Federico Monzani

Duomo & San Babila


You can’t fail to notice illustrator Federico Monzani’s joyful shop window sporting a host of his imaginative cartoon characters, graphic T-shirts and artworks. Favourites include bags printed with his Vitruvian Alien and tees sporting his ‘Ettore’ style multicoloured chameleon and Rubik’s cube.


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