Davide Bonazzi

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Illustration of a person swimming in a pool and breaking through the wall and swimming in the ocean

Illustration of two people in a dense forest and one person is pulling the trees back like a curtain showing a new path

Illustration of a group of people standing outside and each are speaking, creating a large speech bubble outlined by a rainbow

Illustration of a lone figure in a field of rifles that have poppies growing out of the barrels

Illustration of a hourglass with the sand pouring into a scene of a road with two people

Illustration of a hot air balloon that is obscured by clouds. The top half is revealed as the sun shining.

About Davide

Davide Bonazzi has been working as a freelance illustrator for major publishers, brands and institutions including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Nike, Microsoft, Airbnb, Gatorade, UNESCO, Roche and over 200 others worldwide.

Born and raised in Bologna, Italy, first earning a degree at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Bologna, he also studied Illustration in Milan at IED - European Institute of Design and at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna.

Davide aims to create clever visual solutions to represent complex topics, as well as narrative, witty images. His style combines digital media with textures of scanned found objects, in order to give his illustrations a warm and evocative atmosphere.

His work has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators of New York, Communication Arts (Best-in-Show 2022), American Illustration, 3x3 ProShow, Folio (Ozzie Award 2017), Bologna Children's Book Fair, Creative Quarterly, Hiii Illustration (Grand Prix 2017), World Illustration Awards. He has been featured in Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 2016/17 and 2018/19.

List of Clients

The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Science, Scientific American, Wired, BBC History Magazine, The Economist, The Huffington Post, Penguin Random House, Politico, Fortune Magazine, Entrepreneur, Variety, GQ, The Sunday Telegraph, O, the Oprah Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Rotary International, Columbia University, Harvard Magazine, Johns Hopkins, Stanford University, UCLA, Die Zeit, Handelsblatt, Le Parisien, Flammarion, Nike, Microsoft, Airbnb / Obama Foundation, Gatorade, UNESCO, ESA - European Space Agency, Emergency, Greenpeace, Roche, Paramount Channel / Viacom, Honda Financial Services, Pirelli - World, International Monetary Fund F&D, JP Morgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo, Havas Worldwide NY, Landor, Ogilvy, Keurig Green Mountain, Ideal Standard, Harper Collins, Hachette Books, Pearson, TED.com, Einaudi, L’Espresso, Il Sole 24 ORE, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Rai Com