Short bio

Gianluca Camillini is an Italian designer, editor, educator and scholar in the field of visual communication. 
After his MA and BA degree at ISIA Urbino (grade cum laude), he worked several years for international agencies and clients (e.g. Armando Testa, Heads, La Biennale, FCA). Since 2013 he works as researcher/adjunct professor in graphic design at the design faculty – unibz. Concurrently, he obtained a PhD in typography and communication at the University of Reading in the UK.
Since 2018 he is co-editor of Progetto grafico, international graphic design magazine. 
He holds the National Scientific qualification as associate professor in Design within the Italian higher education system.
Camillini combines teaching with practice, encompassing both cultural criticism and design research. 

Main Research Areas

Design history, design research, design methodology, trans-media design, trans-media practices for communicating the territory and its cultural heritage, typography, graphic design and storytelling, branding, editorial and book design, typographical experimentations and editorial practices from artistic avant-garde movements to the contemporary ages.