Tommaso Maggio

Hgdsma - How Graphic Design Saved My Ass Tommaso Maggio

Tommaso Maggio, Italian Creative Director spent the last 10+ years between Italy, Mexico and Thailand working for corporations, design offices, government offices, teaching and developing communication and product design programs for prestigious international universities. By reviewing his childhood in a coastal town in Italy and his early career stage in a publishing house located in Milan he traced back how his design attitude started. Describing his main characteristics and his passion for drawing and graphics has led his persona to become the today designer/human being. Besides his work experience, he started to meditate as a daily practice. Struggles and complex situations have been summarised in the short descriptions that catch the essence of each episode within a breathing break. This is not a biography, this is not a manual about how to be a designer, this is a collection of events reviewed with the lens of a slow acceptance and mindfulness. A meditative narrative trip with stories and events that happened to Tommaso and his designerly attitude around the globe, in his hometown and far as 10.000 miles away. Design and Meditation is the subtitle. This book is not made to help you to gain customers, it is a tool to challenge yourself and learn how to meditate using the graphic to reach mindfulness status.