.˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳.

Luca Marini is an Italian visual communicator, graphic designer, and multimedia artist based in Italy and the Netherlands. His interdisciplinary practice explores the intersection of visual language, technology, and social activism, fluidly shifting between editorial, digital, and web-based projects.

.˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳.

 

.。˚𖥔Contacts

Instagram: @lucamarini.void

Email: lucamarini.void@gmail.com

 

.。˚𖥔Education

2024 - ongoing → Master in Information Design, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL).

2020 - 2024 → Bachelor degree in Graphic design and visual communication at ISIA of Urbino (IT) (Cum Laude).

 

.。˚𖥔Collective Visions / Alternative Design

Co-founder of Tensione, a cultural association founded in 2023 in Urbino (IT). Tensione develops and hosts a wide range of educational and artistic events — from workshops and exhibitions to experimental music performances — fostering dialogue, peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, and creative exchange. Contributions to Tensione: Event organizer, assistant curator for art exhibitions, and workshop facilitator.

Currently a member of Cagna Rauca. CagnaRauca is a design collective born from the idea of reclaiming digital and online spaces through a queer and transfeminist lens. Specializing in editorial design, the collective brings together various designers who engage with themes of resistance using an innovative and radical approach.

 

.。˚𖥔Featured in

2024 → Visual Bleed

2024 → Pittogramma

2024 → Project U → ISIA U

2024 → ISIA of Urbino Open Day project Exhibition

2023 → UFFA! Urbino Amateur Short Film Festival

 

.。˚𖥔Exhibitions

2024 → @childhood.void, My Childhood from the Void → Spazio Rumore → Urbino (IT)

2023 → CCV (Camere Con Vista Exhibition) → Senigallia (IT)

2023 → Paraschools II Exhibiton → Urbino (IT)

2023 → Reading Time Exhibition → Spazio Rumore → Urbino (IT)

2022 → Audience → The Ducal Palace of Urbino (IT)

 

.。˚𖥔Talks Organized

2023 → Projection of the documentary "La Terra mi Tiene" by Sara Manisera e Arianna Pagani of collettivo FADA + Q&A by Sara Manisera → Tensione Cultural Association → Urbino (IT)

2023 → Occupare lo Spazio by Guerrilla Spam → Tensione Cultural Association → Urbino (IT)

 

.。˚𖥔Workshop Organized

2023 → Analog Animation Workshop held by Oana Adina Enache, Oscar Renni, Maria Zilli → Urbino (IT)

2023 → Binding Workshop held by Andrea Guerra → Urbino (IT)

 

.。˚𖥔Exhibitions Organized

2023 → Collaboration with 3bbo collective [Ravenna (IT)] → Tensione Cultural Association (IT)

2023 → Contaminazioni → Tensione Cultural Association (IT)

2023 → Paraschools II Exhibiton → Urbino (IT)

 

.˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳.

↓↓↓ Emojis that feel like his works ↓↓↓

🕳️🤖🇵🇸✊🏿👽✨🎮📱💿📹🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

.˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳.

© Luca Marini 2025

.˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳.

Luca Marini is an Italian visual communicator, graphic designer, and multimedia artist based in Italy and the Netherlands. His interdisciplinary practice explores the intersection of visual language, technology, and social activism, fluidly shifting between editorial, digital, and web-based projects.

.˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳.

 

.。˚𖥔Contacts

Instagram: @lucamarini.void

Email: lucamarini.void@gmail.com

 

.。˚𖥔Education

2024 - ongoing → Master in Information Design, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL).

2020 - 2024 → Bachelor degree in Graphic design and visual communication at ISIA of Urbino (IT) (Cum Laude).

 

.。˚𖥔Collective Visions / Alternative Design

Co-founder of Tensione, a cultural association founded in 2023 in Urbino (IT). Tensione develops and hosts a wide range of educational and artistic events — from workshops and exhibitions to experimental music performances — fostering dialogue, peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, and creative exchange. Contributions to Tensione: Event organizer, assistant curator for art exhibitions, and workshop facilitator.

 

Currently a member of Cagna Rauca. CagnaRauca is a design collective born from the idea of reclaiming digital and online spaces through a queer and transfeminist lens. Specializing in editorial design, the collective brings together various designers who engage with themes of resistance using an innovative and radical approach.

