Lucio Bolognesi

Rimini, Italy

Work Experience

Myself

Freelance designer & illustrator

I worked for fashion brands (Meltin’Pot, Furious, Gold), festivals (Parklife festival), music labels (Fabric London), events (XI Festival del Sole - International Gymnastics Festival), retail (Puro&Bio organic ice-cream shops), newspapers (Corriere della Sera - RCS Group) and more.
January 2006 - Italy

Esploratori Dello Spazio

Senior designer

I love to say that I am part of Esploratori dello spazio agency since day 0.
It is a small but very creative and busy agency that has worked with brands like Iceberg, Nike, Republic of San Marino institutions, Prima Telecom and many others.
I have had an active role in concept development, layout, executive design and typography of all the main projects (Iceberg water bottle & packaging design; Iceberg home furniture decorations; Riccione tourism identity; Prima - San Marino telecom identity; Antao Progetti architects identity and celebration monography; Passepartout identity, communication materials and product icons; Battle of The Year 2005 typography; Major Car & Yacht identity; BSI bank -Banca Sammarinese d’Investimento- identity, etc.).
I often developed campaigns concepts side by side with the copywriter or with the dual role of designer and copy (Major Car & Yacht; Prima telecom; Selfnet bank).
Among others, I have designed web experiences for Passepartout and Esploratori dello spazio (agency’s current and next interfaces).
January 2004 - October 2011 San Marino

R&R Prepress Service

Graphic designer

During those years I learned the most I know about all the pre-press details and common issues about the process to print any digital idea.
My specific role was both to design mainly visual identities, communication materials, catalogues and other publications and to follow the process of executive files’ optimiza- tion to get them ready for the pre-press systems, such as CTP or CTF (Computer-To- Plate and Computer-To-Film machines).
January 2000 - February 2003 Italy

JUICE Magazine

Co-founder, art director and editor

I started this project with five friends at the end of 1997. Since then and until 2001 Juice has been one of the most important hip hop publications in the whole italian country. It was both magazine and a sort of experimental graphic design thing, with every page different from the other.
Due to my background of graffiti writer my role was first to create all the design layout and pagination of the graffiti section and other articles (about half the periodic publication). I was responsible of selecting all the incoming photographic graffiti material and I cared about all the writers’ interviews.
October 1997 - August 2001 Italy

Education

"F. Mengaroni" Art Institute

goldsmith's art

5 years course
September 1991 - June 1996 Pesaro, Italy

Scuola Del Libro

Illustration and animation (cartoon)

2 years specialization course
September 1996 - June 1998 Urbino, Italy

Languages

English (Advanced),
Italian (Native),