March’s speaker is illustrator and visual designer Francesco Zorzi, who will talk all things “Ink” on Friday the 20th at Rockstart. The Italian designer, recently featured on Grafik.net in their Talent-section, “loves when graphics and illustrations meet matter and objects, becoming somehow tactile”. We agree, and are very much looking forward to hearing of Francesco’s summer adventures, experiments with thermal paper and much more! Before Friday’s event, get to know Francesco in our short interview:

CreativeMornings: What is your creative profession?

Francesco Zorzi: I’m a designer and illustrator, working on the edge between objects and images.

CM: What will you be sharing with the CreativeMornings community on Friday 20th of March?

FZ: I will connect a few of my recent works to the topic of INK. It will be a personal exploration of the special meaning ink has in my life, a dialogue between colours, illustration, calligraphy and paintings.

CM: How is Amsterdam and its creative scene special to you?

FZ: I moved to Amsterdam just a few months ago so everything is still quite new to me. There is something that I experienced since the first day though. It’s a liberating sense of freshness, of freedom to experiment, of letting yourself go.

CM: If stuck in a creative rut, what’s your trick to get free and let loose?

FZ: When I’m stuck I do something completely different. I listen to good music, I take my bicycle or my skateboard and ride around the city. No real destination, just discovering the city and getting inspired by it. Some fresh air is always good for fresh new thoughts.

Make sure to get your (free) ticket for this month’s event tomorrow from 9am on. See you on Friday!