Chiuso per ferie :)

Hi everyone... I'm sorry I wasn't into blogging in this last month... there's so much going on and I have a lot of work to do... so as soon as I finish working I just can't wait to turn the computer off ...
But I promise I will post my recent work...

But now the best part: I'm on holiday!!! I just came back from a short weekend in Croatia and Now I'm about to go to Hungary for a couple of days to visit my parents and my brother!

Happy holidays!

Buongiorno, disse il metronotte – contest

'Buongiorno, disse il metronotte'
(c) Katalin Daka 2011
my submission at this graphic design contest – deadline 21 June
vector illustration and photoshop.
I liked this contest because the subject is free and you are totally free to create your illustration in any way you want: the only rule is to keep the man with the bicycle at the centre (by downloading the rules of the contest they give you the image in .psd with trasparent background).

Please vote my poster at the contest's facebook page here.
To vote, first you have to 'like' the contest's page and then you can browse my poster at the photo gallery and click on 'I like'.

http://www.bandafratelli.it/concorso.html

"E' disevin che in che cjase..." illustrator students' exhibition in Fagagna

Spring has come :) at least, it definitely seems so...!

This year I didn't have time to go to the Bologna Children's Book Fair due to work... but my friend will bring me the exhibition catalogue, so I can't wait to see this years' selected illustrators!

And finally our annual illustrator students' exhibition will open on this saturday at 17 at the Cjase Cocel of Fagagna (a sort of museum/house of the friulian folk culture).

Invitation
Illustrator students' exhibition of the School
"Scuola d'Arti e Mestieri Giovanni da Udine"
Cjase Cocel, Fagagna
opening at 17
free entrance
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this year's theme was 'Miths from the friulian folk traditions'
project coordination Maurizio Faleschini

postcard illustration Francesca Pacitti
graphic design Nicoletta Cecotti

...and we love our pins :)

pins ø 25 mm for the band "Silvia & the Fishes on Friday"
illustration Anna Mattiuzzo
graphic design Katalin Daka

thanks to ilovemypins

The 'Silvia & the Fishes on Friday' CD has arrived!

And... here they are, the first copies of the 'Silvia & the Fishes on Friday' debut CD arrived!!!

Silvia & the Fishes on Friday is a young acoustic band from the North-East of Italy, playing alternative/folk music. The members are: Silvia (voice, acoustic guitar), Guido (acoustic guitar) and Mirco (double bass). They have recently won a partecipation at the Folkest Festival (an international folk festival organised every year at Spilimbergo - PN).
More information about the band at myspace.com/silvianotes

illustration Anna Mattiuzzo
logo, layout and graphic design Katalin Daka
photo Emanuele Guerra

Flour power

In this difficult time of economy crisis we really need to think before we buy something.
In Italy we have products called "zero km", which means that they (mainly food) are from your local area. Choosing local you can save the small producers/farmers and the environment, beacuse food trasportation is one of the main reasons of air pollution! I like cooking and finally last week I have found my flour of "zero km"!!!

Finally

Hi everyone, it has been a long time that I last updated my blog... I'm sorry for that! There were a lot of things going on and I didn't have any freetime :(

But today I'm finishing an important work and after that I can dedicate more time on illustration. I would like to partecipate at some contests, I can't wait to start to do something with my hands and not just with the computer :)

In the meanwhile I had the opportunaty to create the graphic design of the debut CD for a young band Silvia and the Fishes on Friday, with the beautiful illustrations of Anna Mattiuzzo! They should be ready for weekend, I'll post the photos as soon as they come out of the typography!

Above: my version made by Adobe Illustrator of the artwork for the CD cover
Original illustration by Anna Mattiuzzo

Zolletta!!!

This is my cat, Zolletta! We adopted her last summer when she was this tiny! She's so cute, I love her so much :) By the way in italian 'Zolletta di zucchero' means sugarcube! So adorable!!!

