Francesco Poroli (class 1975) was born and lives in Milan. He’s an illustrator and art director freelance. Since 2000 he has worked with a wide range of cliente, including magazine like The New York Times, Wired, GQ, Il Sole24 Ore, La Repubblica e Style Corriere della Sera and brands as Google, adidas, NBA, Red Bull, McDonald’s, Unicredit and more. He took part in collective exhibitions in Milan, Vicenza, Rome, New York and London. His work has been recognized by The Society of Publication Designers and Society of Illustrators of New York.
Participants will be guided through the design of illustrations for magazines.
From idea to planning, from design up to the development of one or more editorial illustrations based on real briefs received by Poroli from clients during the last years.
Deadlines and timing, how to present ideas, finalization: the whole process of editorial illustration from the moment of the call of art director on duty, to the moment when images leave the computer to compete with the world through the pages of a magazine.