Alessandro Segalini

Department of Visual Communication Design

Izmir University of Economics - Faculty of Fine Arts and Design

Sakarya Cad. 156 - Balcova, 35330 Izmir (Turkey)

Office 305: alessandro.segalini at ieu.edu.tr

S H O R T__B I O

Alessandro Segalini was born in Piacenza, Italy, in 1976.

Segalini studied design at the Polytechnic of Milan and visual

communication at the University of Art and Design of Helsinki (2002),

earning a doctoral degree in industrial design from the Polytechnic

University of Milan in 2004.

Self-taught in calligraphy, he developed font editing skills in

Philadelphia (2005), and developed skills as a typographic designer,

lecturer, and prepress technician at studios, ateliers, agencies,

institutions and publishing houses in Piacenza, Milan and Rome.

Segalini has studied philosophy and history of type and has written

articles on the subject for the Italian magazines "Graphicus" (>) and

"Progetto grafico" (>).

In 2005, he accepted a position as graphic design instructor at the

Department of Graphic Design at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey,

where he taught graphic design and typography.

He is member of the editorial board of "Multi," the RIT journal of

diversity & plurality in design.

He is currently teaching typography and design education at IEU

Izmir University of Economics, Turkey.

Alessandro can be tracked on Typophile, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.

A detailed resume and porfolio are available by request.

[return to the content page]