Michele Mancaniello, graphic designer, designer and musician. He studied Graphics at the IED and graduated with honors in Industrial Design at La Sapienza in Rome with a thesis entitled “FOODESIGN – la cultura del progetto in tavola” (free download).

In 2008 he collaborated with Studio Valle Architetti for the preparation of the exhibition, and of the related catalog published by Skira, for the 50 years of the studio. In March 2009, he participated as a speaker at Food & Sign, a meeting at the New Fair of Rome on the evolution of design for food; in December 2009 he took care of the organization and participated as a lecturer in the “Food Design” workshop of La Sapienza University of Rome for DesignWeek and in April 2010 organized the 2nd edition of Food & Sign at the Nuova Fiera di Roma. Since 2010, for three consecutive editions, he has collaborated with Terreni Fertili and Donpasta for the organization of SOULFOOD, a series of events on food and sustainability.

After the experience of Impiattozero, a blog entirely dedicated to food design, he occasionally wrote about Gorgelous and Cotton-mag. In 2008 he releases the first series of “Le Paste” (amatriciana, carbonara, cacio e pepe, gricia) which is hosted and marketed by the Slurpdesign.it platform.

As a musician, a past with the Ak-47, historical formation of the Italian militant rap, and numerous collaborations (among which RestaRasta, R.D.E., Phosporous, FastenBelt, Donpasta, 2Hurt).