Development of and AR Immersive Learning Space for Graphic Design History, The New School/Parsons
Working with the X Reality center team at The New School John developed an Immersive Learning Initiative that will include custom 3D world featuring the scope of Graphic Design History from early writing to today.
Development to Type Talks Series at Pratt Institute.
Coordination of “Type Talk” Lecture series for courses at Pratt. Type Talk lectures series for courses to reach out and include diverse and
underrepresented topics and demographics. Speakers are professionals in design and typography. https://type-talk.org/
Type Talk with Barrie Tullett, his thirty years in the making project:
The Typographic Dante
The Typographic Dante is a series of typographic illustrations created by Tullettof Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy; Cantos of The Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise.
Professor Tullett is Program Leader for Graphic Design at the University of Lincoln and folder of casebook press
http://www.the-case.co.uk/about.html
Environmental Graphic Design, Public Installation Pratt Brooklyn Campus, Grand Walk
Coordinated by Professor John De Santis, a project designed by Graphic Design I course.
Project Coordinator, Professor John De Santis, Curator, Kate Therrian
design of an outdoor exhibition on Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus, 8 feet high and spans widths of more that 100 feet.
This work was inspired by the movement around the Pratt Brooklyn campus and the generator itself. https://commons.pratt.edu/prattgenerator/
John Presents to Italy Ambassador to United States
Italy Ambassador to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero visited poster exhibit for Year of Italian Culture in the United States at City University of New York.
Ten posters designed by John are on exhibit CUNY’s Calandra Institute. These posters as part of the Italian government initiative on Italian creativity and culture in the United States.
John De Santis Lectures at The New School’s Landmark Auditorium.
Professor De Santis lectured on Graphic Design History at the landmark ed New School Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall Auditorium, designed by Joseph Urban in 1930. As the lecture was on Modernism/Art Deco John selected one of New York City’s most remarkable Modernist spaces, built the same time as the Empire State Building. The space has hosted may signature public figures and leaders. John took advantage of the brig screen, to add a review of movie titles designs of Saul and Elaine Bass, projected live.
Bolted Book Project
Developed multi semester Project for Pratt students to develop their own version of the Iconic “Bolted Book” by Fortunato Depero
Depero Futurista – Student Work – The Bolted Book
Project Site: https://commons.pratt.edu/boltedbook/
John Battista De Santis Poster Exhibit
at City University of New York
Calandra InstituteTen Italian posters designed by John Battista De Santis are now on exhibit at the City University of New York’s Calandra Institute. De Santis, designed these posters as part of the Italian government 2013 initiative on Italian creativity and culture in the United States. MORE >>>
Year Of Italian Culture In the United States Poster Series
Amerigo Vespucci Poster
Italy Culture Month New York
Italy-America Chamber of Commerce
Created 10 Illustrations for IACC 125th Anniversary book.
Star Spangled Banner Bicentennial
Poster illustrated to commemorate the Star Spangled Banner Bicentennial celebrations in 2012.
American History Magazine
Thomas Jefferson portrait illustration for the cover of American History Magazine.
US Constitution Print
United States Constitution illustration for Rovere Publishing.
Rovere Publishing Civil War 150 Imprints
Rovere Publishing launches www.CivilWarUSA150.com with portrait illustrations of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and Stonewall Jackson. A photomontage series is also is also illustrated by John.
Tennis Photomontage poster launched by Rovere Publishing.
John’s poster created for Italy’s 150th Anniversary was presented to the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano and American astronaut Michael Massimino in New York City.
2010
Theodore Roosevelt Portrait National Park Service at Sagamore Hill, HHS
Dr Maria Montessori poster created for Italian Heritage & Culture Month of New York
Rovere’s Statue of Liberty Poster is now at Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island National Monument gift stores.
John’s series of photomontage illustrations were launched by Rovere Publishing
New York City Civil War Poster
Irish Brigade Poster
New York City Fire Zouave Poster
14th Regiment Brooklyn Poster
2009
John’s Portrait for Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial is launched at The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, The Lincoln Home National Park and the Newseum, Washington, D.C.
Portrait Illustration poster for the New York City Police Department Museum Gift shop.
John creates two poster illustrations for the Italian American Museum, Little Italy New York. One was exhibit poster and one a poster for the Annual San Gennaro Feast in little Italy.
Galileo Galilei Photomontage Poster for Italian Heritage and Culture Month of New York
2008
Andrea Palladio Poster for Italian Heritage and Culture Month of New York
Design for the Italian Cultural institute in New York a 40ft display on Italian Culture.
