NEWS: Lead Lecturer of Production Design & Art Direction 1 & 2 at Filmmaking School, BIMM University Berlin
Designer and Art Director based in Berlin.
Cinzia holds a Bachelor’s in Architecture and a Master’s in Multimedia Design, as well as a Master’s in Urban Research. She combines her skills and passion across spatial design, graphic design, and communication to develop compelling and thoughtful design solutions.
Cinzia holds a Bachelor’s in Architecture and a Master’s in Multimedia Design, as well as a Master’s in Urban Research. She combines her skills and passion across spatial design, graphic design, and communication to develop compelling and thoughtful design solutions.
Cinzia works with cultural institutions, universities, companies, and artists to art direct and design multichannel visual identities, exhibitions and sets, editorial projects, and campaigns from scratch, adopting a multidisciplinary perspective. Among them MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome IT; raumlabor, Berlin DE; Red Bull Music Academy, Berlin DE; Publix GmbH, Berlin DE; Seat Digital Museum, Barcelona ES; Transart festival, Bolzano IT; Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam DE.
Cinzia loves drawing, printing, and painting walls.
Her studio is opening soon!
Services
Art direction managing teams of designers working on projects like (re)branding, visual campaigns, and installations.
Visual identities.
Spatial design for exhibitions and retail.
Environmental graphics and wayfinding.
Editorial design for printed and digital books, magazines, and catalogs.
Digital platforms and websites.
Art direction managing teams of designers working on projects like (re)branding, visual campaigns, and installations.
Visual identities.
Spatial design for exhibitions and retail.
Environmental graphics and wayfinding.
Editorial design for printed and digital books, magazines, and catalogs.
Digital platforms and websites.
Interests
I love type and motion design.
I am learning to code and 3D modeling.
My passions are drawing, printing, and book-binding.
Teaching and sharing knowledge.
I love type and motion design.
I am learning to code and 3D modeling.
My passions are drawing, printing, and book-binding.
Teaching and sharing knowledge.
Selected collaborations
Museums, Festivals, and Events
• MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome IT • Bundesstiftung Bauakademie, Berlin DE • MAXXI L'Aquila IT • Forward Festival, Berlin DE • Pictoplasma Festival, Berlin DE • Red Bull Music Academy, Berlin DE • Transart festival, Bozen IT • Archäologisches Museum Hamburg DE • Seat Digital Museum, Barcelona ES • Transmediale, Berlin DE
Museums, Festivals, and Events
• MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome IT • Bundesstiftung Bauakademie, Berlin DE • MAXXI L'Aquila IT • Forward Festival, Berlin DE • Pictoplasma Festival, Berlin DE • Red Bull Music Academy, Berlin DE • Transart festival, Bozen IT • Archäologisches Museum Hamburg DE • Seat Digital Museum, Barcelona ES • Transmediale, Berlin DE
Universities
• BIMM University, Berlin DE • Università Iuav di Venezia, IT • Politecnico di Torino, IT • Politecnico di Milano, IT • Università degli studi Roma “La Sapienza”, IT • Università degli studi Roma Tor Vergata, IT • Università degli studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, IT • Università di Camerino, IT
• BIMM University, Berlin DE • Università Iuav di Venezia, IT • Politecnico di Torino, IT • Politecnico di Milano, IT • Università degli studi Roma “La Sapienza”, IT • Università degli studi Roma Tor Vergata, IT • Università degli studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, IT • Università di Camerino, IT
Companies and associatiations
• Publix GmbH, Berlin DE • ewo, Bolzano IT • FROM, Milan IT • Tesseræ. Urban Social Research, Berlin DE • makesense, Berlin DE • Semi di Rigenerazione, Rome IT • cheFare. Agenzia per la traformazione culturale, Milan IT
• Publix GmbH, Berlin DE • ewo, Bolzano IT • FROM, Milan IT • Tesseræ. Urban Social Research, Berlin DE • makesense, Berlin DE • Semi di Rigenerazione, Rome IT • cheFare. Agenzia per la traformazione culturale, Milan IT
Publishing houses
• DOM Publishers, Berlin DE • Erickson Publishing, Trento IT • Quodlibet, Macerata IT • Archivio progetti, Iuav University of Venice IT • AWST Press, Texas USA
