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Hello! Here's what I've been up to lately–in no particular order.
Settling in our renovated barn in Northern Alsace! After two years and a half of work, we've officially moved in. Rooms don't have doors yet, and storage is far from being optimal, but we're in. And it's lovely. A dream becoming true.
Raising two lovely children. And loving their dad dearly.
Collaborating with The Toy Library for their digital platform to get known and adopted by Irish families. Sharing toys and caring for the environment creates great, positive social impact. Teaching kids a new paradigm works wonders.
Simona Casolari
Teaching the basis of the creation process at IUT Haguenau, the technological bachelor of University of Strasbourg (France). Starting Fall 25/26, I am visiting lecturer in Digital Art.
Reading:
📚 "Design and Visual Communication" by Bruno Munari. I've kept this book on the shelf for way too long.
📚 "Que crève le capitalisme" (Capitalism should die) by Hervé Kempf. He's the author of a comics novel I've recently read and liked for how the data and numbers are shown in a digestible, pedagogic way. Powerful.
📚 I often read children books and comic books, especially to my kids, but also as research and exercice for the one I'm drawing myself, and simply because I enjoy doing so. Recent reads: "Boule à zéro", "Les carnets de Cerise", and "Little Nemo, retour à Slumberland" (a gem!). I am a firm believer of (and have written about) the importance of children stories.
📚 La Revue, Italian magazine addressing timeless social topics in the form of illustrated investigations. Each issue, out every three months, features different writing and drawing styles. Initially born from an adaptation of La Revue Dessinée [French], they are now completely independent.
📚 Chut! Magazine, the French media listening to, and addressing, the contemporary digital transformation society is experiencing. With satisfying graphic choices.
Simona Casolari
Drawing illustrations for a comics project written by a colleague from the Ecole CESAN Scénario de bande-dessinée course I took back in 2018 in Paris. A story of hospitals, doors, children, and imaginary tales.
Nurturing my ongoing collaboration with the Swiss Medical Network clinics I have the pleasure to work with since 2019. Beside standard graphic design, they often commission me special illustration projects and pedagogic supports I love to create.
Researching alternatives to the surveillance capitalism, fighting for my right to privacy, cheering the open web. I want to show my kids that another way is possible, that they have the power to choose who to trust, and that they should be mindful about what personal data they share and with whom.
Simona Casolari
Breathing. Remembering myself that there are only two things one is forced to do in his life: to breath, and to die. And to love–nature, oneself, someone else. We should open our hearts to life.
Did I say I'm raising two incredible children?
This page is inspired by Derek Sivers' now page, and the concept found on Elena Rossini's blog. Nownownow is a webring I found out about on Tommi's space and which I'm now proudly part of.
Last updated, December 2025.