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Simone Tonucci

Born in 1970, lives and works in Rome. After studying graphics at the I.S.I.A. of Urbino, he started working as a graphic designer.

In 1997 he began working in the Orecchio graphic studio.
In 2000 – together with his partner Fausta Orecchio and Sara Verdone – he set up the Orecchio Acerbo graphic studio, and, in December 2001, the publishing house.

He studied the graphic image of important editorial projects including the Enciclopedia dei Ragazzi Treccani, which was shortlisted for the XXI edition of the “Compasso d’oro” award.

Publications in the catalog of “Orecchio Acerbo”:

  1. Il paese dei quadrati” di Francesco Tonucci (2002, millemillimetri),
  2. Il paese dei cerchi” di Francesco Tonucci (2003, millemillimetri),
  3. Il paese dei quadrati + il paese dei cerchi” di Francesco Tonucci (2006),
  4. Giovanna e suoi re” di Lia Levi (2006).

Simone is a founding member of the Association and actively collaborates with all the graphic matters of this site.