exams (italian, philosophy, history, english)
– Private english lessons
WORKSHOP
TIPO+GRAFIA CREATIVA | MOVABLE TYPE PRINTING
La Vecchia Stamperia | Faenza, Italy | July 2024
– Traditional printing techniques, movable type printing
INTERACTION DESIGN | TOUCH DESIGNER
Marco Giordano | Faenza, Italy | June 2024
– Creation of visuals using Touch Designer software and Kinect motion capture technology for an interactive performance
SERIGRAFIA EDITORIALE | SERIGRAPHY PRINTING
INUIT independent publisher, Simone Canestrari | Faenza, Italy | May 2024
– Learning serigraphy printing techniques aimed at creating a collective editorial project
L’ANTICA ARTE DELLA LEGATORIA | BOOK BINDING
Elena De Fazio | Faenza, Italy | May 2024
– Learning book binding techniques
– Creation of three different notebooks, hand-bound with three different techniques (paperback, japanese binding, section sawn binding)
BLU DIVINO | CERAMICS AND GLAZING
Giulia Bonora and MIC Faenza | Faenza, Italy | August 2021
– Study on the traditional blue pigment “Egyptian Blue” from the collection of MIC (international ceramics museum, Faenza), a brief history on the colour blue and its significance in religion, philosophy and spirituality
– Each participant created their own piece using the “colombino” technique, followed by the creation of different shades of blue and green glazing, based on the previous research on divine blue
– The final pieces were showcased in an exhibition at MIC Faenza in September 2021
ETCHING AND AQUATINT | TRADITIONAL PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES
Enrico Versari | Faenza, Italy | July 2021
– Learning the traditional method of aquatint, an etching method introduced in the 17th century, to create modern prints
LANGUAGES
ITALIAN | mother tongue
– native speaker
ENGLISH | C2
– 2022: IELTS 7.5
– 2016: B2 First (First Certificate in English, FCE)
SPANISH | B1
– self taught
JAPANESE | A2
– 2017: JLPT N5
