Biography
James Giannini
Important figure in the world of design, art director, photographer, video maker. His projects always have a strong experimental component and he is known for his ability to interpret and develop his projects in an unusual and innovative way. Teacher of Brand Design at Domus Academy...
James Giannini
Important figure in the world of design, art director, photographer, video maker. His projects always have a strong experimental component and he is known for his ability to interpret and develop his projects in an unusual and innovative way. Teacher of Brand Design at Domus Academy in Milan, he collaborates with the most important design and architecture magazines realizing advertising campaigns with big agencies. In 1985 he made his debut in the artistic field: "Geographies of Memory". In the second half of the '80s he specializes in aerial photography flying over Italy by helicopter. Tourism, landscape and ecology, are the main themes carried out in his work (Touring Club). In 1990 he realizes a series of aerial images of the main Italian architectural heritage for Alitalia. In 1993 Palazzo Thiene (Vicenza) dedicates an anthological exhibition as part of the "Great Photographers in Vicenza", followed over time solo and group exhibitions, and participation in biennials. In 2009, commissioned by the Lombardy Region, a series of aerial images of the Lombardy region. In 2011 he realized for Giorgio Armani an aerial photographic interpretation of the 'Hotel Armani in Milan, which in plan graphically represents the letter A. His expressive and linguistic research is based on the color, as evidenced by the work "On the trail of the wolf" (Studio Mendini, 1996), the series of polaroids on canvas "Domestic" (VI International Biennial of Photography, Turin, 1995) and "Forgotten Flowers" prints on sheets of cotton handmade (2010 in Milan and Bormio). His work "Tribalism of Cult" is in the 3rd edition of the Triennale Design, 2010. Since 2009 he deals with the creation and production of content for the web. He realizes author's clips for the exhibitions "Oggetti e progetti Alessi" and "Ethical and Radical" 2010 Neue Sammlung -International Design Museum, Munich- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. Participates in MIA Art Fair 2011 and The Others Art Fair Turin in 2012 and 2013 with Paola Sosio Contemporay Art and exhibits in 2012 the entire cycle of 40 works "Isle of View" in Innsbruck, at the Foto Kunst Stadtforum of BTV Bank o Tyrol. In 2015 he realizes for Tau-Marin photographic works ("Design Quotidiano" Residenze Litta Milano). In the same year he realizes the "Blisterographies" a series of portraits/views of his Blisters. In 2017 he exhibits within the group exhibition "Capri: an island for photography The ideal collection" curated by Denis Curti Fondazione Capri. In 2018 he develops the relationship between art and science within the work "Blisterografie" with the Center for Cognitive Neuropsychology of Niguarda Hospital in Milan. Participates in 2019 in MIA Art Fair, The Phair 2019 and The Others Art Fair Torino.
Giacomo Giannini
An important figure in the world of design, art director, photographer, video maker. His projects always have a strong experimental component and he is known for his ability to interpret and elaborate his projects in an unusual and innovative way. Professor of Brand Design at the Domus Academy in Milan, he collaborates with the most important design and architecture magazines creating advertising campaigns with large agencies. In 1985 he made his debut in the artistic field: "Geographies of memory". In the second half of the 1980s he specialized in aerial photography flying over Italy by helicopter. Tourism, landscape and ecology are the main themes developed in his work (Touring Club). In 1990 he created a series of aerial images on the main Italian architectural assets for Alitalia. In 1993 Palazzo Thiene (Vicenza) dedicated an anthology to him as part of the "Great Photographers in Vicenza" review; over time personal and group exhibitions follow, and participations in biennials. In 2009 he made a series of aerial images on the Lombardy region commissioned by the Lombardy Region. In 2011 he created for Giorgio Armani an aerial photographic interpretation of the Armani Hotel in Milan which graphically represents the letter A. His expressive and linguistic research is based on color, as evidenced by the works "On the trail of the wolf" (Studio Mendini, 1996); the series of polaroids on canvas "Domestiche" (VI International Biennial of Photography, Turin, 1995) and "Forgotten flowers" prints on handmade cotton sheets (2010 in Milan and Bormio). His work "Tribalismo di Culto" is in the 3rd edition of the Triennale Design, 2010. Since 2009 he has been involved in the creation and production of content for the web. He makes author clips for the exhibitions "Alessi objects and projects" and "Ethical and Radical" 2010 Neue Sammlung - International Design Museum, Munich - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. He participated in MIA Art Fair 2011 and The Others Art Fair Turin in 2012 and 2013 with Paola Sosio Contemporay Art and exhibited in 2012 the entire cycle of 40 works "Isle of View" in Innsbruck, at the Foto Kunst Stadtforum of BTV Bank or Tyrol . In 2015 he created photographic works for Tau-Marin ("Design Quotidiano" Residenze Litta Milano). In the same year he realizes the "Blisterographies" a series of portraits / visions of him Blister of him. In 2017 he exhibited within the group exhibition "Capri: an island for photography The ideal collection" curated by Denis Curti Fondazione Capri. In 2018 he developed the relationship between art and science within the "Blisterographies" work with the Cognitive Neuropsychology Center of the Niguarda Hospital in Milan. He participates in 2019 in MIA Art Fair, The Phair 2019 and in The Others Art Fair Turin.
