Postcard from Maropati — Tiah Galloway
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Print & Editorial Italian Postcard Series · 03 of 03 2025

Postcard from Maropati

A handcrafted postcard where the lettering is made from lasagne — Calabria's ancestral pasta — celebrating food, heritage, and identity.

Postcard from Maropati — Final Design
RoleGraphic Designer
FormatPostcard Design
MediumPhotography + Handcraft
01 — Concept

Pasta as Typography

Lasagne — the grandfather of lasagna — is a local pasta native to Calabria. For this postcard, I hand-made the pasta dough and shaped it into letters, then photographed the result to create the postcard's typography. The lettering is literally made of food.

This approach celebrates the deep connection between Calabrian identity and its culinary heritage, turning a traditional recipe into a design medium.

Lasagne inspiration
Making the dough Shaping the pasta
Final postcard front Final postcard back
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