Gabriele De Santis Selected work / Splash

Splash — L’arte della caduta (The Art of Falling)

Splash. L’arte della caduta (The Art of Falling). An exhibition by Sandro Giordano: a woman fallen to the ground, surrounded by objects, in front of a camera

Visual identity
for a photography exhibition

Art direction
Visual identity / Editorial design

Explore the project

The photographer / Sandro Giordano

Remmidemmi

Italian photographer Sandro Giordano, known as Remmidemmi, is the creator of the photo series In Extremis (Bodies with No Regret). In his photographs, an accidental fall becomes a metaphor for our attachment to material possessions.

Every image starts from a meticulously built set: objects, lighting and characters all come together in a grotesque, ironic scene.

01 / The project

The art of
falling

The subject has already fallen.
The story lies in the objects left behind.

The exhibition’s identity starts from this moment: translating Giordano’s photographic world into a visual system of cuts, fragments and contrasts.

Sandro Giordano shooting a set built around a red car
Setting up an In Extremis scene: the subjects on the ground, the props and the crew

Photos and behind the scenes: Sandro Giordano / In Extremis

02 / Visual identity

The logo

Construction of the Splash logo: black letters with cuts and ragged edges, and the subtitle “L’arte della caduta”

Picking up
the pieces

Jagged lines and cuts carry the aftermath of the fall into the logo. As in the photographs, the fragments tell a story that the viewer is invited to piece back together.

03 / Campaign

Key visual

Splash exhibition key visual: the fall, the logo and the event details for the show at the Mattatoio, a former slaughterhouse turned art venue in Rome
Key visual Event poster
Two large Splash billboards along a street: two takes on the exhibition visual
Out of home The system out in the city
The vertical Splash poster in a city bus shelter

04 / Editorial

The catalog

The catalog brings together the project and the photographs. The same language of cuts and contrasts guides the reader from the cover to the inside pages.

Flip through the catalog

Splash / The catalog

On to the mockups
Original cover of the Splash catalog

Front cover/ 28 inside pages

Scroll on the book to turn pages · Beside it to keep going

Splash catalog: the cover and the opening spread on the photography project
A catalog spread with the exhibition poster and the story of Splash
Catalog pages featuring Sandro Giordano’s photographs

05 / Gift shop

Gift shop

Postcards, tote bags, pins and bookmarks: the identity extends to the gift shop merchandise, keeping the project’s ironic edge.

Black-and-white Splash tote bag with the slogans “Skater Later” and “Ancora Sobria” (“Still sober”)
Exhibition postcards with In Extremis photographs and black-and-white torn-paper graphics
Black-and-white pins with Splash campaign slogans
03 / Pins
Black-and-white bookmarks with the Splash logo pattern
04 / Bookmarks
Splash — L’arte della caduta (The Art of Falling)

Visual identity / Campaign / Editorial