CIAO!
I am Giulia, an Illustrator and Strategic Designer supporting companies and individuals with illustration and branding.
MY BACKGROUND
I was born and grew up in a tiny town on the shores of Lake Garda, Italy. After high school I moved to Milano dreaming of Sottsass and I studied Product Design at Politecnico di Milano. After my bachelor I left pretty Italy and arrived to Berlin where I undertook a Master course in Strategic Design. During my Master, I started exploring visual thinking and illustration - turning out to be my greatest love.
After an agency experience, I started freelancing supporting companies and individuals with branding design and illustration with a special focus on social media and communication pieces. On the side, I run my own online shop selling my designs, I work on social media building & nurturing my own community and I lastly manage a Patreon page creating content and providing value to my closest supporters.
Pink is my favorite color, I have been having bangs for 19 years and take everything away from me but stracciatella ice cream. If you think we could be a match, shoot me an email and say hi!
I HAVE WORKED FOR…
EXHIBITIONS
Love In Translation, Collective Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2017
Laughin’, Collective Exhibition, Black & Ginger, Liverpool, 2019
Millecent Ways To Art, Collective Exhibition, Rivoli59, Paris, 2021
Giulia Hartz: An Exhibition About Food Love and Falling for Both, Solo Exhibition, Meme Gallery, Milano, 2021
Selina Hotel Berlin Opening Night, Collective Exhibition, Berlin, 2023
PUBLICATIONS
Giulia Hartz and the illustrations that mix pop culture and irony, article, Collateral.al, 2019
Giulia Hartz: ansiedad milénica sobre fondo pastel, article, Yorokobu, 2021
Tra colori pastello, ironia e cultura pop: a tu per tu con Giulia Hartz, la talentuosa illustratrice e strategic designer berlinese, interview, Berlino Magazine, 2022
Kreative einer neuen Generation, Article, Monopol, 2022
Von der Portfolio-Website zum eigenen Online-Business, PAGE Magazine, 2022
BRILLO NR. 13, Feature, Brillo Magazine, 2022
TALKS
An Illustrator Who Never Studied Illustration, Joseph Binder Symposium, Vienna, 2022
How owning my digital real estate has helped me to succeed as an independent illustrator and designer, Forward Festival, Berlin, 2023