Giulia (she/her) is an Italian-born, Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary designer focusing on illustration, icon systems, branding, and editorial design.
Her work ranges from commercial and editorial assignments to personal artistic explorations. Inspired by urban life, diversity, and pop culture, she aims to work on culturally and socially relevant projects and tell complex stories with simple shapes—and sometimes words.
Giulia is currently a Senior Visual Designer at Adobe, working mostly on content for Adobe Illustrator. She also creates and manages events at Salotto, a cultural space she co-founded in Brooklyn in 2023.
Selected Clients
Adobe
Sagmeister&Walsh
The New York Times
Coca-Cola
Target
Essilor Luxottica
IKEA
Clinique
Snapchat
BBDO
Italian Ministry of Culture
World Health Organization
Skira
Lavazza
Quartz
Teatro alla Scala
WNYC | NYPR
Corriere della Sera
Volkswagen
Logitech
826 Valencia
Bauli
COOP Italia
Rizzoli
Il Sole 24 Ore
Quarto Publishing
Juventus FC
Kazoo Magazine
American Physical Society
Selman
New York Ophthalmology
Selected Group Exhibitions
Illustri Festival, Vicenza
Saranno Illustri (2024)
Illustri Festival, Vicenza
Mind the Gap (2022)
Pictoplasma, Berlin
United Character Nations (2021)
Art on Link, NYC
Visualize the Vote (2020)
Rockefeller Center, NYC
The Flag Project (2020)
The Design Museum, London
Hope to Nope (2018)
Mondadori Duomo, Milan
Artists for Education (2018)
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Un Homme Juste... (2013)
Selected Writing & Publications
Grafica Magazine
Regular Contributor covering design & culture (2025- present)
Interni Magazine
Contributor (2024-25)
Skira
Author, Giambattista Moroni and the Perfect Portrait (2024)
Cosebelle Magazine
Managing Editor, Contributor (2010-19)
Selected Awards & Juries
YOUNG GUNS 22 (Juror)
PRINT Awards (Silver)
3x3 Pro Show (Honorable Mention)
American Illustration (Chosen)
Premio Illustri (Finalist)
One Show College Competition (Merit)
Selected Talks & Workshops
Poster House, NYC
Poster Workshop (2025)
NYU, NYC
Adobe.NYU Mentor (2025)
New School, NYC
Guest at Parsons (2024)
Adobe LIve, San Francisco
Vector Art Guest (2018, 2020)
Selected Conference, Bilbao
Invited Artist (2020)
99U Conference, NYC
Adobe Live Guest (2017)
Quasar Design University, Rome
Invited Guest (2015)
Selected Press
Rai Italia
La Repubblica
Sky Arte
FrizziFrizzi
Radio Deejay
Slate
Interni Magazine
All images © 2014–24 Giulia Zoavo