Heike Faller & Valerio Vidali
DE, IT
Writer Heike Faller and illustrator Valerio Vidali collaborate to create picture books for all ages that merge text and image into a narrative flow. Their works include Hundred (2018), capturing what it means to grow older through a distinct emotional moment for each age between 1 and 100, Freunde (2022), exploring a variety of layers of togetherness, and Wir Alle (2025), connecting family histories with the genealogy of humankind. Heike is a writer for ZeitMagazin and an award-winning journalist; Valerio is an internationally acclaimed illustrator whose books have been translated into over a dozen languages.
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PICTOPLASMA
Berlin 2026
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