• DOM Publishers, Berlin DE • Erickson Publishing, Trento IT • Quodlibet, Macerata IT • Archivio progetti, Iuav University of Venice IT • AWST Press, Texas USA
Others
• raumlabor, Berlin DE • Yadastar GmbH, Berlin DE • CCYZA Arquitectos, Buenos Aires AR • CACAO.sounds, Berlin DE • Kabalaki, Berlin DE
• raumlabor, Berlin DE • Yadastar GmbH, Berlin DE • CCYZA Arquitectos, Buenos Aires AR • CACAO.sounds, Berlin DE • Kabalaki, Berlin DE
Lectures and Talks
«The politics of design in wayfinding systems», MA Interior Design, course of Wayfinding, Prof. Emanuela Bonini Lessing, Iuav University of Venice – 2022
«Graphic Design for Exhibitions», Esporre, MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome – 2022
«Design for Urban planning», Teaching assistant, Prof. Emanuela Fanny Bonini Lessing, Iuav University of Venice – 2021-2022
«Editorial design and urban development», MA Design, Branding Innovation, Prof. Arch. Alessandra Cirafici, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Aversa (CE) – 2021
«Design e Rigenerazione Urbana», Master U-Rise, Iuav University of Venice – 2021
«The politics of design in wayfinding systems», MA Interior Design, course of Wayfinding, Prof. Emanuela Bonini Lessing, Iuav University of Venice – 2022
«Graphic Design for Exhibitions», Esporre, MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome – 2022
«Design for Urban planning», Teaching assistant, Prof. Emanuela Fanny Bonini Lessing, Iuav University of Venice – 2021-2022
«Editorial design and urban development», MA Design, Branding Innovation, Prof. Arch. Alessandra Cirafici, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Aversa (CE) – 2021
«Design e Rigenerazione Urbana», Master U-Rise, Iuav University of Venice – 2021
Exhibitions
Vag, Cheap Festival, Bologna, Italy – 2019
La Musea, Gallerie d'Italia, Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza, Italy – 2019
Cinque Quinte, Villa Bassi Ratgheb, Abano Terme (PD), Italy – 2017
Dieci Elettrica, Vicenza, Italy – 2016
La Musea, Gallerie d'Italia, Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza, Italy – 2019
Cinque Quinte, Villa Bassi Ratgheb, Abano Terme (PD), Italy – 2017
Dieci Elettrica, Vicenza, Italy – 2016
Featured
P. Ciorra, E. Motisi, E. Tinacci (edited by), Buone nuove. Donne in architettura / Good news. Women in Architecture, Marsilio Editorie, Venezia, 2023
Steven Peterman and Sara Elands Peterman (edited by), The Sketchbook Project World Tour, Princeton Architectural Press, NY 2015
P. Ciorra, E. Motisi, E. Tinacci (edited by), Buone nuove. Donne in architettura / Good news. Women in Architecture, Marsilio Editorie, Venezia, 2023
Steven Peterman and Sara Elands Peterman (edited by), The Sketchbook Project World Tour, Princeton Architectural Press, NY 2015
Academic Training
Urban Development and Social Innovation (MA 2) – 2019
Visual and Multimedia Communication Design (MA) – 2015
Architecture (BA) – 2011
Urban Development and Social Innovation (MA 2) – 2019
Visual and Multimedia Communication Design (MA) – 2015
Architecture (BA) – 2011
Professional Skills
Art direction: creativity; vision; leadership skills, communication skills; time-management skills; coordination; attention to processes and service design; proficiency with illustration tools; networking; and problem-solving.
Graphic design: Concepts that determine the guidelines of visual projects; design and realization
of corporate identities and visual tools for consistent communication; typography; editorial design; environmental graphic design; and wayfinding systems.
Research on urban development: Analysis and research; design for the reuse of public spaces; methodology; social engagement and audience development; resources map; stakeholder map; partnership map; administration for the design process.
Art direction: creativity; vision; leadership skills, communication skills; time-management skills; coordination; attention to processes and service design; proficiency with illustration tools; networking; and problem-solving.
Graphic design: Concepts that determine the guidelines of visual projects; design and realization
of corporate identities and visual tools for consistent communication; typography; editorial design; environmental graphic design; and wayfinding systems.
Research on urban development: Analysis and research; design for the reuse of public spaces; methodology; social engagement and audience development; resources map; stakeholder map; partnership map; administration for the design process.