selected graphic works [2008_2023]
gilberto mazzoli
Hi! I am Gilberto, a graphic designer based in Goettingen, Germany.
I hold a BSc in Communication, and a MA and a PhD in Modern History.
I have experience in graphic, editorial, web, and exhibition design.
Download here my bachelor project about graphic design!
You can find me on twitter and instagram or you can drop me a line at: gil [dot] mazzoli [at] gmail [dot] com
In this website you can see a selection of my graphic works.
exhibition design
EuroVision Lab. One object / Many Visions / Eurovisions
First exhibition of EMEE project, at MNZS, Ljubljana, July - October 2015. Identity design in Slovene and English (flyer, guide/newspaper, catalogue, panels, memory game) for the exhibition according to the corporate identity set by EMEE.
Commissioned by: MNZS, the National Museum of Contemporary History. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2015
Commons of Yesterday, Commons of Today. Urban Horticulture in Modena, Italy. 1980-2015
Personal photographic / historical exhibition. For this project I made the historical research, the design of the map and of two explicative panels, and 24 pictures, available here. Exhibition prepared for UNDISCIPLINED ENVIRONMENTS - International Conference of the European Network of Political Ecology (ENTITLE), Royal Insitute of Technology, Stockholm, 20-23 of March 2016.
Commissioned by: personal project. 2015/2016
1989-2009 BERLIN
Creation of the identity and design of all the printed communication for the photographic exhibition "1989-2009 Berlin" organized for the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall Fall, in two different locations in the Modena area.
Commissioned by: Comune di Formigine. 2009
GOTO 1982
Exhibition on the history of computer, held at the Technical museum in Bistra, Slovenia.
Commissioned by: MNZS. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2013
Mutilati ed invalidi di guerra. Una storia politica
Graphic design for the exhibition organized for the annual meeting of ANMIG.
Commissioned by: ANMIG, Modena. 2012
layout [various]
Various projects for cultural events and printed and digital publishing: posters, flyers, leaflets, labels, and catalogues.
EUI State Of the Union 2019.
Illustration + poster layout for the "Debating Democracy" EUI lectures.
Commissioned by: Engaged Academics, a group of researchers at the European University Institute, Florence. 2019
Dance 4 Gardens
Poster layout
Commissioned by: Engaged Academics, a group of researchers at the European University Institute, Florence. 2019
Outreach Café
Illustration + Poster layout for a series of online lectures.
Commissioned by: Engaged Academics, a group of researchers at the European University Institute, Florence. 2019
Parliamo d'Europa
Poster layout for a series of lectures.
Commissioned by: Engaged Academics, a group of researchers at the European University Institute, Florence. 2018
Festa della Musica 2017
Illustration + foldable flyer design
Commissioned by: Centro Musica. Modena, Italy. 2017
STANDING OVATION
Identity creation and print material design for a music competition.
Commissioned by: Centro Musica. Modena, Italy. 2017
URBAN VIDEO
Picture + Flyer Design for videography courses.
Commissioned by: Centro Musica. Modena, Italy. 2017
Sulle orme di Antonio Gramsci.
Illustration + Flyer Layout for book presentation.
Commissioned by: Centro Musica. Modena, Italy. 2017
LUMINTENDA
Identity creation and print material design for a creativity competition.
Commissioned by: Centro Musica. Modena, Italy. 2016
LET'S RUMBLE!
Illustration + Flyer Design for music contest.
Commissioned by: Centro Musica. Modena, Italy. 2017
Festa della Musica 2016
Foldable flyer design (BLUE NOTE style!) for a yearly music event.
Commissioned by: Centro Musica. Modena, Italy. 2016
ARTS & JAM! 2016 / 2017 _ Jazz concerts
Flyer and poster design for a series of jazz concerts. (BLUE NOTE style design!).
Commissioned by: Centro Musica. Modena, Italy. 2016
Museum Night 2013
Poster design for the museum night 2013 in Ljubljana.
Commissioned by: MNZS, the National Museum of Contemporary History. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2013
Pedagoski Programi
Editorial design for the yearly brochure of kids laboratories at the museum.
Commissioned by: MNZS, the National Museum of Contemporary History. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2013
Slovenci V 20 Stoletju. Children's workbook
Editorial design for kids laboratories at the museum.
Commissioned by: MNZS, the National Museum of Contemporary History. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2013
trepunto zero cards
business card design.
Commissioned by: trepuntozero, Turin, Italy. 2011
Develop.Med Newsmagazine
Cover + Editorial design for the newsmagazine DevelopMed.
Commissioned by: Istituto Paralleli, Turin, Italy. 2011
Il Cambiamento bookmark
Bookmark design for the italian online newspaper Il Cambiamento.
Commissioned by: Ludica. 2010
GRAPHIC DESIGNER TOOLBOX
Graphic Design Toolbox is an introductory guide to the field of graphic design I made for my bachelor project in Communication. It's a nice looking pdf rich of interesting layouts and interactive elements. Click HERE to download it! 2010
Boutique Invaders DJ sets
Flyer Design + Picture + Illustration.
Commissioned by: Paul's Boutique, a clothes' store in Modena. 2009
MGK
Mauro Grifoni Kids. Clothes Label design.
Commissioned by: THIS IS YOU graphic studio, Modena. 2009
NOD spring/summer 2009
Catalogue design proposal.
Commissioned by: THIS IS YOU graphic studio, Modena. 2008
logotypes
Off the Road
Off the Road is an ERC Project with scholars of American literature and history which explores The Environmental Aesthetics of Early Automobility (1890-1920).
Logo design. Commissioned by: Off the Road. 2023
SISAm_Italian Society for Environmental History
SISAm promotes the study of environmental history in Italy.
