For the 20th edition of the Festival International de l’affiche et du graphisme de Chaumont, one of the most important graphic design event in the world, the organizing commitee invited 20 designers from all around the world to create the 2009 edition poster.

All the series, commisioned by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, is showed at the Hotel de Ville of Chaumont before touring in France and abroad after the Festival.

The Festival opening is on the 16th of May 2009.

Together with Leonardo Sonnoli, has been invited: Isidro Ferrer (Spain), Reza Abedini (Iran), Paulina Matusiak (Netherlands), Piotr Mlodozeniec (Poland), Christoph Niemann (Usa), Alexandra Noth & Megi Zumstein (Switzerland), Istvan Orosz (Hungria), Pony Ldt (United Kingdom), R2 Design (Portugal), Claudia Roethlisberger (Switzerland), Thonik (Netherlands), Vanessa Verillon (France), Henning Wagenbreth (Germany).

The poster designed by Leonardo Sonnoli is a big number 20 composed with many elements from the CMYK test strips. The series is composed by 4 posters, each printed in one color: CMYK’s black, metallic bronze, fluo magenta and a reflex blue solid color. Each of them represent a different way to print. All together the printing of 20 years of posters.

For the first time two schools, Werkplaats Typografie (ArtEZ), Arnhem, The Netherlands and ISIA Urbino, Italy, set up together, a two-week Summerschool in Urbino, Italy, from the 27th of July to the 7th of August 2009.

Leonardo Sonnoli (teaching at the ISIA Urbino) along with Karel Martens and Armand Mevis (in charge of Werkplaats Typografie) will be guide the students in a project about the fundamental issues in the design process.

For more info see : http://summerschool-wt.isiaurbino.net/

On 11th of February the exhibition NZ identity – le cadavre exquis / the exquisite cadaver has been open in Wellington, New Zealand.
A series of nine works done together by nine designers / typographers, curated by Leonardo Sonnoli. The nine taking part are Alt NZ / Peter Bilak NL / Moana Bilsahson AO / Tony Brook UK / Catherine Griffiths NZ / Henrik Kubel UK / Paul Sahre USA / Stanley Wong HK / and Leonardo Sonnoli IT