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A grid of 15 white geometric symbols on a black background. The minimalist shapes include circles, triangles, lines and squares arranged in three rows of five.

Back to basics with Davide Di Gennaro’s symbol-heavy design workshop identity

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Date
26 November 2015

Italian designer Davide Di Gennaro AKA DDG’s identity for San Marino University’s design workshop week puts icons and symbols to excellent use. Graphics for each event in the seven-day series at the Italian institution utilised different icons, and as the theme for the 2015 workshops was design for territory, Davide’s identity draws on symbols related to cartography and map-making. Simple and largely undecorated, the back-to-basics design is thoroughly pleasing to the eye.

A grid of posters in pale green, pink, white, purple, blue and yellow. Each features a different bold, black geometric symbol and small blocks of text.
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Davide Di Gennaro: San Marino Design Workshop

Two white posters featuring black geometric symbols and Italian text. The left poster includes the phrase “Design per il territorio” and the text “Un nuovo standard grafico per l’etichettatura dei prodotti alimentari per la Repubblica di San Marino”.
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Davide Di Gennaro: San Marino Design Workshop

Two posters featuring minimalist black line graphics on white and black backgrounds. The white poster reads “06–11 Luglio 2015 San Marino Design Workshop”.
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Davide Di Gennaro: San Marino Design Workshop

A collection of graphic design assets on a grey and yellow background. A yellow poster features abstract linear symbols and reads “Design Workshop Party”, followed by the date “Giovedì 09 Luglio 2015” and the venue “Bar Pattinaggio”. Beside it are black business cards and small white square icons using a similar minimalist, geometric visual language.
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Davide Di Gennaro: San Marino Design Workshop

Three posters featuring a grid of black geometric symbols on light blue and white backgrounds. The white poster reads “06–11 Luglio 2015 San Marino Design Workshop”.
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Davide Di Gennaro: San Marino Design Workshop

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