First Friday: Pasta Poster Workshop with Lorenzo Fanton & Giulia Zoavo (Salotto.nyc)

This one-hour workshop invites students to transform one of Italy’s most beloved cultural icons—pasta—into a source of visual inspiration. Each participant will choose a shape of pasta to work with and let its form, texture, and name spark ideas for a unique poster design.

Through hands-on experimentation with collage—using inks, magazine cut-outs, and colored paper—students will translate culinary shapes into bold graphic compositions. From the spirals of fusilli to the butterflies of farfalle, here pasta becomes more than food: it becomes a visual language.

By the end of the session, participants will have created an original poster that connects everyday Italian culture to personal creativity. The exercise celebrates pasta as a design catalyst—simple, familiar, and endlessly versatile.

Lorenzo Fanton (@lorenzofanton) is an Italian graphic designer, art director, and type designer based in New York City. With a practice spanning brand identity, editorial, and digital design, he is recognized for translating complex ideas into clear, type-driven systems and elegant visual narratives. His international experience—shaped at such studios as Pentagram, Collins, Ogilvy & Mather, The Partners, Siegel+Gale, The Glue Society, and Fabrica—has led to collaborations with Ferrari, Taschen, Netflix, AGBO, NBC, Warner Records, Riot Games, and Polyvinyl, among others. Awarded by the Type Directors Club, SPD, and ADC, Lorenzo continues to balance research and intuition in building concept-driven work.

Giulia Zoavo (@giuliazoavo) is an Italian-born multidisciplinary designer and visual artist based in New York City who tells complex stories with simple shapes—and sometimes with words too. She has collaborated with a wide range of clients and agencies, including Sagmeister & Walsh, BBDO, AHOY Studios, the New York Times, and Rizzoli. Giulia is one of the cofounders of Salotto, a hub for cultural research and production led by Italian creative professionals in Brooklyn. Her work has been recognized by American Illustration, 3×3 Magazine, The One Club for Creativity, Illustri Festival in Vicenza, and PRINT Magazine. She is currently the Senior Content Visual Designer at Adobe.

Supplies are available on a first-come, first-served basis. This program is suitable for visitors  age 15 and older.

This program is presented by Poster House’s CMYK Council, the museum’s BIPOC advisory board that works to ensure the museum is accessible to communities of color.

Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.