Luigi Serafini was born in Rome and earned a degree in architecture in 1977, taking part in exhi- bitions by Gruppo Memphis, headed by Ettore Sottsass. He has worked as an architect, cerami- cist, glassmaker, opera director, set designer, and critic. He is best known for the cult classic book Codex Seraphinianus, also available from Rizzoli.

"This illustrated tribute to the famed Neapolitan character Pulcinella (or “Punch” as he is referred to in English) contains more than 100 extraordinary pencil illustrations, some of which are depicted in comic-strip style."—Publishers Weekly"It’s a very different experience from “reading” the Codex and one where the physical medium of the paper book itself is put to essential use. Me, I love the thing and have been looking at it almost nonstop since they sent me the review copy"—DangerousMinds.net

Luigi Serafini was born in Rome and earned a degree in architecture in 1977, taking part in exhi- bitions by Gruppo Memphis, headed by Ettore Sottsass. He has worked as an architect, cerami- cist, glassmaker, opera director, set designer, and critic. He is best known for the cult classic book Codex Seraphinianus, also available from Rizzoli.

"This illustrated tribute to the famed Neapolitan character Pulcinella (or “Punch” as he is referred to in English) contains more than 100 extraordinary pencil illustrations, some of which are depicted in comic-strip style."—Publishers Weekly"It’s a very different experience from “reading” the Codex and one where the physical medium of the paper book itself is put to essential use. Me, I love the thing and have been looking at it almost nonstop since they sent me the review copy"—DangerousMinds.net

Luigi Serafini was born in Rome and earned a degree in architecture in 1977, taking part in exhi- bitions by Gruppo Memphis, headed by Ettore Sottsass. He has worked as an architect, cerami- cist, glassmaker, opera director, set designer, and critic. He is best known for the cult classic book Codex Seraphinianus, also available from Rizzoli.

"This illustrated tribute to the famed Neapolitan character Pulcinella (or “Punch” as he is referred to in English) contains more than 100 extraordinary pencil illustrations, some of which are depicted in comic-strip style."—Publishers Weekly"It’s a very different experience from “reading” the Codex and one where the physical medium of the paper book itself is put to essential use. Me, I love the thing and have been looking at it almost nonstop since they sent me the review copy"—DangerousMinds.net