
Davide Bonazzi has been working as freelance illustrator for major publishers, brands and institutions including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Nike, Microsoft, Airbnb, UNESCO, Emergency, Roche, Gatorade and over 200 others worldwide.
Born and raised in Bologna, Italy, first earning a degree at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Bologna, he also studied Illustration in Milan at IED - European Institute of Design and at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna.
Davide aims to create clever visual solutions to represent complex topics, as well as narrative, witty images. His style combines digital media with textures of scanned found objects, in order to give his illustrations a warm and evocative atmosphere.
His work has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators of New York, Communication Arts (Best-in-Show 2022), American Illustration, 3x3 ProShow (Bronze medal 2018), Folio (Ozzie Award 2017), Creative Quarterly, Bologna Children's Book Fair, Hiii Illustration (Grand Prix 2017), World Illustration Awards.
He has been featured in Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 2016/17 and 2018/19.
Born and raised in Bologna, Italy, first earning a degree at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Bologna, he also studied Illustration in Milan at IED - European Institute of Design and at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna.
Davide aims to create clever visual solutions to represent complex topics, as well as narrative, witty images. His style combines digital media with textures of scanned found objects, in order to give his illustrations a warm and evocative atmosphere.
His work has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators of New York, Communication Arts (Best-in-Show 2022), American Illustration, 3x3 ProShow (Bronze medal 2018), Folio (Ozzie Award 2017), Creative Quarterly, Bologna Children's Book Fair, Hiii Illustration (Grand Prix 2017), World Illustration Awards.
He has been featured in Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 2016/17 and 2018/19.
Partial client list
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal The Washington Post The Boston Globe Science Scientific American Wired BBC History Magazine The Economist The Huffington Post Penguin Random House Politico Fortune Magazine Entrepreneur Variety GQ The Sunday Telegraph O, the Oprah Magazine MIT Technology Review |
Nike
Microsoft Airbnb / Obama Foundation Gatorade UNESCO Roche Emergency Greenpeace Paramount Channel / Viacom Honda Financial Services Pirelli - World ESA - European Space Agency Keurig Green Mountain Ideal Standard International Monetary Fund F&D JP Morgan Chase & Co Havas Worldwide NY Landor Ogilvy |
Columbia University
Harvard Magazine Johns Hopkins Stanford University UCLA Rotary International Harper Collins Pearson Hachette Books TED.com Die Zeit Handelsblatt Le Parisien Flammarion Einaudi Mondadori Internazionale Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana Rai Com |