 

.。˚𖥔Featured in

2024 → Visual Bleed

2024 → Pittogramma

2024 → Project U → ISIA U

2024 → ISIA of Urbino Open Day project Exhibition

2023 → UFFA! Urbino Amateur Short Film Festival

 

.。˚𖥔Exhibitions

2024 → @childhood.void, My Childhood from the Void → Spazio Rumore → Urbino (IT)

2023 → CCV (Camere Con Vista Exhibition) → Senigallia (IT)

2023 → Paraschools II Exhibiton → Urbino (IT)

2023 → Reading Time Exhibition → Spazio Rumore → Urbino (IT)

2022 → Audience → The Ducal Palace of Urbino (IT)

 

.。˚𖥔Talks Organized

2023 → Projection of the documentary "La Terra mi Tiene" by Sara Manisera e Arianna Pagani of collettivo FADA + Q&A by Sara Manisera → Tensione Cultural Association → Urbino (IT)

2023 → Occupare lo Spazio by Guerrilla Spam → Tensione Cultural Association → Urbino (IT)

 

.。˚𖥔Workshop Organized

2023 → Analog Animation Workshop held by Oana Adina Enache, Oscar Renni, Maria Zilli → Urbino (IT)

2023 → Binding Workshop held by Andrea Guerra → Urbino (IT)

 

.。˚𖥔Exhibitions Organized

2023 → Collaboration with 3bbo collective [Ravenna (IT)] → Tensione Cultural Association (IT)

2023 → Contaminazioni → Tensione Cultural Association (IT)

2023 → Paraschools II Exhibiton → Urbino (IT)

 

.˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳.

↓↓↓ Emojis that feel like his works ↓↓↓

🕳️🤖🇵🇸✊🏿👽✨🎮📱💿📹🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

.˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳..˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳.

© Luca Marini 2025

WHEN WORDS ARE NO LONGER SAFE .˳✶WHEN WORDS ARE NO LONGER SAFE✶˳.

How do emojis help protesters bypass censorship, amplify solidarity, and become symbols of resistance when words are suppressed?
。𖥔Design Project𖥔。

2025
Hacking Love .˳✶Hacking Love✶˳.

An analysis of how dating app algorithms impact users, focusing on the online figure of the “love guru".
。𖥔Research / Short Movie𖥔。

2025
Distorted Reflection on the Small Looking Glass .˳✶Distorted Reflection on the Small Looking Glass✶˳.

A monologue on personal growth and the digital self, focusing on the frustration of navigating augmented spaces and hyper-personalization.
。𖥔Software Review𖥔。

2025
@chldhood.void, Exhibition .˳✶@chldhood.void✶˳.

Why did my childhood memories end up on TikTok? This project investigates the meaning behind seemingly disturbing and uncanny online artistic trends, the #aesthetics.
。𖥔Exhibition𖥔。

2024
Emo-net Book Series .˳✶Emo-net Book Series✶˳.

Seeking places where the Internet becomes a temple of spiritual healing.
。𖥔Book Series𖥔。

2023
Fiammetta's Forum .˳✶Fiammetta's Forum✶˳.

Fiammetta’s forum is a prototype that imagines a memetic revolution led by an organization of dark age conspiracy deniers who believe in a kind of meme-mysticism.
。𖥔Speculative prototype / Workshop Output𖥔。

2022
Soul Archive .˳✶Soul Archive✶˳.

A naïf website experiment guided by the ideals of cyber healing in a chaotic era. Find relief from web capitalization - share how you feel in this digital temple.
。𖥔Speculative prototype / Workshop Output𖥔。

2022
The Soul in the Machine .˳✶The Soul in the Machine✶˳.

An exploration of sound systems as technologies of resistance and as creators of safe spaces for liberation, narrated through the lens of queer club and rave culture in Italy from the 1960s to the 1990s.
。𖥔Installation𖥔。

2025
Guide to Open-source Pirate Broadcasting .˳✶Guide to Open-source Pirate Broadcasting✶˳.

A DIY, lo-fi, home-printable guide to becoming an open-source pirate and avoid algorithmic surveillance— drawing inspiration from the Dutch counter-information movements of the ’80s.
。𖥔Zine𖥔。

2025
@chldhood.void, Book .˳✶@chldhood.void, Book✶˳.

