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About

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Interdisciplinary Designer & Education Consultant

01.

Profile

I am an interdisciplinary designer and consultant, with 12+ years of experience working at the intersection of branding, strategy, experience, and digital design.

My interdisciplinary approach is driven by a central goal: leverage design as a tool to create meaning, for people and brands worldwide.

Throughout my career, I’ve been operating between different fields like branding, graphic design, industrial design, architecture, and project management. This diverse background allows me to lead projects and teams, ensuring that outcomes address human, ecosystemic, and business-oriented needs.

Currently based in Milan, I collaborate with agencies, and organizations of different sizes internationally, working to create meaningful innovation through design. In addition to my design practice, I carry on a heavy work of consulting and teaching at schools and universities, where I focus on the intersection of technology-driven innovation, the social impact of design and design leadership. In 2024 I obtained my second degree in Psychology.

On my free time, you’ll likely find me roaming around the lakes in Northern Italy.

02.

Vision

Today, organizations are facing a complex scenario. Physical and digital have merged; human and artificial intelligence are already interdependent; objects, experiences and services have become completely integrated; and pervasive communication has turned into a prerequisite simply to exist.

In this fluid reality, brands, products, interfaces, and communication channels are all part of what customers and stakeholders perceive as a continuum.

To be successful, companies must shape this entire continuum and convey clear, consistent value and meaning. I work with organizations and brands internationally and help them design this ecosystem of meaning and relational touchpoints with their audience.

We don’t see the physical qualities of things but what they mean to us, what they can afford us to do with them, how they could affect us
– Klaus Krippendorff

03.

Services

I connect vision and strategy with multiple design specialties to shape people’s and organizations’ success.

I connect vision and strategy with multiple design specialties.

The focal points of my practice are branding and digital design.

I complement my services by integrating other disciplines into projects, providing an holistic design approach and putting a set of different capabilities to the service of people and brands.

04.

Collaborations

Either directly with my freelance activity or as a consultant on other organizations’ projects, these are some of the brands, companies and institutions I had the priviledge to work with throughout my career.

05.

Experience

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Jan 2025 – present
Milan, Italy
Module Leader

Leading and teaching the Design Thinking Module for the 2 years Master in Events and Exhibition Design, in collaboration with Fondazione Fiera Milano.

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May – Aug 2024 
Brusselles, Belgium
Senior Brand Designer
 |   Nemesis

I consulted on multiple rebranding projects, bridging strategy with the design execution of brand identity and touchpoints. Notable project was the rebranding of Monde Selection , a globally recognized quality label.

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May 2023 – Apr 2024
Milan, Italy
Programme Leader

Domus Academy is one of the most historic postgraduate schools in the Italian education system. During my tenure I led several programmes: the Masters in Visual Brand Design and Business Design, the two-year Master of Arts in Design Innovation, the Dual Award Programme in collaboration with Regent’s University of London, the Advanced Course in Leadership by Design. I created or oversaw the academic direction of the programmes, designed partnerships with the industry, managed the budget, managed the activities of 150+ students and 40+ professors and teachers , created or coordinated 20+ courses and workshops.

Companies I collaborated with on experimental didactic projects include: Technogym, Pupa Milano, Ferrari, Sirene Journal,  Rude Records.

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2022 – 2023
Antwerp, Belgium
Senior Graphic Designer

I joined the company to work on its rebranding. I helped supervise the final phases of the brand’s creation, collaborating with the internal rebranding team and the agency DesignStudio. I led the brand implementation across every critical area and touchpoint by conducting design activities, leading internal and external designers, and championing brand adoption across the organization worldwide.

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2020 – 2023
Milan, Italy
Visiting Professor & Project Leader

Teaching courses and leading projects in collaboration with companies for several masters inside the Design, Experience and Business postgraduate programmes.

Companies I led projects for include Illimity Bank, Lifegate, Ostello Bello

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Dec 2019 – Apr 2020
Milan, Italy
Visual Designer
  |   FUDLombardini 22

FUD Factory is one the design unit of Lombardini22, one of the biggest architectural firm in Italy. As a visual designer, I put the disciplines of design, branding and visual communication at the service of architecture, urban design and place making.

Clients I worked with include, Generali, EY, Dils, Areas

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2014 – 2019
Milan, Italy
Senior Consultant & Project Manager

Bassetti Foundation is a prominent non-profit organization that works to promote Responsible Research & Innovation (RRI) . I led multiple Foundation’s activities with design education institutions, created and managed new research areas and projects, designed and managed visual communication activities and campaigns, consulted on EU funded initiatives. Notable collaborations: Triennale di Milano, Politecnico di Milano, MEET Digital Culture Center, Lombardy Region.

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2014 – 2019
Milan, Italy
Teaching Assistant & Lecturer

In collaboration with Fondazione Giannino Bassetti and prof. Giulio Ceppi, I organized and ran courses, workshops, and lectures for the School of Design of Politecnico di Milano. Working predominantly inside the Final Synthesis Laboratories where students develop their final career projects. During my tenure I co-supervised more than 30 thesis and graduation projects between Product Design & Interior Design.

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2015 – 2017
Milan, Italy
Co-founder, Head of Design & Experience
  |    Enjoymuseum

Enjoymuseum leverages technology to redesign and enhance the museum experience. I co-founded the company and pushed design-driven innovation through the company start-up process, from design related activities, such as branding, digital & service design, to more strategic ones, like R&D planning, communication strategy, and business design. Notable clients and museums: Leonardiana di Vigevano, Giunti.

2013 – 2014
Miami, USA
Creative Coordinator & Development Manager

I coordinated creative activities of the studio between the international associated architects and partners. I designed and led communication and marketing initiatives, directly managing 15 collaborators between US and Italy.

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2011
Barcelona, Spain
Brand & UX/UI Designer
  |    NPAW

Before becoming a global leader in video analytics, NPAW was founded by a young group of Catalan entrepreneurs together with its sister company WuakiTV (now RakutenTV). I joined the company in its early start-up days and redesigned its main digital product at the time, a professional online video platform used by several Spanish and international multimedia companies. Working with managing partners, I also led the rebranding of the company and its main offering.

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