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gaia maritano
“If you’re not curious, forget about it. If you are not interested in others, what they do and how they behave, then being a designer is not for you.” - A. Castiglioni
HELLO , I am Gaia. I am graduated in Design and Visual Communication at Politecnico di Torino, with Graphics specialization. And then I draw, experiment, observe, do sport, explore, listen to and tell stories. my portfolio my tools
04.12.1995 via San Grato, 16, Avigliana (TO), 10051 ITALY www.callmegaia.altervista.org gaiamaritano@yahoo.it 3339269269
cover “di ogni”, 16/08/16, Gaia Maritano
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COMMUNICATION
thesis project
in collaboration with LABORATORIO ZANZARA
The aim of the project is to find a new communication method to tell a delicate condition such as mental disability. Controluce proposes a new language that lightens the perception of the subject, still considered as a taboo or difficult to relate with.
The work has as its goal to make the disability the subject of the communication and not the object, through a shared design
path. The project, indeed, involves as protagonists people suffering from mental distress for the whole realisation process of a narrative video.
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thesis project
The drawings are made for the most part by Adele.
From an idea of Gaia Maritano and Elena Radis; Story Tripude Voice Davide Santilli; Video editing Gaia Maritano
The plot of the short movie comes from a story written by Giovanni a boy affected by mental disease contained in the book Un’ora al giorno almeno bisogna essere felici edited by Add Editore
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CATCH ATTENTION
USER
Politecnico di Torino
Poliedrico is a network that collects multidisciplinary events and initiatives organized by Politecnico di Torino, open to everyone.
physical-city posters, flyers, banners
DISCOVER THE FACES OF CULTURE The slogan recalls the geometrical nature of the name, and it’s an invitation to find out all the facets of knowledge.
Cittadella Sede Centrale
innovation Valentin o
The logo underlines the strong link between the Campus and the city of Turin and is a visual representation of the word Polietrico.
science soustainability
Lingotto
Mirafior i
actuality art and show
virtual- online video, events, online adv
SHARE-INTERACT
POLIEDRICO Following the aim of communicating an open image of the Politecnico di Torino, the name of the project contains the essential aspects of the Campus’s eclectic culture. scopri le facce della cultura
DISCOVER
COMMUNICATION STRATEGY social
catch attention posters
app
website
catch attention flyers
share-interact website www.poliedrico.it
Politecnico di Torino
HTML and CSS of the website, main information channel where you can consult all the events divided by cathegory and location. You can also book an event or find information on the spaces to hire if you are organizing yours.
discover video storyconcept what if your mother-in-law arrived suddently and you had to find a way to keep her busy and out of your house?
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share-interact app The app is designed to suit user’s interests: you can select filters to the categories, add events to your calendar, set push notifications and have information on how to reach the locations.
for Pallavolo Giaveno
Social media management of the pages (instagram and facebook).
Rebranding of the volleyball society’s visual identity, based on the two main colors of the uniforms. The aim is to communicate a winning and serious image of the society and catch the attention of the largest number of people.
Ideation of #fattidipallavolo, a weekly column (graphic identity and contents) in collaboration with Martina Grosso, copywrighter, to keep the interest of the audience high and attract more people.
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before
Creation of a motto, which became an hashtag, representing the society’s philosophy. The hashtag has the role to create a community among the athletes and supporters belonging to the society.
after
workshop w/ Bottega Fagnola
The brief requires to use a 15x15 format; fanzine style and the tolal cost under â‚Ź30 each. The whole fanzine has to be from a single sheet 50x70.
FRESHFLOWERS is a fanzine for Erasmus Students or Freshmen that explains the meaning of words and expressions they will meet during their university life at the Politecnico di Torino.
Paper and binding are chosen in respect of the brief. Out-of-format materials have been incorporated to minimize waste. The manual is laser printed with risograph overlay.
current project
Photoshoot and responsive Website (HTML + CSS) for the accountant study.
for La Fionda
Cover and layout of the final balance of Politecnico di Torino.
Search for a graphic language in line with the institution’s one; proposals of graphic grids.
ILLUSTRATION
current personal project
in collaboration with BRODODIBECCHI
Condominium is a social project that involves about 100 members of the social association Brododibecchi, founded by Matteo Piano and Luca Vettori.
The title stands for an immaginary apartment building in the city of Timisoara. Every member lives in a window of this collective palace. A task has been assigned to each partecipant (like postman, mom, agronomist, poet, passer-by and so on); everyone should imagine himself as that character, with the goal of making the city the best place to live in.
Each member imagines his room and gives clues about his character. They are eventually turned into text and illustration. The illustrations’ layout recalls the the tarots imagery.
project Brododibecchi, Gaia Maritano, Ilaria Tagliaferri, Francesca Ingravalle texts Ilaria Tagliaferri, Francesca Ingravalle illustrations Gaia Maritano
current contest for La Piccionaia
The contest is curated by La
Piccionaia Centro di Produzione Teatrale in collaboration with Associazione Illustri.
The winning illustrations will be protagonists of the communication campaigns of the Family and Theatre 2018-2019 curated by La Piccionaia in 4 important theaters in Veneto. What are emotions made of? Which is their shape? Which the color? How do they express? What’s their purpose? The art opens up a way to understand the emotions that emerge when a child discovers something new, something that astounds him, scares him or makes him angry.
for Michael Schinco
“Badtime Stories�, of Michael Schinco, is a personal collection of 13 writings, prose and poetry.
The aim of the project is to accompany each text with an illustration that represents the personal nature of the work.
A5 format is choosen to represent the original layout where the author originally wrote with his pen. Two different colors are used alternately for prose and poetry.
personal project
Three chapters, each one dedicated to a couple of concepts: circle - square to love - to be in love rough - mind
concept and graphic project by Gaia Maritano
Celocelo is a system for the retrieval and distribution of various goods, based on a local network of non-profit organizations on an online platform.
for La Fionda
Search for a graphic language suitable for the purpose of the video, and in line with the brand identity. Realization of the whole storyboard.
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Politecnico di Torino
The 59 illustrations (one per student) mean to offer a view of the best typical receipts. The fanzine is designed in two color channels (Pantone 802 + 806)
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couple of drawings for a kitchen
featured on Lahar Magazine
VIDEO/PHOTO
personal project
collection of instants from lives of people in the city.
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for L’Officina della Ceramica
The photos are meant to appear on catalogues and e-commerce. The aim of the communication is to transmit the unicity of handmade products and involve clients in a warm, natural and cozy atmosphere.
L’Officina della Ceramica is a pottery craft shop. They produce handmade pieces of work, from home decor to jewels, from dishes to exhibition pieces.
Politecnico di Torino
Politecnico di Torino
The aim is to portrait two characters, freely adapted from Sarah (The Hustler, Walter Tevis, 1959) and Milton (Una Questione Privata, Beppe Fenoglio, 1963). Free visual interpretation of the first page of Tre Cavalli by Erri De Luca, 1999, using only visual details.
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Politecnico di Torino Free interpretation of a dialogue from The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas, 1991. The concept decontextualizes the conversation and places it in a precise language and style.
storyconcept What if a sparkling lady from the 30s and her impatient friend planned a night to break many hearts?
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“Everything is the way it is because everything was the way it was.” - J.S. Foer, Everything Is Illuminated