Now she's big and also have an adopted brother, Wilson, a cat that we have found in front of our house in the cold winter! I'll post photos of him as well, soon :)

A surprise from Esslingen!!!

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working together on the project / the presentation at the end of the Go Green event

Today I received a pack from Esslingen, Germany with a special surprise: the printed version of the fairy tale that our group created during the Meet Europe-Go Green project! I'm so happy with the result, it was so much fun working together!
Back in agust 2010, at the city hall of Esslingen we presented our fairy tale project about the 2 little pigs "Ecolino" and "Pesticido", and now it is finished, and printed!!!

Thanks to: Markus, the group and our groupleader: Jenny!

Preview of the calendar 2011 "Sulle ali di un angelo"

I just got this preview via facebook of my illustration for january in the calendar 2011 "Sulle ali di un angelo". I can't wait to recieve my printed copy, I'm very very curious! Hope the print will be OK!
(c) illustration Katalin Daka
(c) graphic design Roberta Biasutto

today I'm in a black&white mood...

...Ok, nearly always :)

collage+xerox
cm 20x20
(c) Katalin Daka

illustration for the association "Sulle ali di un angelo onlus" 2011 calendar

I'm posting my illustration for a very special 2011 calendar, for the association "Sulle ali di un angelo Onlus". They are a group of volounteers who try to help parents struggling with a loss of their child.
It is a very difficult and delicate issue and the organizer of this year's calendar wanted some illustrators to contribute with an illustration to give some hope to these people.
So with this illustration I tried to focus on how nature "works". When it is raining, usually everybody is kind of sad, but in the reality with this rain a small flower can start to bloom, and slowly the raindrops can colour also the field, and everything can be greener and happier.
Thanks to Roberta for calling me to do this illustration.
Also thanks to Anna and Vittorio, for their contribution to this project!

Watercolour+pen+photoshop.
P.S: Do you see the sea turtle? :)

Tartaruga

I'm working on an illustration for a calendar 2011. It's nearly done... I will post it soon!
The topic is very very sad and it is difficult to illustrate. I'm curious what the other months will be like. I can't wait to see the other illustrators' work!
In the meanwhile I "accidently" have created this sea turtle. It came out form a stain.
I like stains and I like "accidents" like that. It is such a strange thing, I feel like I didn't do anything, it is just a beautiful stain.

Watercolor+photoshop.

Autentico: Schioppettino di Prepotto!

I'm going to Prepotto (near the Sloveinan border) tonight!!!

"Autentico: Schioppettino di Prepotto!" is the title of the event about a red wine of our region Friuli Venezia Giulia, called "Schioppettino di Prepotto". It was a very interesting and motivating collaboration where I was totally free to propose my graphics! Such a satisfaction!!!
Above you can see the main design element of the project made by watercolor.

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Autentico: Schioppettino di Prepotto!
original idea: Alessandro Verona, architect
organization: vicino/lontano cultural association
graphic design: (c) Katalin Daka
in collaboration with alessandro verona studio, Udine

Thanks to Luca Morandini for helping me with the professional color separation in Photoshop!

www.schioppettinodiprepotto.it
www.vicinolontano.it

this is all I want!

:)

spring has come

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finally!!!
I hope this weekend I will finally have time to go to the sea and relax!!! I missed the sun so much!

vicino/lontano 6th edition

the 6th edition of the festival vicino/lontano – identity and differences at a time of conflict
is coming soon to Udine!!!

This is a special edition for me: my job is to follow all the graphic design part, so it is quite a big responsability... I have been working with vicino/lontano since 2006 (I took part of the edition 2006, 2007, 2009), but I really just did the excecutive part (layout design) and never the creative... so we'll see :) I'm posting my first creative work for a collateral event held at the bus station of Udine called "cinema at the bus station" with the projection of the film di Juan Carlos Tabio: Lista d'attesa.

From the Bologna Bookfair 2010 / 2nd part!