Alessandro Segalini

Alessandro Segalini was born in Piacenza, Italy, and currently lives in Izmir, Turkey.
He is a communication designer who specializes in typography.
Segalini's design and research interests include linguistics, book and editorial design, information design, typeface design, calligraphy and lettering, visual identities and designing for multiple languages.
Segalini studied design at the Polytechnic of Milan and visual communication at the University of Art and Design of Helsinki. He holds a MSc in industrial design from the Polytechnic University of Milan. Currently he is a faculty member at Izmir University of Economics VCD department focusing on typographic design and design education.
He is member of the editorial board of Multi, the RIT journal of diversity and plurality in design.
Hemingway™ designed by Alessandro Segalini was inspired by the prize winning novel "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway.