Last night - business cards went like hot cakes!!

That's good, we can soon print some more!
Thanks so much to all of you who came and to
Orti&Commenda for the organisation and delicious
aperitivo; despite the rain it was a fun evening.
I have also since discovered that the maps
will be up until mid-June, for anyone who didn't
make it last night.

Business card for every occasion - Simonetta Rocco

Viaggiare mangiando 2

Aperitivo next Wednesday at Orti&Commenda
in via Orti, Milan, from 6.00pm - I'm showing some
of my my Saturday maps for La Repubblica - looking
forward to seeing you there! Here's the invitation,
designed by Simonetta Rocco:

European wine

This is the piece about white grape varieties - I'd like
to do red too, but as there are none in Luxembourg,
it wasn't an immediate priority! And as I was saying before I
mysteriously deleted it, due to an airport strike in Milan, I had
a whole extra day wandering round Luxembourg, walking up to
the modern art gallery MUDAM, as well as a delicious dinner
with Marco, Andrea and Francois, a charming Parisian who was
visiting them for the weekend.

Some pictures of the opening:

Back from Luxembourg where the exhibition went really well!
Thanks to Marco, Andrea, Simonetta, Saverio, Donata, Ivana, Daniele, Vincenza and everyone else who helped make it happen.
Here are some photos, more on the way.

Phew!

My pictures just left for Luxembourg in 2 huge wooden boxes
and I'm feeling hugely relieved. I think I may even take the afternoon
off, specially as it's my birthday today! My only regret is that I made
such a pig's ear of writing on the big packing case - a classic opportunity
to do a bit of impromptu but interesting lettering but I miscalculated
altogether - never mind, it was eight o'clock in the morning after all.

Gardenia magazine, April issue

and these are the 12 10x10cm tiles

I'm delighted that Gardenia magazine has pubblished an article
about a series of tiles I recently designed for Bardelli.
I have worked for Gabbianelli and other companies in the Ataeco
Group for quite some years now; first as a graphic designer and later
learning to paint directly onto the raw tiles - a fascinating process - thanks
to the teaching skills and patience of Amalia Garufo who ran the
hand-decorating department for many years.

Life in the country_drawing it, not living it

La Repubblica today, amongst other jobs and
preparations for the Luxembourg exhibition.
Two weeks since I left the studio, never
mind the city! Still it's fantastic to have the work
and I'm booked in for a break next
weekend at Sunkyung Cho's workshop,
organised by Debbie Bibo at Signs and Lines. 
It's about story telling... who knows...
I'm still feeling good after Chris Haughton's
at the end of last year!

Drawing and cooking, a video about me, made by my clever photographer friend, Saverio Femia

English subtitles on the way!