I start by listening. To a place, a subject, a material, a brief. Research gives me something to translate; design gives it a language.
Giulia Bucolo
about
An open practiceA different way of looking,
a personal way of making.
Visual communication & graphic design
I’m Giulia.
I listen before I draw.
I look beyond the obvious.
I turn research into feeling.
Who I am
A designer.
And a curious person.
I’m a visual communication and graphic designer based in Milano. My practice moves between editorial design, visual identity, art direction and moving images.
What holds it together is a way of looking: paying attention to a subject before deciding what it should become. From the fragile life of mould to the pulse of a jazz club, I look for a visual language that makes meaning visible and felt.
See where curiosity leads ↗How I work
Open questions.
Unexpected connections.
01 / 03
Clarity matters, but so does what stays with you. I work with rhythm, image and material to make an idea not only understood, but felt.
I keep the process open. A publication, an identity, a film or something in between: the outcome follows the question, rather than the other way around.
Education
Places of
learning.
2024-2026
Master of Arts · Milano
IED Milano
Visual Communication Design
2020-2023
Bachelor’s degree · Catania
Academy of Fine Arts
Accademia di Belle Arti di Catania
2016-2020
Secondary educationLiceo Linguistico
Liceo Linguistico
Enrico Medi
Language studies
Professional & cultural experience
Out in
the world.
2023-2024
Design & communicationL’Ordine dei
L’Ordine dei
Cavalieri di Malta
Web editor, junior graphic and visual communication designer.
2019-2025
Volunteering · Music & community
Mish Mash Festival
Customer service, artist support, food and drink.
2026
Exhibition · July 2026
DesignXCommons
Master of Arts Atlas #01, IED Milano.
With the thesis project From disgust to wonder.
Digital skills
Part of
my toolkit.
Different tools for different ways of making.
AdvancedInDesign
Adobe
AdvancedPhotoshop
Adobe
AdvancedIllustrator
Adobe
AdvancedPremiere Pro
Adobe
AdvancedAfter Effects
Adobe
AdvancedFigma
Figma
Beyond the brief, still part of the practice
There is more
than design.
Not just subjects to represent, but lenses for noticing how people, images and living systems relate. Different territories, connected by curiosity.
Territories I move through