2024 Crazy Fish Sing, Yogurt Editions 2023 TRACES, DITO Publishing 2021 I Made Them Run Away, Skinnerboox Older Than Love, Self-published GOSTO, Skinnerboox
Selected Clients and Publications MAXXI | Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Skinnerboox, Witty Books, Enciclopedia Treccani, DAMIANI, Allemandi Editore & Sotheby’s, Dito Publishing, The New York Times, National Geographic, TIME, la Repubblica, Internazionale, Armani, Format festival, Gibellina Photo Road, Tempesta Film, Red Star Films, Rai Cinema, Luxvide, Cinemaundici, Fantini Wines
Post produced movies “Sulla mia pelle”, “Leonardo”, “Nome di donna”, “La guerra è finita”, “Ride”, “Gli indifferenti”, “La belva”, “Brutti e cattivi”, “Il nome della rosa”, “Medici”(1-3), “La paranza dei bambini”, “Occhi blu”, “Au Sud”, “Calcinculo”, “La Chimera”, “Pupille”
Work Experience 2023 – present Art Director Consultant at Fantini Wines 2022 – 2023 Creative designer at Fantini Wines 2019 – present Graphic designer at Skinnerboox Publishing House 2018 Internship (photo editing) – La Repubblica Internship (photo editing) – Internazionale 2016 – 2022 Studio manager, post producer, and fine art printer at Mandrione8 Studio – Claudio Palmisano Image Toning 2016 – present Freelance post producer and graphic designer
Teaching CFP Bauer, Milan Spazio Labò, Bologna ISFCI – Istituto Superiore di Fotografia, Rome Meshroom Photo, Pescara THP – Tuscan House of Photography, Palaia Fondazione I-CREA, Milan
Education 2021 MA in Graphic Design at EINA University School of Design and Art of Barcelona, Spain 2018 – 2020 Marble Sculpture at Otello Scatolini Studio 2018 Advanced course ‘Exhibit – Know How’, MAXXI in Rome, Italy 2016 BA in Photography (with full honors) at ISFCI – Istituto Superiore di Fotografia in Rome, Italy
MELISSA PALLINI is an Italian-Canadian art director and graphic designer with expertise in fine art prints and image post-production. She co-founded Ask Again, a design and creative direction studio specializing in editorial, exhibition, and visual identity projects within the cultural sector. She collaborates closely with artists, publishers, organizations, and institutions to develop both personal and commissioned projects, providing support at all stages of conception and production. Since 2019, she has collaborated with Skinnerboox Publishing House, focusing on book design and production supervision. She currently works as an art director consultant for Fantini Wines, where she previously served as the lead designer, and frequently collaborates with cultural institutions (MAXXI | Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Museo di Roma in Trastevere, KLIMA ARENA, FORMAT FESTIVAL, among others) in the development of exhibition design.