Client: CTS Grafica

Spollo Kitchen is an editorial project developed over the course of two years, aimed at promoting printers CTS Grafica to a specific target: designers. Spollo Kitchen is a highly visual cookbook, the result of a process of contamination between graphic design and gastronomy. 100 Italian and international designers were invited to illustrate their favourite recipes in an open call for best ‘culinary manifesto’. Judged by five editorial design professionals, the selected projects were then brought to life by a professional chef, and subsequently photographed. A year of photographic reportage and food tasting: a veritable journey through flavour and visual alchemy. The project was enriched by internationally-known illustrators including Ale Giorgini, Mauro Gatti, Riccardo Guasco, Sunday Büro (Goran), Jeremyville, Stefano Marra, Mr Bisquit, Lo Siento, H. -57, Sigrid Calon, Ivo Schmetz (310k), Studio Fludd and FM Milano studio. The Spollo Kitchen book has drawn the attention of several design and food magazines and blogs including IdN Magazine, ilPOST, Gambero Rosso, FrizziFrizzi, FineDiningLovers, Klat Magazine, Design Playground and Think.BigChief, and is currently on sale in specialist bookstores. The initiative benefited from the support of Polyedra for paper supplies, and of two eminent Italian design associations: AIAP (Italian Association for Visual Communications) and ADCI (Italian Art Director’s Club). European Design Award (‘15)

European Design Award ('15)