Works from art and design are showed in Milan in the exhibition “Ultrabody” curated by Beppe Finessi. An unusual and inspiring collection of objects connected to the human body.
The catalogue is designed at the studio Tassinari/Vetta by Leonardo Sonnoli with Irene Bacchi, as well as the exhibition graphics and communication.

Ultrabody
cm 17 x 24, hardback, 256 pages.
English and Italian texts.

Giulio Iacchetti, one of the most prominent italian designer of the new generation, designed for the Abet Laminati a collection of digital printing laminates.
The “Parade” collection has been exhibited at the Triennale di Milano during the Salone del Mobile 2012.
At the Tassinari/Vetta office, Leonardo Sonnoli with Irene Bacchi designed the catalogue/notebook, a series of four posters, the graphics for the exhibition and the
swatch samples.
The Parade logotype letters come from the tipical shape of the samples.

On the 1st of May 2012, 6:30 PM at the MAD, Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle in New York, Leonardo Sonnoli discusses his recent work, where the word is often the privileged tool to communicate. Introduction by Paula Scher.
His talk‚ “I spray cologne on to my typography without smudging the ink”‚ is a possible answer to all lovers writing a letter.
The event is organized by the AIGA/NY.

For the reopening of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome, Leonardo Sonnoli with Igor Bevilacqua (Tassinari/Vetta) designed the catalogues of the two exhibitions: Baruchello. Certe idee and Arte in Italia dopo la fotografia 1850-2000.

The new visual identity for Convention Bureau della Riviera di Rimini has been curated by Relè agency with Tassinari/Vetta studio (design by Leonardo Sonnoli and Irene Bacchi). 
The basic idea translates visually the fundamental function of a Convention Bureau: to put in connection supply and demand for the meeting industry. Based on this concept, the logo and the custom font called “Riviera” come out.

Onehourbooksexhibition -and its consequences- is a lecture/exhibition by Leonardo Sonnoli at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht (NL) on March the 30th, 2012.
In approximately one hour he guide the audience through an exhibition of selected books and magazines - from his own bookshelves - about poetry, typography, music, prayers, theatre, art. A direct outcome of reading these books is that he has made a short selection of his recent works, introduce after the exhibition.

Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana will offer a cycle of monthly meetings with the artists whose works are presented in the exhibitions In Praise of Doubt and The World Belongs to You, both curated by Caroline Bourgeois.
The communication of the events is designed by Leonardo Sonnoli.

Leonardo Sonnoli and Irene Bacchi designed a series of 4 posters as part of the set up for the performance “Everydayjohncage Live”, produced by the Municipality of Rimini.
The four letters -C, A, G, E- are the result of 4 sessions throwing an octahedron dice. Then each letter is composed in a random way, with a predeterminate drawing, from the eight symbols corresponding to the eight side of the dice.

The Latin verb volvere, meaning to roll or wrap, is the origin of volumen as the definition of those strips of papyrus, the vegetal fibre used for writing in antiquity, that were glued together and rolled up into a scroll. For the Fedrigoni Milk and Arcoprint paper catalogue, Leonardo Sonnoli designed a booklet as specimen, where his sentences and virtual three-dimensional illustrations play on the ambiguity of the word “Volume” related to these bulky papers and their use as books.

A project by Andrea Felli, Roberto Paci Dalò, Leonardo Sonnoli.
Rimini, from 1 January to 31 December 2012, one year dedicated to John Cage.
Every day a virus distributes through the city, in public and private places, fragments and materials related to John Cage.
Designed by Leonardo Sonnoli and Irene Bacchi.

The logotype is designed to assume always a different shape/size randomly, throwing one dice.
The 16 letters are positioned in a 4×4 grid and fixed the smaller size it is multiplied by the result of a dice throw.