Carnovsky - Illustrator

Milan-based design duo CARNOVSKY was started by Silvia Quintanilla and Francesco Rugi in 2007. They have gained wide recognition for their RGB project, first displayed in 2010. Their work has been published in magazines around the world, such as Vogue, Wired, Frame, Wallpaper, Elle Décor, and Whitewall. Their wallpaper 'Jungla' won the 2012 Wallpaper Magazine Design Award for Best Wallpaper.

Creative Information
Where do you write/draw? e.g. Home/studio/writing shed…

Studio

How do you get the ideas for your books/illustrations?

In our work ideas may come from many different places, a particular image, a story, a trip, even a song, among others, or a mix of them 

Who has influenced your style?

Max Ernst’s Une semaine de bonté, Henri Rousseau jungles among many others visual influences

Can you describe your latest book in around 15 words?

An adventurous and colourful journey around the world in ten natural habitats

What is your favourite children’s book?

The Jungle book, The Hobbit and old illustrated encyclopaedias