Project Name
Master thesis
Master thesis
Field Editorial
Year 2025
The following is the thesis work I was lucky enough to do together with the bollate prison in Milan. More
specifically, the project took place together with the editorial staff of “carteBollate,” a magazine of
the prison of the same name edited by lifer inmates.
The result was a thesis on all the prison magazines born over the years in Italy, with a complete cataloging of each of them, and an analysis of the phenomenon to date. I'm sending it to you because I think it's an example of how truly today print and periodical publishing can still socially connect and dialogue. A case of magazines needing help, often for free, but for a cause that is certainly worthwhile.
The result was a thesis on all the prison magazines born over the years in Italy, with a complete cataloging of each of them, and an analysis of the phenomenon to date. I'm sending it to you because I think it's an example of how truly today print and periodical publishing can still socially connect and dialogue. A case of magazines needing help, often for free, but for a cause that is certainly worthwhile.
TXT - Text Document
APP - Design Appendix
Skills
Research
Phenomenology
Concept
Editorial Design
Research Phenomenology Concept Editorial Design 
[TXT]
Format: 20x26 cm
Number of pages: 236
Binding: Metal fastners
Format: 20x26 cm
Number of pages: 236
Binding: Metal fastners
[TXT]
This thesis explores the role of editorial design as a tool for social change, focusing on independent
publishing and communication design. Editorial design, understood as a creative practice, has the
potential to promote societal change, but how can a project be
socially useful? Starting from these questions, the thesis focuses on a very specific context: incarceration in Italy.
socially useful? Starting from these questions, the thesis focuses on a very specific context: incarceration in Italy.
[TXT]
Format: 20x26 cm
Number of pages: 236
Binding: Metal fastners
Format: 20x26 cm
Number of pages: 236
Binding: Metal fastners
[APP]
Format: 20x26 cm
Number of pages: 138
Binding: Reverse thread
Format: 20x26 cm
Number of pages: 138
Binding: Reverse thread
[APP]
Da scrivere
[TXT]
Format: 20x26 cm
Number of pages: 236
Binding: Metal fastners
Format: 20x26 cm
Number of pages: 236
Binding: Metal fastners
Politecnico di Milano
Scuola del Design, Laurea Magistrale
Design della Comunicazione
A.A. 2023/24
Milano, 3 Aprile 2025
Tesi di Laurea di:
Andrea Burchiani
Relatrice:
Elena Caratti
Correlatore:
Giuseppe Mazzarino
Scuola del Design, Laurea Magistrale
Design della Comunicazione
A.A. 2023/24
Milano, 3 Aprile 2025
Tesi di Laurea di:
Andrea Burchiani
Relatrice:
Elena Caratti
Correlatore:
Giuseppe Mazzarino
April 2025