Packaged as a nostalgic nod to a childhood DVD case, The Book of ‘@childhood.void, My Childhood from the Void’ serves as a display of a theoretical and iconographic investigation into disturbing and uncanny online artistic trends, the #aesthetics.
。𖥔Printed publication𖥔。

2024
Il Castello .˳✶Il Castello✶˳.

An interdimensional journey of discovery of the real. Franz Kafka's words were what started the physical, visual, temporal and mental journey that came to life through pictures in this photography book.
。𖥔Printed publication𖥔。

2023
Do only gays applaude? Are asexual monocellular organisms? .˳✶Do only gays applaude?✶˳.

Do only gays applaude? Are asexual monocellular organisms? How do people of a certain sexual orientation behave according to stock images?
。𖥔Printed publication𖥔。

2022
Criptype .˳✶Criptype✶˳.

Criptype is a geometric, monospaced typeface that mimics the unreadable *notdef* glyph, turning text into a cryptic visual code.
。𖥔Typeface𖥔。

2021
WHEN WORDS ARE NO LONGER SAFE .˳✶WHEN WORDS ARE NO LONGER SAFE✶˳.

How do emojis help protesters bypass censorship, amplify solidarity, and become symbols of resistance when words are suppressed?
。𖥔Design Project𖥔。

2025
The Soul in the Machine .˳✶The Soul in the Machine✶˳.

An exploration of sound systems as technologies of resistance and as creators of safe spaces for liberation, narrated through the lens of queer club and rave culture in Italy from the 1960s to the 1990s.
。𖥔Installation𖥔。

2025
Hacking Love .˳✶Hacking Love✶˳.

An analysis of how dating app algorithms impact users, focusing on the online figure of the “love guru".
。𖥔Research / Short Movie𖥔。

2025
Guide to Open-source Pirate Broadcasting .˳✶Guide to Open-source Pirate Broadcasting✶˳.

A DIY, lo-fi, home-printable guide to becoming an open-source pirate and avoid algorithmic surveillance— drawing inspiration from the Dutch counter-information movements of the ’80s.
。𖥔Zine𖥔。

2025
Distorted Reflection on the Small Looking Glass .˳✶Distorted Reflection✶˳.

A monologue on personal growth and the digital self, focusing on the frustration of navigating augmented spaces and hyper-personalization.
。𖥔Software Review𖥔。

2025
@chldhood.void, Exhibition .˳✶@chldhood.void✶˳.

Why did my childhood memories end up on TikTok? This project investigates the meaning behind seemingly disturbing and uncanny online artistic trends, the #aesthetics.
。𖥔Exhibition𖥔。

2024
@chldhood.void, Book .˳✶@chldhood.void, Book✶˳.

Packaged as a nostalgic nod to a childhood DVD case, The Book of ‘@childhood.void, My Childhood from the Void’ serves as a display of a theoretical and iconographic investigation into disturbing and uncanny online artistic trends, the #aesthetics.
。𖥔Printed publication𖥔。

2024
Il Castello .˳✶Il Castello✶˳.

An interdimensional journey of discovery of the real. Franz Kafka's words were what started the physical, visual, temporal and mental journey that came to life through pictures in this photography book.
。𖥔Printed publication𖥔。

2023
Emo-net Book Series .˳✶Emo-net Book Series✶˳.

Seeking places where the Internet becomes a temple of spiritual healing.
。𖥔Book Series𖥔。

2023
Do only gays applaude? Are asexual monocellular organisms? .˳✶Do only gays applaude?✶˳.

Do only gays applaude? Are asexual monocellular organisms? How do people of a certain sexual orientation behave according to stock images?
。𖥔Printed publication𖥔。

2022
Fiammetta's Forum .˳✶Fiammetta's Forum✶˳.

Fiammetta’s forum is a prototype that imagines a memetic revolution led by an organization of dark age conspiracy deniers who believe in a kind of meme-mysticism.
。𖥔Workshop Output𖥔。

2022
Soul Archive .˳✶Soul Archive✶˳.

A naïf website experiment guided by the ideals of cyber healing in a chaotic era. Find relief from web capitalization - share how you feel in this digital temple.
。𖥔Speculative prototype𖥔。

2022
Criptype .˳✶Criptype✶˳.

Criptype is a geometric, monospaced typeface that mimics the unreadable *notdef* glyph, turning text into a cryptic visual code.
。𖥔Typeface𖥔。

2021