Logo design. Commissioned by: SISAm. 2021
x+
is a working group of historians of gender and sexualities, based at the University of Padova, Italy.
Logo design. Commissioned by: x+. 2022
Ponte Europa
is a group of researchers based at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
Logo design. Commissioned by: Ponte Europa Working Group. 2022
European Society for Environmental History
ESEH promotes the study of environmental history in Europe.
Logo restyling. Commissioned by: ESEH. 2019
Pianeta Futuro
is the online platform of the community Italia che Cambia.
Lettering + Logo design. Commissioned by: Italia che Cambia. 2020
Engaged Academics
is a group of researchers based at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
Logo design. Commissioned by: Engaged Academics. 2018
Casa Mazzolini
is a Web Social House based in Modena, Italy.
Logo design. Commissioned by: Casa Mazzolini. 2015
trepuntozero
is a newborn cultural association based in Turin, Italy.
Logo design. Commissioned by: trepuntozero. 2012
dischinpiazza
is the new record store in Modena, Italy.
Logo design. Commissioned by: dischinpiazza. 2011
Il Cambiamento
is an italian online newspaper.
Lettering + Logo design. Commissioned by: Ludica. 2010
The Language of Art and Music
An International Conference on the Potential for Artistic Expression to Cross Cultural Barriers, held in Berlin in 2010 and 2011.
Logo design. Commissioned by: the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin. 2010
BIHRC 2010
The Berlin International Human Rights Congress, held in Berlin in 2010.
Logo studio. Commissioned by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin. 2010
maybe tomorrow films
was an independent film production company based in Berlin.
Logo studio. Commissioned by: maybe tomorrow films, Berlin. 2010
GRU
gru was a post-rock band active in Modena-Italy from 2006 to 2009.
Logo design. Commissioned by: plasticrane productions 2008
plasticrane productions
is an independent netlabel of experimental music founded in Modena in 2008.
Logo design. Commissioned by: plasticrane productions 2008
mixed graphic / visual projects
The comfortable black hole of academic failures
Infographic of all my PhD applications. Presented during the experimental session on "academic failures" at the ESEH 2019 conference in Tallinn, Estonia. HERE you can read a report of the session.
Personal Project. 2019
Sgt. Pepper's' Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary
Illustration for social media. Beatles tribute concert.
Commissioned by: Centro Musica. Modena, Italy. 2017
Sonda Live concert at Diagonal Loft Club
Illustration.
Commissioned by: Centro Musica. Modena, Italy. 2016
MNZS Children's cards game
Design + print + lamination + box.
Commissioned by: MNZS, the National Museum of Contemporary History. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2013
Children's Birthday at the museum
Illustration + Identity creation ()Invitation + website header + serialized cd cover).
Commissioned by: MNZS, the National Museum of Contemporary History. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2013
YOU ANNOY ME. Free Wallpaper
Ironic/outrageous wallpaper to improve your daily productivity. Ita/Eng. Click HERE to download it!
Personal Project. 2012
I Vasetti
Label design
Commissioned by Radici Felici, a small organic farm on the Modenese Appennines, Italy. 2020
This is not Tape
Do It Yourself T-Shirt. 2009.
Selected Graphic Works (2008 - 2011)
Home-made personal portfolio, built with patience and love. 2011.
Dieci & 20: Costume e Società
Short Movie in fast-motion. Direction, Video Editing, and FX.
Project done for the course "Theory and Techniques of TV and Broadcasting", Department of Communication, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia 2008.
autocostruzioni
was a website to share ideas, skills, projects, and DIY experiences
Web design studio. Commissioned by: Ludica. 2010
music artworks: plasticrane
Plasticrane Productions is an independent netlabel with a focus on lo-fi experimental music in all its forms: electronic, noise, industrial, ambient, drone, post-rock, and more. It was founded in Modena, Italy, in 2008. All the music released via Plasticrane is - and will always be - free. I am Plasticrane's creative director since its foundation, and I designed (almost) all the artworks: cover, posters, booklets.
Here you can see some of them (just click on the image for its details):
![Rational Park. [subtitles]. Front Cover 2023](webfolio/rp_sub.jpg)
![Rational Park. [subtitles]. Poster 2023](webfolio/rp_sub_poster.png)
pixelife: an experimental project in digital art
pixelife #1: uncertainty in technology
The first part of pixelife tells a quite common story: the difficulty and frustration of maintaining long-distance relationships, even today, despite the level of technological progress that the world has reached. In April 2013, during some video calls with friends on skype, my connection crashed many times: though it was still possible to talk, but without the video. The only thing you were able to see was a background of glitched pixels. Here some screenshots that perfectly reveal the fascinating complexity of the contemporary world.
pixelife #2: memories from a planned future
The second part of pixelife keeps exploring the connections between memories and uncertainty. past and future are here shaken through the lens of technology: the pixelation of pictures reveals the absence of sharpness typical of both our memories (past) and dreams (future?). The second part of the pixelife project explores the peculiar view of the future experienced by east european countries during the second half of the 20th century: what historians and architects calls 'an unfinished modernisation'. here some pictures directly from my personal analog memories of east european landscapes, originally taken with an old, manual and mechanic camera, then printed, scanned and remixed through a pixelation process.
pixelife #3: metropolitan nightscapes
The third part of pixelife goes further deep into the relationship between memories and uncertainty. The City and the Night: tales of empty, dark and uncertain spaces.
visual cv
other projects
[photography]
blurrama _ mobile photography
gil35 _ analog photography
[music]
plasticrane prod _ netlabel
rational park _ ambient music
2023. gilbertone.com