We designed the visual identity for the cultural event Between Land and Sea held in Palermo in October 2021 and organised by Studio Rizoma.

Between Land and Sea is a political encounter and a programme of original artistic and theatrical productions developed and presented between Palermo, Tunis, and Bremen. It creates the first participatory and long-term artistic collaboration between the three port cities, acting as a bridge between Europe and the Maghreb and between the South and the North of Europe.

In order to present the event and all its activities we designed and developed a website, a printed catalogue, and all the collateral material for the exhibitions, the invites and social media. Maxeville by SM Foundry is used in Construct and Regular styles.

Website

One of a Type is a book curated, designed, and published by Ciao Ciao Studio. It is a catalogue that collects the materials of a collective exhibition, organised by the studio in Palermo on the occasion of the Manifesta biennial in June 2018.

Thirty-two international designers narrate Palermo’s cultural identity: each guest was invited to express in a graphic way their own vision of the city through the design of a single letter of the alphabet. One single type. The uniqueness of Palermo is expressed by each character, while the sum of the letters creates a dissonant alphabet, consistent with the ever changing, multicultural nature of the city.

The book is a typographic research, a journey that shows and narrates the imaginative stories hidden behind each letter of the unique alphabet.

Founders Grotesk by Klim is used throughout for the Italian texts, while Self Modern from Bretagne type foundry is used exclusively for English texts. The use of two typefaces helps highlighting the two languages in which the book is written. One of a Type is printed on Favini papers.

For more information about the book please contact Ciao Ciao Studio.