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Hi, and welcome to the blog of Piero Zagami (me!), graphic designer and data visualization artist.
POSTS | design work in progress + personal projects- PHOTOS | photography work and life snapshots
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Helping my friends at 2grams launching their first food+design event at London Design Festival 2012. Icons design for labels, packaging and visual identity elements.
Some of my sci-fi infographic work in collaboration with Information is Beautiful Studio featured on Infosthetics.com
- Dreams are indispensable
My two submissions for the next issue of BOLO ”dreams are indispensable”.
I know, I’m having weird drams lately O.o - Bright Star Mobile Library
Visual Identity and set of illustrations (to be applied on vehicles) produced for the Pakistan based project “Bright Star Mobile Library”, service of library/shuttles to provide kids in Pakistan schools with books. Another team-up work with Carmen Vela
Advertising page promoting Zigzag as event communication agency, for the Festival of Festival 2010 catalogue. The claim “Dai forma al tuo evento” (“shape your event”) aims to place Zigzag within the range of event communicators, defined by clear message, personality elegance. Artwork produced with the very talented designer Carmen Vela
- my story published
Featured with a two pages contribution on the book Information Environments curated by Teal Triggs (LCC) and IE. “IE launched its first publication in July 2010, ‘Information Environments’ which looks back at the first two years of work undertaken by IE students and staff researchers at the University of the Arts London”.
- Data Flow 2
Featured with 2 projects (Static Movements and UNSC/R) on the second edition of this very popular graphic design book, Data Flow 2, published by Gestalten. “Data Flow 2 expands the definition of contemporary information graphics. The book features new possibilities for diagrams, maps, and charts and investigates the visual and intuitive presentation of processes and data” (Gestalten).
- "Blur Gigs Map" poster sells for 3000£!
A limited edition poster of the Blur Gigs Map artwork, signed by the band, was sold in a charity auction at Abbey Road Studios! (Sound and Vision, London, Feb 2010) Yay!
- Static Movement 2nd award Adobe contest
Static Movements just the second prize to an Adobe competition! www.adobeyougc.com
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- Graphic Designer at Information is BeautifulGraphic Design | London, United Kingdom, GBSummary
Piero is a qualified graphic designer with training and work experience in both the UK and Italy, in a wide range of sectors and media. Piero’s personal work has been published internationally and exhibited in London and Rome.
Specialties: Data visualization, information designExperience- Jun 2011 - PresentInformation Designer / Information is Beautiful
Senior Information designer at IIB and IIB Studio. Working closely with David McCandless, as part of a creative team of designers, researchers and art directors, my role as designer is to engage with data visualisation projects for research purposes as well as for clients.
- Jan 2013 - Jan 2013Visiting Lecturer / Hyper Island
Designed and ran a 2 day workshop for Digital Data Stratigy students on data visualization.
- Aug 2012 - Aug 2012Graphic and Information Designer / Karmarama
Freelance contract for inforgraphic commercial project
- Jan 2010 - Jun 2011Graphic Designer / Allies and Morrison
As part of the Practice Graphics team I worked closely with architects and the practice’s in-house graphic design team. Main roles as a designer: to produce editorially designed documents (planning submissions, client reports), illustrative work with information design elements, and realised several practice's exhibitions.
- Jun 2009 - Jan 2010Graphic Designer / Stylorouge
Stylorouge is an independent creative consultancy with 25 years experience in commercial media. I started my collaboration with Stylorouge as design intern in June 2009 and continued as freelance designer. I produced visual communication for the studio's clients, often music artists. Some of the names in the music business I worked for are Blur, McFly, Sharon Corr.
- Nov 2007 - Jan 2010Designer and Art Director / Zigzag
Zigzag is a communication company based in Rome, Italy, specialized in visual communication, marketing services and event organization. I am the sole designer of the company; I produced work from branding (Capalbio Libri, Memoria del Futuro, Capalbio Cinquanta), editorial design (Terna), and packaging.
- Sept 2009 - Sept 2009Design intern / Icon magazine
Magazine layout and artworking, photography (product photography and magazine social events photoreportage).
- Jul 2009 - Jul 2009Visiting Lecturer / London College of Communication
Visiting Lecturer at London College of Communication during a collaboration between LCC and LSE about information design applications in economics ad graphic design. 1 day workshop and presentation to students.
- May 2009 - May 2009Design intern / Smith & Milton
Internship as graphic designer, involved with identity and packaging projects. Clients: Rupert Sanderson, Ernest Jones, McEwans.
- Apr 2009 - Apr 2009Photographer / Villa Medici
Photographer at Académie de France en Rome, Villa Medici, for new catalog, website and merchandise of the Museum (Rome, Italy; collaboration with Giuseppe Causati).
Education-
2008 - 2009London College of CommunicationMA in Graphic Design
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2007 - 2008University of the Arts LondonDiploma in Graphic Design
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2001 - 2006Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido CarliBachelor in Communication in Communication and politics
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Honors:AdobeYouCG, Adobe Systems (2nd awarded), 2010
