Daniele Meucci (meu) is an Italian artist, painter, illustrator, street artist, and graphic designer. His multidisciplinary background, spanning fine arts, comics, architecture, design, and urban art, shapes a body of work that blends traditional techniques with contemporary aesthetics.
"Daniele Meucci, also known as meu, is an Italian artist, painter, illustrator, street artist, and graphic designer currently based in Trieste.
Born in Spilimbergo (Pordenone) in 1982 and raised in Lucca, Tuscany, he studied Arts at the “A. Passaglia” Institute of Art, where he developed a strong foundation in drawing, composition and visual storytelling.
Growing up in Lucca — home to Lucca Comics & Games, the largest comics festival in Europe — nurtured his passion for comics and visual culture.
He later studied Architecture at the University of Trieste, where his fascination with space, structure and design became a central element in his visual language.
After graduating, he worked as an industrial designer in Italy, then moved to Berlin to immerse himself in its underground art scene.
There he began experimenting with illustration, painting and street art, using walls and public spaces as open sketchbooks to express his ideas and challenge conventional formats. In 2015, he started working independently as a freelance illustrator, painter and logo designer, combining traditional techniques with contemporary aesthetics. His experience as a street artist added a raw, expressive energy to his work and deepened his understanding of visual impact in public space.
Since 2017, he has collaborated with the Serbian publishing house Komshe, releasing two books:
• Shades of Belgrade — a colouring book of city sketches inviting readers to interact creatively with urban architecture.
• Tesla: The Man Who Defined the Future — a 200-page watercolour graphic novel based on Nikola Tesla’s real words and life. The book is the result of two years of research and offers a complex, human portrait of the inventor, far from the mythologised figure seen in fiction.
Alongside publishing, Daniele built an international career as a graphic designer, completing over 600 projects worldwide. He specializes in logo design, brand identity and visual communication, blending his artistic sensibility with strategic thinking to create work that is both expressive and functional.
After eight years in the Balkans, mainly in Belgrade, he returned to Italy in 2023 and is now based in Trieste.
His multidisciplinary background — spanning fine arts, comics, architecture, design and urban art — continues to inform a body of work that moves freely between paper, screen and wall.
What comes next is still in progress — but always rooted in curiosity, craft and the desire to communicate visually."
