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An illustration of a person in a white shirt holding a pair of yellow glasses. Their head is a red silhouette, with the top half dissolving into a cloud of colourful pixels and abstract shapes.

Big commissions and a more confident style in Sarah Mazzetti's updates

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Date
23 April 2015

It’s always a joy to hear from Bologna-based illustrator Sarah Mazzettti who has been a firm favourite of ours since we first stumbled across her gig posters back in 2012. The Italian image-maker seems to have settled on a more confident style in recent months and big-name commissions from the likes of Vice, The New York Times and MIT Technology have duly followed. But that unpredictable playful sensibility we so loved has not been entirely banished, as evidenced by her huge yellow giant holding up a room for the TICTIG exhibition at Casa Testori in Milan.

Sarah’s also started a Tumblr on which she’ll be posting work-in-progress imagery and otherwise unpublished work, so it’s worth keeping an eye on that too if you’re a fan (as you should be!).

A large, colourful cutout sculpture of a stylised figure stands in a room with white walls and a wooden floor. The figure is primarily yellow with bold red, blue, black and white shapes across its body.
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Sarah Mazzetti: Giant for for TICTIG exhibition at Casa Testori

An illustration of a stylised face with a black moustache and a pink leopard-print bow tie. A black semi-circle above the eyes reads “Domodossola” in yellow capital letters.
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Sarah Mazzetti: Domodossola cover

A black and white illustration of two hands preparing a bowl of food. One hand holds a pepper shaker, while the other holds a handheld fan to blow the seasoning across the bowl.
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Sarah Mazzetti: Illustration for The New York Times on the salt dilemma

A digital illustration of five white, stylised figures arranged in a vertical line. They are framed by a series of yellow and blue geometric shapes that create a repetitive, mirrored pattern.
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Sarah Mazzetti: Illustration for Rivista Studio 20

A collage of stylised, silhouetted figures in grey, black and white. A white square in the centre contains the text “5a A”. Bright pops of red, blue, yellow and pink highlight a few of the figures.
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Sarah Mazzetti: Illustration for Rivista Studio 20

An illustration of a figure with red hair and red-rimmed glasses featuring blue lightning bolts. They are framed by a green jagged shape and blue droplets against a pale pink background with yellow Japanese characters.
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Sarah Mazzetti: Illustration for For Vice US article about foreign English teacher’s problems with Chinese government

An illustration of a person in a red shirt and sunglasses, surrounded by three figures in blue uniforms. Bold yellow Japanese characters are layered over the centre of the image.
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Sarah Mazzetti: Illustration for For Vice US article about foreign English teacher’s problems with Chinese government

An illustration of several distressed figures with blue, rounded heads. One person holds a sign that reads “VISA” and “签证”, while another holds a piece of paper with the word “OUT” visible.
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Sarah Mazzetti: Illustration for For Vice US article about foreign English teacher’s problems with Chinese government

An illustration of a yellow monkey sitting amidst black and white foliage. The monkey holds a white flower, surrounded by swirling yellow vines and a small logo that reads “VITA”.
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Sarah Mazzetti: Poster for Vita’s 20th birthday

An illustration of a person in a white shirt holding a pair of yellow glasses. Their head is a red silhouette, with the top half dissolving into a cloud of colourful squares and abstract shapes.
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Sarah Mazzetti: Turing Test illustration for MIT Technology

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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