Loredana Bontempi: Doing design with kids

A joyful, thought-provoking, and humorous book filled with graphic exercises by graphic designers to enjoy with kids.

Looking for activities she could truly enjoy with her children—not just something to keep them busy, but something visually engaging and close to the way she already thought and worked as a designer—Loredana Bontempi began inventing graphic exercises with them. Excited by the process, she wondered: what if designers shared the actual creative activities they do with children in everyday life? Not as polished workshops or educational tools, but as simple, direct experiences. Drawing together, cutting shapes, repeating gestures, or adjusting something little by little until it works, at the kitchen table, on the floor, during a quiet afternoon, or on a long train ride.