DIY Printing for Album Covers and Pins
About Me
A course by Paolo Proserpio , Art Director and Graphic Designer
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain who I am and why I became a graphic designer. I will show you some projects and tell you about some mistakes I have made during my journey.”
In this video lesson Paolo Proserpio addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: DIY Printing for Album Covers and Pins. Learn to create graphics for band merchandise with Photoshop and Illustrator, and apply them using thermal and transfer printing techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hi, my name is Paolo Proserpio, I am an art director and graphic designer. I am very passionate about music and over time I have specialized in the production of printed elements: catalogs, fanzines, record covers and many other things. For about 20 years I have been teaching at the European Institute of Design in Milan, dealing with two courses: Brand Design and Printing Techniques. My love for the press was born at 19, while I was attending the Academy of Architecture in Switzerland. At that time, I was trying to make flyers for the punk bands I was playing in and also the de...”
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Course summary for: DIY Printing for Album Covers and Pins
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Art Direction, Arts & Crafts, DIY, Fine Arts, Printing
Paolo Proserpio
A course by Paolo Proserpio
Paolo Proserpio is a graphic designer who lives and works in Milan. He's been a big fan of the underground music, graphic design, and art scenes since he was young. He first studied at the Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio followed by the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan where he specialized in graphic design.
He worked in the fields of music and fashion during his student years and continued for a time after graduating. He now has over a decade of experience running his own studio, which focuses on graphic design and art direction, primarily for printed products such as gadgets, T-shirts, catalogs, packaging, and album covers.
From 1999 to 2009, he also worked as a photographer for magazines, webzines, and agencies, as well as MTV.it, capturing images of famous musicians and bands from Italy and around the world. Since 2005, he's been sharing his knowledge on brand design and printmaking techniques as a professor at the I.E.D in Milan, and currently teaches two courses on screen printing at the Domus Academy.
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