Henrique Iamarino

Howdy! I’m a Milano-based designer crafting WordPress themes at Automattic. Read about me and say hello. I’m always free to meet decent people.

Blog.

Besides my ordinary musings, I flatter my curiosity by writing about my experiences, readings, travels, and the meaning of Life.

From Holland to Lombardy: Milan’s Unexpected Tulip Field

Just outside Milan, a Dutch grower brought his lifelong passion to life—Italy’s first tulip-picking field. A perfect spring escape for flower lovers and visual storytellers.

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Mar 31, 2025
Happy Dantedì! Why Dante Alighieri Still Matters Today

Italy celebrates Dantedì on March 25th to honor Dante Alighieri, the genius behind The Divine Comedy. Discover why the poet still matters today, and join the celebration.

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Mar 29, 2025
Copenhagen in Four Days: Colorful Streets & Scandinavian Cool

From Nyhavn’s colors to Malmö’s calm, our weekend was a mosaic of bikes, beers, and blue skies. Copenhagen is effortlessly cool, and we were lucky to meet it under the sun.

Blog, Travels —

Mar 26, 2025
The Ship of Theseus and WordPress: What Defines Identity?

Inspired by Matías Ventura’s WordCamp Asia talk, I explored the paradox of change. While projects like WordPress evolve while staying true to their core, can it also be applied to our identities?

Blog, WordPress —

Mar 18, 2025
Interviewing the Dictator: The Ides of March by Caesar himself

The date marks Caesar’s infamous assassination, but what if we could dive into the motives behind his downfall? With AI, I ‘interviewed’ Caesar himself in the voice of Ciarán Hinds, HBO’s Rome Dictator.

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Mar 17, 2025

WordPress Themes.

Here are the latest theme designs I have launched lately.

Vueo

artwork, gallery, grid, portfolio
Streamer

E-sports, Gamer, Gaming, Streaming
Raconteur

big photo, blog, magazine
Kawaii-Chan

background image, blog, colorful, fun, kawaii
Massimo

blog, modernism, vignelli
AlleyOop

blog, duotones, monochromatic, Sports

Readings.

I design covers to make books forever mine. Here are my latest and best fiction and nonfiction reads.

Circe

Madeline Miller, 2018.
Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare, 1599.

Uno, nessuno e centomila

Luigi Pirandello, 1926.
Memoirs of Hadrian

Marguerite Yourcenar, 1951.

Quo Vadis

Henryk Sienkiewicz, 1896.
2001: A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke, 1968.

M, Il Figlio del Secolo

Antonio Scurati, 2018
Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson, 2017.

Fascism, a warning

Madeleine Albright, 2018.
Dante: The Poet, the Political Thinker, the Man

Barbara Reynolds, 2006.

All’arme! All’arme! I priori fanno carne!

Alessandro Barbero, 2023.
Damn Good Advice

George Lois, 2012.