Visual Design

Hortulus Litterarum
2021
A series of handmade linocut prints created for my bachelor’s thesis project. Each illustration was printed individually and bound into the final book, adding a tactile and symbolic layer to the text. 
The subjects explore different themes, enriching the publication with a visual dimension that complements and dialogues with the written word.

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Eye to Ai
2023
Project group:
Anna Cattaneo
Yiyuan Hu
Lara Macrini
Nicole Moreschi
Leonardo Puca
Ce Zheng


Eye to AI questions how artificial intelligences interpret the issue of climate change. The project brings together the debate on technological neutrality and the climate crisis.
It was developed using a finite set of images, but its logic allows for infinite expansion — even into other topics.
This work was created during the Density Design Lab at Politecnico di Milano.

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Okay_Genz
2022
Project group
Martina Bracchi, Silvia Casavola,
Simone Cerea, Alexandra Chiojdeanu, Greta Cozza, Giuseppe Defilippis, Stefano Gubiolo, Alessandro Pedriali, Donato Renzulli, Matteo Visini


Mauro Genzi (okay_genz) is a fictional retired graphic designer who decides to share his thoughts on social media, using his skills in line with the latest graphic trends.

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Family album
2020
A series of five illustrations created for five different performances, each telling anecdotes and stories about family life. 


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Max Eilbacher
2025


Editorial Design

Hortulus Litterarum
2021
Typeface
Bembo (Francesco Griffo), Monotype

Inside paper
Arena Fredrigoni, Natural Rought,
90g/m2 - 120g/m2

A contemporary reinterpretation of Paolo Santarcangeli’s Hortolus Litterarum (1965), exploring signs, meanings, and symbols through editorial design. 

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Milton Glaser
2020
Typeface
Apercu (The Entente), Colophon

Inside paper
Limestone Fedrigoni, Materica, 120 g/m2

Project group:
Alessia Francesa, Matteo Paoli

My first editorial design project: a monograph exploring Milton Glaser’s social and political work through layout, typography, and visual experimentation.

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Forme Combaciate
Archivio Tipografico 
2025
Typeface
Helvetica tondo chiaro

Inside paper
L’Amatruda 200 g/m2

Created for the 100th anniversary of Giancarlo Sangregorio’s birth, this book brings together his original poems and engravings. Entirely printed at Archivio Tipografico using movable type and intaglio techniques, it is the result of a close collaboration between printers and the Sangregorio Foundation — a dialogue between poetry, material, and form.

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HANGEUL:
una rivoluzione fatta di lettere

한글:
문자로 이루어진 혁명
2024
Typeface
Joly Text, Blaze Type.
Joly Headline, Blaze Type.
Aktive Grotesk, Dalton Maag

Inside paper
Arena Fredrigoni, Natural Rought,
 140g/m2

The final project I’d like to present is my Master’s thesis — a year-long research journey inspired by my trip to South Korea.
This work explores the rich history and evolution of Hangeul, Korea’s unique writing system, blending my passion for communication design with cultural exploration.

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Silvia Sghirinzetti
silviasghirinzetti@gmail.com
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Born in Cremona on October 10th, 1998, 
raised in Pizzighettone, now based in Milan.
Over the past few years, I’ve built a path that weaves together graphic design, printmaking and exhibition design, moving between communication studios, artisan print shops and cultural institutions. I alternate between digital tools and analogue processes, with a strong focus on materiality, detail and visual rhythm.

I see design as a space of dialogue — between people, languages, and techniques.
I thrive in collaborative, multidisciplinary environments where observing, making and learning are part of everyday practice.



Education
110L/110 Master's degree
Communication Design, Politecnico di Milano
2021-2024


Erasmus student
High Diploma in Illustration, Hong Kong Design Institute
2023

110/110 Bachelor's degree

Communication Design, Politecnico di Milano
2018 - 2021

Diploma
Liceo Artistico Bruno Munari, Crema
2014 - 2018


Experiences Intern Typographer 
Archivio Tipografico, Torino
October 2024 - April 2025

Props Assistent 
with Luigi Napolitano, Balich Wonder Studio
July 2024

Graphic Designer
with Susanna Legrenzi, Salone del Mobile.Milano
April 2024

Printer Assistent
Tipolitigrafia Lucchi, Milano
January 2024 - August 2024

Designer Facilitator
University of Amsterdam 
July 2023

Graphic Designer
Surfweek
January 2022 - January 2023


Skills
Coding
Digital printing
Editorial design
Illustration
Infographics
Letterpress
Photography


Software Adobe Suite
HTML
WordPress
CSS
Mac OS
Microsoft Office
Figma
Notion
Procreate
XPress


LanguagesItalian Native
English B2 / C1
 


Last Updated 07/2025


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